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Pound for PoundHerb Boyd, Ray Robinson

Pound for Pound

2005336 pages
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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 · 2007
    HarperCollins · 9780061354908
  • Paperback · English · 2006
    Amistad · 336 pages · 9780060934385
  • Hardcover · English · 2005
    Amistad · 336 pages · 9780060188764
  • Other · English · 2007
    HarperCollins Publishers · 9780061354939
  • Other · English · 2007
    HarperCollins Publishers · 9780061354946
  • Other · English · 2007
    HarperCollins Publishers · 9780061354922
Biography & AutobiographyNonfictionSports & RecreationsBoxers (Sports)BiographyRobinson, sugar ray, 1920-1989