Sie war Ehefrau, Managerin und noch vieles mehr: Christine Rocchigiani lebte zwölf Jahre lang das Leben ihres Mannes - Boxweltmeister Graciano "Rocky" Rocchigiani.
Boxboom in Deutschland - das sind Riesenevents, Kämpfe von Weltklasseboxern, das ist das Gänsehautfeeling, wenn Michael Buffers "Let's get ready to rumble" durch die Box-Arenen schallt.
Kurz nach Weihnachten wird eine Kickboxerin in ihrem Badezimmer tot gefunden, wenig später wird die Leiche einer älteren Frau entdeckt, beide mit einem Deformationsgeschoss getötet.
Der erfolgreiche Berliner Boxer Gustav »Bubi« Scholz war in den fünfziger und sechziger Jahren Inbegriff für den Wiederaufstieg Deutschlands aus dem Nichts.
Questions of class and gender in Appalachia have, in the wake of the 2016 presidential election and the runaway success of Hillbilly Elegy, moved to the forefront of national conversations about politics and culture.
A trip across America to track down the great fighters from yesteryear who vanished from the limelight, and hear their incredible storiesIn the era of boxing's pay-per-view superstars, Tris Dixon invested in a Greyhound bus pass and spent several months traversing America on a shoestring budget, tracking down fighters from yesteryear who had vanished from the limelight.
From his gold medal at the 1960 Olympic Games to his defeat of Sonny Liston to claim the world heavyweight championship in 1964, the unforgettable 'Thrilla in Manila' against Joe Frazier and the 'Rumble in the Jungle' against George Foreman, 'The Greatest of All Time', Muhammad Ali, has captured the attention of the world.
Blood, Brawn, Brains and Broken Noses explores the evolution of pugilism, better known as boxing, from its origins in Ancient Greece and Rome to the present day.
Between defeat by Trevor Berbick in December 1981 and lighting the Olympic flame in Atlanta in July 1996, Muhammad Ali spent the 15 most turbulent years of his life traversing the globe, seeking a higher purpose.
Galento the Great is the gripping biography of Tony "e;Two-Ton"e; Galento, the boxer who once fought Joe Louis-considered one of the greatest heavyweight boxers of all time-for the heavyweight title.
First published in 1963, the year Russ Hodges started his fifteenth season as the voice of the Giants, MY GIANTS is the story of the man who has lived and died with the team through years that have been triumphant, sometimes disappointing, but never, never dull.
Life had not been kind to young Tommy Riggs-and even though he had all the natural playing ability to become a Major Leaguer, his anger at the world kept him from becoming the great player he could be.
