Love him or loathe him, ‘Iron’ Mike Tyson is an icon and one of the most fascinating sporting figures of our time. In this no-holds-barred autobiography, Tyson lays bare his demons and tells his story: from poverty to stardom to hell and back again In this, his first, autobiography, ‘Iron’ Mike Tyson pulls no punches and lays bare the story of his remarkable life and career. Co-written with Larry Sloman, author of Antony Keidis’s best-selling memoir ‘Scar Tissue’, this is a viscera...
Fecha de lanzamiento: 2013-11-13 Género:Deportes y vida al aire libre 8,99 €
El autor ha tenido la suerte de aprender de uno de los más reconocidos, excepcionales y prestigiosos pedagogos cubanos del Deporte de Boxeo, su eterno entrenador y amigo Carlos Manuel Miranda Lao, su formador como entrenador, incluso desde mucho antes de que terminara su carrera como boxeador y con quién está en infinita deuda por haberlo nutrido, con la excelencia que sólo él posee, de conocimientos, ejemplo y amor hacia el Boxeo.
Fecha de lanzamiento: 2009-01-01 10,99 €
Oscar De La Hoya, uno de los luchadores más celebrados en la historia del boxeo, nos brinda su historia franca y conmovedora sobre cómo logró el Sueño Americano: su ascenso al éxito, el poder de una ética de trabajo sólida, la dolorosa pérdida de su madre al cáncer, las trampas del estrellato, así como una perspectiva muy personal de lo que significa ser americano Hijo de padres mexicanos, De La Hoya "El Chico de Oro" ha tenido una carrera impresionante. Del boxeo a los negocios, de la...
Fecha de lanzamiento: 2012-07-17 Género:Deportes y vida al aire libre 8,49 €
**THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER** Gypsy Queen to the Gypsy King, Tyson Fury's wife Paris reveals the magical highs and epic lows of life with the Heavyweight Boxing World Champion, as she shares their life story and what keeps them strong through the good times - and the bad. Paris Fury is Tyson's rock, the wife he thanks for all his success. Both from Traveller families, she married him at 19 and is hands-on mother to their six children, as well as at his side through every fight. Always glamorou...
Fecha de lanzamiento: 2021-10-28 Género:Deportes y vida al aire libre 4,49 €
Norman Mailer's The Fight focuses on the 1974 World Heavyweight Boxing Championship in Kinshasa, Zaire. Muhammad Ali met George Foreman in the ring. Foreman's genius employed silence, serenity and cunning. He had never been defeated. His hands were his instrument, and 'he kept them in his pockets the way a hunter lays his rifle back into its velvet case'. Together the two men made boxing history in an explosive meeting of two great minds, two iron wills and monumental egos.
Fecha de lanzamiento: 2016-09-08 Género:Deportes y vida al aire libre 9,49 €
Take a ringside seat next to A. J. Liebling at some of the greatest fights in history. Here is Joe Louis's devastating final match; Sugar Ray Robinson's dramatic comeback; and Rocky Marciano's rise to heavyweight glory. The heated ringside atmosphere, the artistry of the great boxers and the blows and parries of the classic fights are all vividly evoked in a volume described by Sports Illustrated as 'the best American sports book of all time' . 'A rollicking god among boxing writers ... before T...
Fecha de lanzamiento: 2018-03-29 Género:Deportes y vida al aire libre 8,49 €
A helpful guide for any keen amateur boxer, a historic guide written by one of the first trainers looking at boxing as a scientific process.
Fecha de lanzamiento: 2013-05-31 Género:Deportes y vida al aire libre 5,99 €
Sports fans and boxing enthusiasts alike will love this compelling study of the resurgence of boxing in the early 1980s - and the four 'greats' who effected that change. Four Kings captures the contests, fighters and the period with a wonderful perception and vividly conjures up those by-gone smoky and raucous ringside nights in Vegas... 'Thrilling, insightful and often humourous' - The Independent ' A flawless and singular account of fights that remain potent and important decades after the fin...
Fecha de lanzamiento: 2011-07-15 Género:Deportes y vida al aire libre 11,99 €
In Boxing's Hall of Shame , Thomas Myler tells the inside stories of the real fight game. He reveals the sport's heroes and villains, mobsters and fixers, its shame and sorrows, providing the reader with a ringside seat at boxing's greatest and most controversial contests along the way. This no-holds-barred volume includes the enraged Mike Tyson taking a chunk out of Evander Holyfield's ear; Roberto Duran's baffling retirement against Sugar Ray Leonard; the Riddick Bowe-Andrew Golota fiasco that...
Fecha de lanzamiento: 2011-03-11 Género:Deportes y vida al aire libre 6,99 €
Die Konditionsgeheimnisse von Boxweltmeister Felix Sturm Immer mehr Fitness-Studios setzen auf den Trendsport „Fitness-Boxen“. Denn die Fitness-Szene hat erkannt, was Boxer schon lange wissen: Boxen ist nicht nur ein Kampfsport, sondern besitzt auch einen hohen Fitness-Faktor! Ausdauer, Kraft, Schnelligkeit, Koordination und Beweglichkeit werden gesteigert, die gesamte Muskulatur trainiert. Das weiß keiner besser als Profiboxer Felix Sturm. Der WBA-Mittelgewichts-Weltmeister bezwang in sein...
Fecha de lanzamiento: 2009-11-20 Género:Deportes y vida al aire libre 13,99 €
"Of all the people who have affected by my life and influence the choices I've made, none has been more important than my father." So begins the autobiography of legendary boxing trainer and commentator Teddy Atlas, who grew from the rebellious son of a doctor to a man who embraces, and lives by, his father's values and code. In this gritty, spellbinding tale, Atlas recounts his fascinating life -- as a juvenile delinquent on the streets of Staten Island; as a boxer and Golden Gloves champion un...
Fecha de lanzamiento: 2009-10-13 Género:Deportes y vida al aire libre 10,99 €