Dog Rounds: Death and Life in the Boxing Ring
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| Rating | : | 4.84 (828 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1911274791 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-09-07 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
stops his opponent Nick Blackwell in round 10 of a British title fight. Journalist and lifelong boxing fan Elliot Worsell was ringside that night and in the dressing rooms in the immediate aftermath. Blackwell, having collapsed in the ring, dies momentarily in the back of an ambulance, before being brought back to life. What he saw and heard would transform his view of the sport he loves and force him to question his own complicity. March 2016: boxer Chris Eubank, Jr. In doing so he uncovers an incredible story of guilt, forgiveness, obsession and violence. The lives of the protagonists and the witnesses are changed forever. In Dog Rounds, Worsell goes in search of boxers who have killed in the ring. What results is a powe
Elliot Worsell has worked in the boxing and mixed martial arts industries for over a decade as a journalist and a publicist, and his writing has appeared in The Ring, Boxing News, Boxing Monthly, UFC 360, Fighters Only and the Huffington Post. His first book was Making Haye: The Authorised David Haye Story.
One of my favourite sports books of this year -- Matt Williams * Radio 2 * Best Holiday Read 2017 -- Ross Raisin * Observer * My kind of book, by my kind of writer -- Don McRae, author of Dark Trade