The Black Lights: Inside the World of Professional Boxing Paperback - 2000
by Thomas Hauser
From the jacket flap
Originally published in 1986 (McGraw-Hill), The Black Lights was the first book that fully explored the sport and business of professional boxing. Upon joining the training camp of superlightweight Billy Costello, Thomas Hauser was given unprecedented access to the fighter, his manager, and trainer as well as to the real heavyweights of the boxing world, promoter Don King, and World Boxing Council president Jose Sulaiman. The result, according to Playboy in their review of the original, is a book that "explains why fighters fight, what they go through to win, and how they feel when they lose. It is a great book." In this gracefully written, fast-paced narrative, the author slips quietly into the background and gives us a firsthand look at a business that is often cruel and exploitative and a sport that is at once violent and beautiful. As the San Francisco Chronicle points out, The Black Lights provides ammunition for both sides in the debate over boxing: "Hauser has written what is clearly the most complete and fairminded work on the subject to date." In an age when the controversy surrounding the evils and merits of boxing still rages, this classic account is more timely than ever.
Details
- Title The Black Lights: Inside the World of Professional Boxing
- Author Thomas Hauser
- Binding Paperback
- Edition New edition
- Pages 272
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Arkansas Press
- Date 2000-02
- ISBN 9781557285973 / 1557285977
- Weight 0.9 lbs (0.41 kg)
- Dimensions 9.05 x 6.04 x 0.82 in (22.99 x 15.34 x 2.08 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Boxing, Professional sports
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 99086546
- Dewey Decimal Code 796.83
Media reviews
Citations
- Reference and Research Bk News, 02/01/2001, Page 62
More Copies for Sale
The Black Lights: Inside the World of Professional Boxing (Sweet Science: Boxing in Literature & History)
by Thomas Hauser
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9781557285973 / 1557285977
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Farmington, Michigan, United States
- Item Price
-
SGD 8.19SGD 5.48 shipping to USA
Show Details
BLACK LIGHTS: INSIDE THE WORLD OF PROFESSIONAL BOXING (Sweet Science: Boxing in Literature and History)
by THOMAS HAUSER
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used: Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9781557285973 / 1557285977
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
HOUSTON, Texas, United States
- Item Price
-
SGD 25.36FREE shipping to USA
Show Details
BLACK LIGHTS: INSIDE THE WORLD OF PROFESSIONAL BOXING (Sweet Science: Boxing in Literature and History)
by THOMAS HAUSER
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used:Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9781557285973 / 1557285977
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
HOUSTON, Texas, United States
- Item Price
-
SGD 44.56FREE shipping to USA
Show Details
The Black Lights: Inside the World of Professional Boxing (Sweet Science: Boxing in Literature & History S)
by Hauser, Thomas
- New
- Paperback
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9781557285973 / 1557285977
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
San Diego, California, United States
- Item Price
-
SGD 87.33SGD 7.49 shipping to USA