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This second collection of the author's 24 exclusive interviews with
boxing insiders features some of the most influential personalities
in ring history, including former heavyweight champions Lennox
Lewis and Evander Holyfield and promoters Don King and Kathy Duva.
Other interviewees include trainers Ronnie Shields and Virgil
Hunter, former HBO blow-by-blow announcer Jim Lampley, and judge
Duane Ford, along with some names perhaps unfamiliar to many of the
boxing public who work as driving forces behind the sport.
When boxing writer Doveed Linder tried to make contact with HBO
boxing commentator Larry Merchant in hopes of securing an
interview, his attempts failed. But one morning, Linder was at a
gym wearing a boxing related t-shirt. Someone walked past him who
was also wearing a boxing t-shirt. They started talking and it
turned out to be Larry Merchant's son-in-law, who offered to set up
the interview with Merchant over lunch. Linder did the interview
with Merchant, eventually finding himself writing Ringside:
Interviews with 24 Fighters and Boxing Insiders, a collection of in
depth interviews with various boxers, trainers, promoters,
officials, and other boxing figures, who tell their story.
Ringside: Interviews with 24 Fighters and Boxing Insiders is an
exploration of the sport from top to bottom, as it profiles well
accomplished champions and Hall of Fame inductees, as well as those
who have labored behind the scenes. A number of synchronistic
occurrences similar to the meeting of Larry Merchant's son-in-law
led to some of the interviews in this book, notably the interview
with Exum Speight, a retired boxer with a record of 9-39-2, who was
arrested for a 1987 murder one year after his interview was
conducted.
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