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Under Dog - A gritty, gripping gangland thriller from Kerry Kaya (Large print, Paperback, Large type / large print edition):... Under Dog - A gritty, gripping gangland thriller from Kerry Kaya (Large print, Paperback, Large type / large print edition)
Kerry Kaya
R1,066 R896 Discovery Miles 8 960 Save R170 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Nothing to lose...When nineteen-year-old Tommy Carter throws away a promising career as a professional boxer to work for local villain Davey Abbott, everyone thinks he's made a huge mistake - collecting debts and working in strip clubs is no life for a young lad just starting out in life. Everything to gain. A brutal fighter, Tommy quickly earns a reputation for himself - feared and respected by everyone - and becomes Davey's trusted right-hand man. But when Davey is murdered Tommy is shocked to learn that Davey has left his business empire to him - Tommy's the boss now. No one believes Tommy will succeed. But there is only one rule Tommy lives by...always back the underdog. Because Tommy is on the way up. This book was previously published as Barking Boy. Another gripping gangland read by Kerry Kaya. Perfect for fans of Kimberley Chambers, Martina Cole, Heather Atkinson and Caz Finlay.

The Fight for My Life - Boxing Through Chemo (Hardcover): Kelly Motley The Fight for My Life - Boxing Through Chemo (Hardcover)
Kelly Motley
R763 Discovery Miles 7 630 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Strategy for Street Fighting (Paperback): Mick Franklin, John Nawn Strategy for Street Fighting (Paperback)
Mick Franklin, John Nawn
R351 Discovery Miles 3 510 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Boxing in Atlantic City (Hardcover): John DiSanto, Matthew H Ward Boxing in Atlantic City (Hardcover)
John DiSanto, Matthew H Ward
R1,018 R814 Discovery Miles 8 140 Save R204 (20%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Joe Louis' How to Box (Hardcover): Joe Louis Joe Louis' How to Box (Hardcover)
Joe Louis
R655 Discovery Miles 6 550 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Relentless: 12 Rounds to Success - WINNER AT THE SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2021 (Hardcover): Eddie Hearn Relentless: 12 Rounds to Success - WINNER AT THE SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2021 (Hardcover)
Eddie Hearn
R614 R502 Discovery Miles 5 020 Save R112 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

__________ WINNER AT THE TELEGRAPH SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2021 *The Sunday Times Number One Business Bestseller* Out now: the knockout book about success and mindset, by one of boxing's most respected and influential promoters. '[Relentless] fizzes with Hearn's work ethic' - Financial Times __________ What does it take to succeed? What is the mindset required to be the best? How do you stay at the top of your field? How do you come back from failure? Eddie Hearn knows what it takes. In his remarkable career, Hearn has worked alongside some of the biggest names in sports entertainment and has seen first-hand the grit and relentless determination that it takes to succeed. Structured around the key skills that Eddie Hearn values the most, this book looks at his business, life, and the drive to succeed. Covering subjects such as discipline, passion, preparation, motivation and failure, this book shows you what it takes to get the most in your life and career. In this insightful and revealing book, Eddie talks about the highs and lows of his career - from negotiating a billion dollar boxing deal to selling out Wembley for the Joshua Klitschko fight - and draws the valuable lessons that we can learn from boxing's toughest performers. __________ 'Arguably the world's most powerful boxing promoter' - Financial Times 'The most powerful man in British boxing' Business Insider 'Eddie Hearn has been at the forefront of boxing's resurgence' GQ 'The biggest promoter in boxing' Square Mile __________ The perfect book for when life deals a knockout blow, an invaluable guide about making the most from life, drawn from the hard-won lessons of one of the most successful boxing promoters in the world.

Dark Path of a Champion (Paperback): Keith Holmes Dark Path of a Champion (Paperback)
Keith Holmes
R821 Discovery Miles 8 210 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Thomas Hauser on Boxing - Another Year Inside the Sweet Science (Paperback): Thomas Hauser Thomas Hauser on Boxing - Another Year Inside the Sweet Science (Paperback)
Thomas Hauser
R879 Discovery Miles 8 790 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Booklist called Straight Writes and Jabs, last year's collection of boxing articles by Thomas Hauser, "wonderful writing from a world-class jour nalist." This year's collection, Thomas Hauser on Boxing, is the latest in the popular annuals bringing together all Hauser's writing from the previous year. Readers will enter the dressing room with elite champions in the moments before some of 2013's biggest fights. Hauser's award-winning investigative journalism is on display in his prize-winning expose of the tragedy that befell heavyweight boxer Magomed Abdusalamov. There's a look at the incomparable Don King in the twilight of his career, and much more.

