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Hailed by critics as a long overdue portrait of Sugar Ray Robinson, a man who was as elusive out of the ring as he was magisterial in it, Pound for Pound is a lively and nuanced profile of an athlete who is arguably the best boxer the sport has ever known. So great were Robinson's skills, he was eulogized by Woody Allen, compared to Joe Louis, and praised by Muhammad Ali, who called him "the king, the master, my idol." But the same discipline that Robinson brought to the sport eluded him at home, leading him to emotionally and physically abuse his family -- particularly his wife, the gorgeous…
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7 editions- Ebook · English · 2007HarperCollins · 9780061354908
- Paperback · English · 2006Amistad · 336 pages · 9780060934385
- Hardcover · English · 2005Amistad · 336 pages · 9780060188764
- Other · English · 2007HarperCollins Publishers · 9780061354939
- Other · English · 2007HarperCollins Publishers · 9780061354946
- Other · English · 2007HarperCollins Publishers · 9780061354922
Biography & AutobiographyNonfictionSports & RecreationsBoxers (Sports)BiographyRobinson, sugar ray, 1920-1989




