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10%OFFRob Sneddon - The Phantom Punch: The Story Behind Boxing´s Most Controversial Bout - 9781608933655 - V9781608933655
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The Phantom Punch: The Story Behind Boxing´s Most Controversial Bout

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Description for The Phantom Punch: The Story Behind Boxing´s Most Controversial Bout Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: WSTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 239 x 26. Weight in Grams: 506.
The two bouts between Cassius Clay and Sonny Liston are widely considered the most anticipated and controversial fights in heavyweight boxing. Cassius Clay won the first bout in Miami Beach in February 1964, when Liston refused to come out for the seventh round. The second fight took place in Lewiston, Maine, fifteen months later in May 1965. Halfway through the first round, Ali countered a left from Liston with a fast right, knocking Liston down. He did not get up. Ali’s right was so fast many spectators never even saw it. It was quickly dubbed the Phantom Punch and rumors ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9781608933655
SKU
V9781608933655
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About Rob Sneddon
Rob Sneddon is a contributing editor at Down East magazine and a sports historian. In addition to the four major sports, he has written about everything from candlepin bowling to the Daytona 500. He has ridden across America on a bicycle and flown around the world on a record-setting flight aboard the Concorde. He lives with his wife and son ... Read more

Reviews for The Phantom Punch: The Story Behind Boxing´s Most Controversial Bout
"Sneddon has done a great job of detective work on a subject that sportswriters have stumbled over and around for decades. .. . vivid and highly readable account should have a long life as well." - Allen Barra, Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune
In this exhaustively researched, intriguing chronicle, sport historian and Down East Magazine editor Robert Sneddon examines ... Read more

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