Boxing's
Ten Commandments: Essential Training for the Sweet Science
by Alan Lachica, Doug Werner
Paperback from Tracks Publishing
ISBN: 1884654282
This boxing handbook provides
up-to-date, in-depth coaching for serious contenders. Weaving fundamental
skills into a progression of drills that hone technique in increasingly
complex, demanding, and realistic fighting situations, the handbook aids
fighters in developing the reflexes of a complete boxer and teaches the
move from a process-and-react mentality to one of seeing-and-reacting.
Hundreds of sequential images illustrate vital steps in the progression--from
proper stance, effective footwork, and range to defense and counters, the
importance of angles, and creating winning strategies. |
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Ultimate
Guide to Weight Training for Boxing
by Rob Price
Paperback from Price World Publishing
ISBN: 1932549463
The Ultimate Guide to Weight Training for Boxing is the most comprehensive
and up-to-date boxing-specific training guide in the world today. It contains
descriptions and photographs of over 80 of the most effective weight training,
flexibility, and abdominal exercises used by athletes worldwide. This book
features year-round boxing-specific weight-training programs guaranteed
to improve your performance and get you results.
No other boxing book to date has been so well designed, so easy to use,
and so committed to weight training. This book supplies you with a year-round
workout program designed to increase punching speed and power in your
jabs, hooks, and uppercuts. Following this program will raise your
stamina and endurance which will result in extraordinary footwork that
will have you dancing around opponents and hitting them with sharp combinations
until the final bell.
Both beginners and advanced athletes and weight trainers can follow
this book and utilize its programs. From recreational to professional,
thousands of athletes all over the world are already benefiting from this
book and its techniques, and now you can too!
As an added bonus, this book also contains links to free record keeping
charts which normally sell separately for $20. |
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Boxing
Basics: The Techniques and Knowledge Needed to Excel in the Sport of Boxing
by Al Gotay MA MPS
Paperback from Outskirts Press
ISBN: 1432725068
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The Techniques and Knowledge Needed to Excel in the Sport of Boxing
The illustrations, explanations, and techniques presented in Boxing
Basics provide everything needed to excel in the sport of boxing. Easy
to follow explanations and illustrations introduce the reader to the sport
by providing information on training equipment, types of boxing gyms, and
how to get into fighting shape. The bulk of this boxing text is devoted
to providing progressive steps in the learning of the sport of boxing.
It begins by presenting the primary elements of boxing and ranges to advanced
skills. The Instant Reference Guide is a special feature designed for busy
persons. It provides fast-track references to the important points in every
chapter. This publication can be used as a how-to reference guide for trainers
as well as beginners.
"Some books just show you how to box, others just tell you. Still others
do a little of both. With Boxing Basics, Professor Gotay becomes your personal
trainer, teaching you step by step how to box. This is the most definitive
¿how to¿ boxing book I have ever seen."
- Randy Gordon, Former Editor-in-Chief of Ring Magazine;
Boxing Analyst for ESPN, USA Network, and the MSG Network;
and Chairman of the New York State Athletic Commission.
Presently the host of Fight Club, the popular Sirius Radio boxing talk
show. |
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Fighting
Fit: Boxing Workouts, Techniques, and Sparring (Start-Up Sports)
by Doug Werner, Alan Lachica
Paperback from Tracks Publishing
ISBN: 1884654029
A boxer's workout is a fantastic way to burn calories it is engaging,
exhilarating, and effective. Going beyond jumping rope and punching the
heavy bag, this guide describes intermediate and advanced boxing skills
that will help anyone improve their performance in the ring. This boxing
workout will help develop body and character so that athletes can get into
the best shape of their lives, build self-confidence, and be winners in
and out of the ring. |
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Boxing
Mastery: Advanced Technique, Tactics, and Strategies from the Sweet Science
by Mark Hatmaker, Doug Werner
Paperback from Tracks Publishing
ISBN: 1884654215
This guide to the finer points
of boxing provides the wisdom needed to make the transition from enthusiastic
beginner to proficient pugilist. The ABCs of ring generalship, offensive
and defensive ring movements, feints, and draws and fakes are examined
and explained along with clinching techniques, head-hunting, body work,
and counter-punching chains. Strategies for boxing against tall and short
opponents as well as for a variety of fighting styles such as charger,
speed-demon, stick-and-move, and slugger and brawler are discussed in detail.
Specific drills focus on sophisticated ring stratagems such as throwing
complex combinations, cutting off the ring, fighting off the ropes, generating
power, and cornering an opponent are included. |
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The
Ultimate Boxer: Understanding the Sport and Skills of Boxing
by Christy Halbert
Paperback from Impact Seminars, Inc.
ISBN: 0963096850
A practical boxing guide covering developmental and fitness exercises,
skill tips, technical information, and competitive strategies. This handbook
contains essential information for competitive boxers, fitness boxers,
martial artists, coaches, and fans.
