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Pound for Pound
Herb Boyd
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Description for Pound for Pound
Paperback. A biography of Sugar Ray Robinson, a man who was as elusive out of the ring as he was magisterial in it. This is a profile of an athlete who is the best boxer the sport has arguably ever known. Exposing Robinson's flaws as well as putting his career in the context of his life and times, it is a story of a complex man and sport-altering athlete. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGS; WSTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 134 x 25. Weight in Grams: 296.
Hailed by critics as a long-overdue portrait of Sugar Ray Robinson, a man as elusive outside the ring as he was magisterial in it, Pound by Pound is a lively and nuanced profile of an athlete who is arguably the best boxer the scene has ever seen. But the same discipline that Robinson brought to the sport eluded him at home, leading him to emotionally and physically abuse his family. Exposing Robinson's flaws as well as putting his career in the context of his life, this book tells for the first time the full story of a truly complex man.
Product Details
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780060934385
SKU
V9780060934385
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99-15
About Herb Boyd
Herb Boyd is an activist, journalist, author and teacher. His articles have appeared in such publications as the Amsterdam News, The Final Call, Essence and The Network Journal. In 1995, with co-editor Robert Allen, Boyd received the American Book Award for Brotherman--The Odyssey of Black Men in America (Ballantine/One World). A noted authority on black studies, he has been teaching African and African American history for nearly forty years. Ray Robinson II is an independent producer who is currently in the process of establishing a museum in honour of his mother and father.
Reviews for Pound for Pound
Admiring biography that neither glosses over nor dwells on [Ray's] not-always-great behavior outside the ring.
Kirkus Reviews A rich history of the athlete, the man, the sport and a fascinating time in African American history.
Ebony An informative account of the life of Hollywood-handsome middleweight champion Sugar Ray Robison.
Essence A nuanced, sensitive, critical, and definitive biography of arguably the greatest boxer of all time.
Kevin Powell, author of Who's Gonna Take the Weight? Manhood, Race, and Power in America
Kirkus Reviews A rich history of the athlete, the man, the sport and a fascinating time in African American history.
Ebony An informative account of the life of Hollywood-handsome middleweight champion Sugar Ray Robison.
Essence A nuanced, sensitive, critical, and definitive biography of arguably the greatest boxer of all time.
Kevin Powell, author of Who's Gonna Take the Weight? Manhood, Race, and Power in America