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On a defining evening of the 1980s, Donald Trump hosted celebrities and high rollers in a Jersey Shore town to witness 21-year-old Mike Tyson knock out Michael Spinks in just 91 seconds, earning more than the annual payrolls of the Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics combined.Only eight years earlier, Tyson, a troubled child from Brooklyn, was taken under the wing of boxing legend Cus D’Amato in ... En savoir plus

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par Robert Grey Reynolds ...

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par Nino Benvenuti ...

Traduit par Rosamund Clarke ...

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Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling

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The definitive book” (The Ring) on one of the greatest sports events of the twentieth century, the heavyweight championship bout between America’s Brown Bomber,” Joe Louis, and Germany’s Max Schmeling.More than the world heavyweight championship was at stake when Joe Louis fought Max Schmeling on June 22, 1938. In a world on the brink of war, the fight was depicted as a contest between nations,
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par Jeff Jones ...

No other place in the world has been so important to boxing, or produced so many champions, as the small area of London’s East End. But how did this specific part of Britain shape boxing, and what was behind the national and international success of these fighters? In this book, Londoner Jeff Jones tells the unique story of the development of modern boxing. Starting with the unregulated bare ... En savoir plus

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