Boxing Bits & Pieces (Paperback): Richard E. Baker Boxing Bits & Pieces (Paperback)
Richard E. Baker
R355 Discovery Miles 3 550 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Big Joe Egan - The Toughest White Man on the Planet (Paperback): Mike Tyson, Tom Patti Big Joe Egan - The Toughest White Man on the Planet (Paperback)
Mike Tyson, Tom Patti; Edited by Shaun Attwood
R342 Discovery Miles 3 420 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
How To Box (Paperback): Joe Louis How To Box (Paperback)
Joe Louis
R225 R184 Discovery Miles 1 840 Save R41 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Self Defense - The Art of Real Street Fighting Techniques (The Ultimate Guide to Beginner Martial Arts Training Techniques)... Self Defense - The Art of Real Street Fighting Techniques (The Ultimate Guide to Beginner Martial Arts Training Techniques) (Paperback)
Doris Amaya
R500 R408 Discovery Miles 4 080 Save R92 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The British Boxing Film (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021): Stephen Glynn The British Boxing Film (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
Stephen Glynn
R2,892 Discovery Miles 28 920 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book constitutes the first full volume dedicated to an academic analysis of the sport of boxing as depicted in British film. Through close textual analysis, production and reception histories and readings that establish social, cultural and political contexts, the book explores the ways in which prizefighters, amateur boxers, managers and supporters (from Regency gentry to East End gangsters) are represented on the British screen. Exploring a complex and controversial sport, it addresses not only the pain-versus-reward dilemma that boxing necessarily engenders, but also the frequently censorious attitude of those in authority, with boxing's social development facilitating a wider study around issues of class, gender and race, latterly contesting the whole notion of 'Britishness'. Varying in scope from Northern circuit comedies to London-based 'ladsploitation' films, from auteur entries by Alfred Hitchcock to programme fillers by E.J. Fancey, the boxing film also serves as a prism through which one can trace major historical shifts in the British film industry.

Sorcery at Caesars - Sugar Ray's Marvelous Fight (Paperback): Steve Marantz Sorcery at Caesars - Sugar Ray's Marvelous Fight (Paperback)
Steve Marantz
R522 R433 Discovery Miles 4 330 Save R89 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
My Brother, Muhammad Ali - The Definitive Biography of the Greatest of All Time (Paperback): Rahaman Ali My Brother, Muhammad Ali - The Definitive Biography of the Greatest of All Time (Paperback)
Rahaman Ali 1
R299 R234 Discovery Miles 2 340 Save R65 (22%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

'Rahaman has, at last, written the definitive biography on his late brother, which tells the real Ali story' - Mike Tyson 'The real life of the Great One' - George Foreman 'A must for fight fans' - Sunday Sport 'A welcome and insightful addition to Ali literature' - Sunday Times 'Heart-warming, multi-faceted and hard-hitting [...] Unlike any other biography on Muhammad Ali' - Fox Sports More words have been written about Muhammad Ali than almost anyone else. He was, without doubt, the world's most-loved sportsman. At the height of his celebrity he was the most famous person in the world. And yet, until now, the one voice missing belonged to the man who knew him best - his only sibling, and best friend, Rahaman Ali. No one was closer to Ali than Rahaman. Born Cassius and Rudolph Arnett Clay, the two brothers grew up together, lived together, trained together, travelled together, and fought together in the street and in the ring. A near-constant fixture in his sibling's company, Rahaman saw Ali at both his best and his worst: the relentless prankster and the jealous older brother, the outspoken advocate, the husband and father. In My Brother, Muhammad Ali, he is able to offer a surprising insider's perspective on the well-known stories, as well as never-before-told tales, painting a rich and intimate portrait of a proud, relentlessly polarizing, yet often vulnerable man. In this extraordinary, poignant memoir, Rahaman tells a much bigger and more personal story than in any other book on the great man - that of two brothers, almost inseparable from birth to death. It is the final and most important perspective on one of the most iconic figures of the last century.

Taekwondo - Your Ultimate Training and Grading Guide (A Practical Guide to the World's Most Popular Martial Art)... Taekwondo - Your Ultimate Training and Grading Guide (A Practical Guide to the World's Most Popular Martial Art) (Paperback)
James Johnson
R500 R408 Discovery Miles 4 080 Save R92 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Beginning of Boxing in Britain, 1300-1700 (Paperback): Arly Allen The Beginning of Boxing in Britain, 1300-1700 (Paperback)
Arly Allen
R1,232 Discovery Miles 12 320 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Many books have discussed boxing in the ancient world, but this is the first to describe how boxing was reborn in the modern world. Modern boxing began in the Middle Ages in England as a criminal activity. It then became a sport supported by the kings and aristocracy. Later it was again outlawed and only in the 20th century has it become a sport popular around the world. This book describes how modern boxing began in England as an outgrowth of the native English sense of fair play. It demonstrates that boxing was the common man's alternative to the sword duel of honour, and argues that boxing and fair play helped Englishmen avoid the revolutions common to France, Italy and Germany during the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries. English enthusiasm for boxing largely drove out the pistol and sword duels from English society. And although boxing remains a brutal sport, it has made England one of the safest countries in the world. It also examines how the rituals of boxing developed: the meaning of the parade to the ring; the meaning of the ring itself; why only two men fight at one time; why the fighters shake hands before each fight; why a boxing match is called a prizefight; and why a knock-down does not end the bout. Its sources include material from medieval manuscripts, and its notes and bibliography are extensive.

