The Sweet Science

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A.J. Liebling's classic New Yorker pieces on the “sweet science of bruising” bring vividly to life the boxing world as it once was.

The Sweet Science depicts the great events of boxing's American heyday: Sugar Ray Robinson's dramatic comeback, Rocky Marciano's rise to prominence, Joe Louis's unfortunate decline. Liebling never fails to find the human story behind the fight, and he evokes the atmosphere in the arena as distinctly as he does the goings-on in the ring--a combination that prompted Sports Illustrated to name The Sweet Science the best American sports book of all time.

Essays & Writings Sports & Recreation Baseball Boxing Essays

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Oprindeligt udgivet: 2014
Udgivelsesår: 2014
Forlag: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, North Point Press

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A.J. Liebling
A Neutral Corner

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Nikolai C.har citeretfor 2 år siden
You never learn anything until you’re tired.” He would therefore let his students bat each other about for ten or twelve five-minute rounds before he began trying to teach them, and I sometimes think the trouble with young fighters nowadays is that they are never allowed to become sufficiently exhausted.
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Nikolai C.har citeretfor 2 år siden
One thing all these victors have in common is that they went into the ring as long shots; the man who demolishes a concept is never popular.
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Nikolai C.har citeretfor 2 år siden
Now he was in that distressful state when every evasive move brings new disaster, until it seems to the boxer and his public that he is ducking into fists, circling into fists, slipping into fists.
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