Overview
In 2015, Booklist observed, “the arrival of Hauser’s annual boxing review is akin to Christmas morning for fight fans. Nobody knows a sport any better than Hauser knows boxing.” Each year, readers, writers, and critics alike look forward to Thomas Hauser’s annual collection of articles about the contemporary boxing scene. He’s one of the last real champions of boxing and one of the very best who has ever written about the sport. A Hard World continues this tradition of excellence with dressing-room reports from big fights like Canelo Alvarez vs. Miguel Cotto, a behind-the-scenes look at Floyd Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao, and a foray into the world of mixed martial arts for a compelling portrait of Ronda Rousey. Most importantly, this new collection contains Hauser’s groundbreaking two-part investigative report on the relationship between the United States Anti-Doping Agency and boxing, a report that shook the industry and raised fundamental questions regarding the integrity of USADA’s drug-testing procedures as applied to boxing.
Full Product Details
Author: Thomas Hauser
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
Imprint: University of Arkansas Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.30cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.466kg
ISBN: 9781682260135
ISBN 10: 1682260135
Pages: 250
Publication Date: 30 September 2016
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
Hauser continues to provide the sporting world's most perceptive boxing reporting.... hard-hitting journalism at its best. Hauser is a treasure; whatever he writes is worth reading, and boxing is blessed that he's focused so much of his career on the sweet science. --Booklist, August 2016
""Hauser continues to provide the sporting world's most perceptive boxing reporting.... hard-hitting journalism at its best. Hauser is a treasure; whatever he writes is worth reading, and boxing is blessed that he's focused so much of his career on the sweet science."" --Booklist, August 2016
Hauser continues to provide the sporting world s most perceptive boxing reporting . hard-hitting journalism at its best. Hauser is a treasure; whatever he writes is worth reading, and boxing is blessed that he s focused so much of his career on the sweet science. </p> <i>Booklist</i>, August 2016</p>
Author Information
Thomas Hauser is the author of forty-eight books. His first work, Missing, was made into an Academy Award–winning film. He later authored Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times, the definitive biography of the most famous fighter ever. In 2004, the Boxing Writers Association of America honored Hauser with the Nat Fleischer Award for Career Excellence in Boxing Journalism.
