Boxing's Most Wanted: The Top 10 Book of Champs, Chumps, and Punch-Drunk Palookas (Paperback)

~ Mike Fitzgerald (Author), (Author) "Though its roots come from ancient Greece and Rome, modern-day boxing arose in eighteenth-century England..." (more)
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The Most Wanted series (see page 25) puts on the gloves and steps inside the squared circle to chronicle the best and worst of the pugilistic world, plus everything in between. Authors David L. Hudson, Jr., and Mike Fitzgerald, Jr., answer the bell with fifty top-ten lists of famous fighters, fan-tastic finishes, oddball occurrences, and yes, even the punch-drunk palookas that padded the stats of some of the sport’s top stars. You’ll read about the greatest fight trilogies, the biggest upsets, the famous families, and the real-life boxing personalities who appeared in the movie reels. You’ll even read dueling lists about boxers with prison backgrounds and those who had a second career on the right side of the law, plus so much more.

Which all-time middleweight great, who set a record with fifteen successive title defenses, lost his debut bout at the light-heavyweight level? Whom did Muhammad Ali dub "Dracula" because of his missing front teeth? Which prolific puncher scared some opponents so badly that after they showed up at the weigh-in, they chickened out of the fight itself? You’ll find these tidbits and hundreds of others in Boxing’s Most Wanted. Whether you’re a new fan or a longtime student of the sport, you’ll find something in this book to amuse and amaze you. You don’t have to skip rope or chug raw eggs to get inside a boxing ring anymore-Hudson and Fitzgerald take you there to absorb all the jabs, roundhouses, and kayoes you can handle.

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The popular Most Wanted(tm) titles are informative, irreverent, and humourous trivia books on topics ranging from sports to science to entertainment.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Potomac Books Inc. (December 31, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1574887149
• ISBN-13: 978-1574887143
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #550,057 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Top 10 Reasons You Should Buy This Book, August 2, 2004

By	Buster Paris (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Top 10 Reasons You Should Buy This Book

This is an excellent and fun book.

A buddy and I used to sit in a greasy spoon diner and make our own lists of top 10's - like the top 10 bands we liked, top 10 girls of TV/film, top 10 everything - so I've always been a fan of lists.

This book brings you to that place. Just hanging with a buddy (who happens to know absolutely everything about boxing) and having a blast, making the most fantastic, eccentric and interesting lists about boxing and boxers.

This is a great and fun book of top 10's of boxing - just like the title says the top 10 book of champs, chumps and punch drunk palookas - really everything in between. You will not be disappointed.

It's fun, entertaining, enjoyable and educational.

A must have for any and every boxing fan.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun, Informative boxing book, December 5, 2007

By	Kerry Pharr "www.fightthegoodfight.info" (Nashville) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Fight The Good FightDavid Hudson is an attorney, boxing Judge, state boxing official, a good guy, a great friend of mine and an author of some 12 books. Boxing's most wanted is a funny look at the much maligned, manly sport of boxing and is well worth the price.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun to read, lots of interesting information, March 15, 2007

By	John W. Burkhart "jobu3b" (Nashville, TN USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I think anyone who has an interest in boxing will enjoy this book. There is a lot of great information that will be interesting to most readers, but mainly it's just a fun read.