Boxing: Heroes & Champions [Hardcover]

Bob Mee (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 352 pages
• Publisher: Book Sales (November 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0785807780
• ISBN-13: 978-0785807780
• Product Dimensions: 13.1 x 9.3 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,799,426 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great book, April 17, 2001

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rickey l. esteves sr (san francisco, ca United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Boxing: Heroes & Champions (Hardcover)

this is one of the great books available the sport of boxing.whether you are a casual fan,or the true afficionado this book is a must.filled with great photos,great bios,and recaps of some of the greatest bouts ever fought.one of the best things about this book is that the info is right there for you to compare the modern day "pound for pound" best and compare them with the best of all time.the sad part is that you will also see that boxing has degenerated to the point where a "champion"is rarely what would be a champion by the standards of the days gone by.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent photos, well written, objective analysis of boxers, January 3, 1999

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[e-mail] (Hamilton, New Jersey USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Boxing: Heroes & Champions (Hardcover)

This handsome book with it's colorful and captivating photos, encompasses and presents a succinct exciting, yet compassionate commentary of the men who competed in the most aggressive and most popular sport in history. The commentaries blend the personal with the professional. It is done in a very sensitive manner allowing room for one to appreciate, as best possible, the true personality of the champion. It preserves their stature as heroes yet allows us to see them, in a sense, as frail humans with much left to be desired. It is truly a collector's item; a must for any boxing fan who has followed the game over the years.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Considering the size, price and the classic photos you can't go wrong here, October 1, 2008

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Cwn_Annwn (Copenhagen, Denmark) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Boxing: Heroes & Champions (Hardcover)

This book is more or less Bob Mees personal boxing hall of fame with one page profiles of various all time great fighters combined with profiles of 50 classic fights. I was impressed that he included a lot of fighters from Europe, Asia and South America that might not be known to many American boxing fans. He even included one of my personal favorites, the great Argentine defensive wizard Nicholino Loche. If I had a complaint with this book its that whoever the publisher hired as an editor needs to fired. For example there were several cases where in a career highlight box that was on each fighters page they would mention something about them fighting Roberto Duran when not only did the fighter in question never fight Duran they were in some cases dead before he was even born. Other than that I was very happy with this book. Considering thats its full of amazing classic boxing photos, its HUGE size, and you can score a copy for next to nothing you really can't go wrong here.