Rodney Stone (Paperback): Arthur Conan Doyle Rodney Stone (Paperback)
Arthur Conan Doyle
R512 R446 Discovery Miles 4 460 Save R66 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Art of the Jab (Paperback): Patrick Latu The Art of the Jab (Paperback)
Patrick Latu
R253 Discovery Miles 2 530 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Battling Nelson, the Durable Dane - Two-Time World Lightweight Champion, 1882-1954 (Paperback): Mark Allen Baker Battling Nelson, the Durable Dane - Two-Time World Lightweight Champion, 1882-1954 (Paperback)
Mark Allen Baker
R1,292 R1,189 Discovery Miles 11 890 Save R103 (8%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Oscar Battling Matthew Nelson was without question the toughest and most durable professional boxer ever to enter a ring. Obscure, although he was selected by the Hall of Fame as part of their third induction class, unheard of yet often appropriately called the most hardwearing boxer in ring history, overlooked, yet many boxing historians rank him among the 100 greatest boxers ever. From the moment he set foot in the ring, he presented himself as a man's man, a Danish immigrant of integrity who never smoked, drank or took a dive, and in both his pugilistic exploits and his often very public behavior established a heroic image of himself as an athlete-a world lightweight champion-and sportsman, reporter, entertainer, real estate mogul, businessman and lady's man. As the first champion in his division to ever mount a comeback, he broke new ground, even if it wasn't always pretty, or ultimately successful. In the years since his death in 1954, there has been little disagreement over the significance of his life: A bona fide ring champion, whose endurance was second to none, and whose trilogy with Joe Gans was one of the greatest in sports history.

Shot At the Brothel - The Spectacular Demise of Oscar "Ringo" Bonavena (Paperback): Patrick Connor Shot At the Brothel - The Spectacular Demise of Oscar "Ringo" Bonavena (Paperback)
Patrick Connor
R286 R237 Discovery Miles 2 370 Save R49 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"Hookers. Murder. Boxing. Author Patrick Connor lays out the promise of all three right there in the title of his first book, 'Shot at a Brothel'...delivering on the promise...Readers who want to see the Ali era from a less explored angle, with a story that stands on its own, are well served with this read."-Cliff Rold, Managing Editor, Boxingscene Oscar Bonavena remains a god in Argentina. Fighting as a heavyweight during the 1970s, the division's greatest era, "Ringo" battled titans like Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier. To resurrect his career, he moved to Reno, Nevada, and hooked up with a local pimp and gangster, Joe Conforte, who ran the infamous Mustang Ranch with his madam wife, Sally. Bonavena had some of boxing's best handlers, but none - from famous trainers to rich syndicates to the sport's top minds-could tame him. And no one could get Conforte and his whorehouse and ex-con goons out of Reno. Ultimately, Ringo plunged into a maelstrom of sex and mayhem-and he wouldn't get out alive. In Shot at a Brothel, Patrick Connor examines in riveting detail Bonavena's fast, turbulent life as well as Conforte's sordid past. Long overdue, here's the real story of how gangsterism, greed, and prostitution destroyed Argentina's greatest heavyweight. Shot at a Brothel: The Spectacular Demise of Oscar "Ringo" Bonavena is the sixth in the Hamilcar Noir True Crime series. Hamilcar Noir is "Hard-Hitting True Crime" that blends boxing and true crime, featuring riveting stories captured in high-quality prose, with cover art inspired by classic pulp novels.

Raised By The Hood (Paperback): Ashley Theophane Raised By The Hood (Paperback)
Ashley Theophane
R626 Discovery Miles 6 260 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Anthony Joshua No Trash Talk - Professional Boxer with an Amazing CV. (Paperback): George Israel U Anthony Joshua No Trash Talk - Professional Boxer with an Amazing CV. (Paperback)
George Israel U
R656 Discovery Miles 6 560 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Life According to the Rules of Boxing - 101 Rules to Being the Champion of Your Own Life (Paperback): Jolie Glassman Life According to the Rules of Boxing - 101 Rules to Being the Champion of Your Own Life (Paperback)
Jolie Glassman
R587 Discovery Miles 5 870 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Heavyweight Boxing Champions - Boxing from the Beginning (Paperback): Terry Middleton Heavyweight Boxing Champions - Boxing from the Beginning (Paperback)
Terry Middleton
R632 Discovery Miles 6 320 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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