Find answers to your boxing questions, including: Why should a boxer
lead with the shoulder? How should my boxing strategy change, depending
upon the style of my opponent? How do judges score bouts? Which drills
will make me more effective in the ring?
Easy-to-follow instructions, diagrams, charts and tables help you understand
competitive boxing skills and strategy you can put to use in the gym or
in the ring. Learn to make informed decisions about your training, and
gain the competitive edge for immediate success. |
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Shadow
Boxing: The Dynamic 2-5-14 Strategy to Defeat the Darkness Within
by Dr. Henry Malone
Paperback from Vision Life Publications
ISBN: 1888103167
Shadow Boxing is a book that can change the foundational fabric of
your lives - causing you to trace your attitudes, actions and reactions
to their root causes and to remove negative, destructive patterns. Henry
Malone identifies open doors that give Satan access into your life and
leads you thorough a systematic strategy to close those doors. The focus
of this book is upon leading people to experience the truth they say they
believe. |
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At
The Fights: American Writers on Boxing
Hardcover from Library of America
ISBN: 1598530925
American writers have been fascinated by the ring, both the primal
contest inside the ropes and the crazy carnival world outside them. From
neighborhood gyms and smoke-filled arenas to star-studded casinos and exotic
locales, they have chronicled unforgettable stories about determination
and dissipation, about great champions and punch-drunk has-beens, about
colorful entourages and outrageous promoters, and, inevitably along the
way, about race, class, and violence in America. Like baseball, boxing
has a vivid culture and language all its own, one that has proven irresistible
to career journalists and literary writers alike.
The Library of America presents a gritty and glittering anthology of
a century of the very best writing and reportage about the fights. Here
are Jack London on the immortal Jack Johnson; H. L. Mencken and Irvin S.
Cobb on Jack Dempsey vs. Georges Carpentier, dubbed "The Fight of the Century";
Richard Wright on Joe Louis's historic victory over Max Schmeling; A. J.
Liebling's brilliantly comic portrait of a manager who really identifies
with his fighter; Jimmy Cannon on the inimitable Archie Moore; James Baldwin
and Gay Talese on the haunted Floyd Patterson; George Plimpton on Muhammad
Ali and Malcolm X; Norman Mailer on the "Rumble in the Jungle"; Mark Kram
on the "Thrilla in Manila"; Pete Hamill on legendary trainer and manager
Cus D'Amato; Mark Kriegel on Oscar de la Hoya; and David Remnick and Joyce
Carol Oates on Mike Tyson. National Book Award-winning novelist Colum McCann
(Let the Great World Spin) weighs in with a foreword. |
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Archie
Moore vs. Floyd Patterson
by Bill Cayton (Audio CD)
Bert
Sugar on Boxing: The Best of the Sport's Most Notable Writer
by Bert Randolph Sugar
Known as the "guru" of boxing, Bert Randolph Sugar is one of the most
charismatic writers to ever capture the drama of the fight on paper. With
a passion for the sport that is rivaled only by his talent for writing
about it, Bert Sugar is also regarded as the "unofficial historian" of
boxing. With his trademark fedora and always-handy cigar, Sugar is a guaranteed
ringside presence. His colorful personality and flamboyant mannerisms are
unforgettable whether you are meeting him in person or through his writing.
He is the author of over fifty books and Sugar on Boxing brings out his
best. Entertaining, insightful, and eminently captivating, it's the next
best thing to being in the fights. The Publisher.
Hardcover from The Lyons Press
An
Illustrated History of Boxing
by Nat Fleischer, et al
(Paperback)
The
Boxer's Workout
by Peter Depasquale
(Paperback)
Boxing
the Complete Guide to Training and Fitness: The Complete Guide to Training
and Fitness
by Danna Scott
Book Description: For men and women--the boxing fitness guide
that will put new "punch" into every workout...
Endorsed By Everlast!
An easy-to-understand, fully illustrated guide to achieving new levels
of health and fitness with the art of boxing, this is the perfect learning
tool for both the novice fighter and those looking for an exciting new
way to exercise. It explains in detail what every aspiring boxer needs
to know, including tips on ....
(Paperback)
Bummy
Davis vs. Murder, Inc.: The Rise and Fall of the Jewish Mafia and an Ill-Fated
Prizefighter
by Ron Ross
Book Description: A tough kid with a heart of gold, Al "Bummy"
Davis grew up in the streets of Brownsville, New York on the fringes of
the Jewish mob during the 20's and 30's-thanks to his older brother, a
feared racketeer. But as much as he resisted the underworld of Murder,
Inc. by becoming a championship fighter and a Brownsville hero, he never
did escape the Jewish Mob's shadow. Though he repeatedly stood up to mob
kingpins, Bummy suffered a spectacular fall from grace as a result of a
smear campaign by the press.
