Steve Bunce Bunce's Big Fat Short History of British Box (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: Bunce's Big Fat Short History of British BoxingCondition: NewEAN: 9780857503732ISBN: 9780857503732Publisher: Bantam Books (Transworld Publishers a division of the Random House Group)Format: PaperbackRelease Date: 05/17/2018Item Height: 198mmItem Length: 127mmItem Width: 31mmItem Weight: 369gAuthor: Steve BunceLanguage: EnglishISBN-10: 0857503731Description: *FULLY REVISED AND UPDATED TO INCLUDE THE BIGGEST FIGHTS IN THE LAST FEW YEARS*'Essential reading for anyone with even a fleeting interest in boxing' Boxing Monthly 'Nobody knows British fighters and their stories better than Steve Bunce' Daily TelegraphBoxing is Steve Bunce's game. He has filed thousands and thousands of fight reports from ringside. He has written millions and millions of words for national newspapers previewing boxing, profiling boxers and proselytising on the business. He has been the voice of British boxing on the airwaves, both radio and television, with an army of loyal fans. And now it's time to put those many years of experience into penning his history of the sport of kings on these isles. It's Bunce's Big Fat Short History of British Boxing.Starting in 1970, the beginning of modern boxing in Britain, Bunce takes us from Joe Bugner beating Henry Cooper to an explosion then in the sport's exposure to the wider British public, with 22 million watching Barry McGuigan win his world title on the BBC. All boxing royalty is here - Frank Bruno taking on Mike Tyson in Las Vegas; Benn, Watson, Eubank and Naseem; Ricky Hatton, Lennox Lewis and Calzaghe; Froch and Haye - through to a modern day situation where with fighters as diverse as Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua, we have more world champions than ever before. And besides the fighters, there are the fixers, the managers, the trainers, the duckers and divers...Bunce's Big Fat Short History of British Boxing will have every high and impossible low, tragic deaths and fairy tales. It is a record of British boxing, British boxing people and fifty years of glory, heartache and drama.WHAT READERS ARE SAYING***** A fantastic history and a top collectors prize already... this book knocked me out in the first pages.***** Must read book for boxing fans.***** Been reading boxing books all my life, don't think I've enjoyed one more than this. ***** An absolute must for any British boxing fan.Country/Region of Manufacture: GBGenre: Sports & HobbiesRelease Year: 2018 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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