Ron Ross' Bummy Davis vs. Murder, Inc. is not just about one Jewish
boxer, his meteoric rise to fame, and victimization by the press. Bummy's
life was intertwined with the Great Depression, the survival of the Brooklyn
Jewish immigrant population during Prohibition, and the inevitable offshoot
of Prohibition-Murder Inc., one of American history's most notorious band
of killers. Ron Ross portrays an important historical time period, an enigmatic
Jewish subculture, and the surprising juxtaposition of a generation of
Jews and their talent for boxing.
Bummy Davis vs. Murder, Inc. features a cast of colorful villains whom
you'll love to hate, a boxing legend who was the unwitting pawn of fate,
and the human drama of the boxing world. With his vivid, street-smart Damon
Runyonesque writing style, Ron Ross redeems a tragic hero who fought the
pull of one of the most brutal groups of killers to grace the twentieth
century.
Hardcover from St. Martin's Press
Cleveland's
Greatest Fighters of All Time
by Jerry Fitch
(Paperback)
Coaching
Olympic Style Boxing
by U.S. Amateur Boxing Inc Staff
(Paperback)
Corner
Men: Great Boxing Trainers
by Ronald K. Fried
(Hardcover - May 1991)
Boxing
for Everyone: How to Get Fit & Have Fun With Boxing
by Cappy Kotz
(Paperback)
Blood
Season: Mike Tyson and the World of Boxing
by Phil Berger
(Paperback)
Chinese Boxing: Masters and Methods
by Robert W. Smith
Listed under Martial Arts
The
Devil and Sonny Liston
by Nick Tosches
Paperback: 288 pages
Back Bay Books; ISBN: 0316897469; (December )
Earnie
Shavers: Welcome to the Big Time
by Earnie Shavers, et al
(Hardcover)
Ghosts
of Manila: The Fateful Blood Feud Between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier
by Mark Kram
(Hardcover)
The
Manly Art: Bare-Knuckle Prize Fighting in America
by Elliott J. Gorn
(Paperback - December 1989)
Larry
Holmes: Against the Odds
by Larry Holmes (Contributor)
(Hardcover)
Punch
Lines: Berger on Boxing
by Phil Berger, Bert Randolph Sugar
Paperback from Four Walls Eight Windows
1993
Sugar
Ray
by Sugar Ray Robinson, Dave Anderson
Synopsis
Sugar Ray Robinson (19211989) was hailed as the finest boxer to ever
enter a ring. Muhammad Ali once called him "the king, my master, my idol"and
indeed, he was the idol of everyone who had anything to do with boxing.
But for African Americans, he was more than a great boxer. In an era when
blacks were supposed to be humble and grateful for favors received, he
was a man whose every move in and out of the ring showed what black pride
and power meant. Sugar Ray grew up during the Depression in the ghettos
of Detroit and New York, rose through the amateur boxing ranks, became
Golden Gloves champion at the featherweight at the age of eighteen, and
become world welterweight champion in 1946 and middleweight in 1951. Robinson
had it all, but later lost it all; and in this classic autobiography he
tells it all with remarkable candor. Here is Sugar Ray: the dazzlingly
handsome champion with a craving for fast cars and fast living; the kid
who was terrified of elevators; the young GI who, together with Joe Louis,
combated racial discrimination; the honest fighter who refused a million
dollars to throw a fight against Rocky Graziano; the boxer who dreamed
he would kill his opponent in the ring, and did so the following night.
This Da Capo edition is supplemented with a new foreword and afterword
by Dave Anderson about Sugar Ray's last years in Los Angeles and the legacy
he left behind, and with eight new pages of stunning photographs.
Paperback from Da Capo Press
1994 |
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Muhammad Ali: The Birth of a Legend, Miami, 1961-1964
by Flip Schulke, et al
Listed under Muhammad Ali
The
Fight: Norman Mailer
by Norman Mailer
(Paperback)
Hurricane : The Miraculous Journey of Rubin Carter
by James S. Hirsch
Listed under Rubin Carter
Rocky
Marciano
by Everett M. Skehan
Paperback: Robson Book Ltd; ISBN: 0860512347; (December
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Rubin "Hurricane" Carter and the American Justice System
by Paul B. Wice
Listed under Rubin Carter
Sparring
With Hemingway: And Other Legends of the Fight Game
by Budd Schulberg
(Hardcover)
The
Speed Bag Bible: The Ultimate Speed Bag Training Program
by Alan H. Kahn
(Paperback)
The
Total Sports Illustrated Book of Boxing
by W. C. Heinz (Preface), Nathan Ward (Editor)
(Hardcover)
Wicked:
The Prince Naseem Phenomenom
by Gavin Evans
Paperback: 260 pages
Robson Book Ltd; ISBN: 1861051611;
