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It’s not afraid to tackle an issue rarely discussed: Does the heavyweight title deliver on its promise to young men in the inner city? This is the definitive story of Leon and Michael Spinks. Documents the lesser-known story behind the 1990 boxing upset during which Buster Douglas defeated champion Mike Tyson, tracing the behind-the-scenes story of the athletes as drawn from interviews with both men, their families, and their ... Where was I when they fought for glory? What kind of lives did they lead? Now I am on a treasure hunt for answers to those questions. This book has whet my appetite for more. Carol Golden-Media Assistant, Marion, IA Found inside – Page 144MICHAEL SPINKS (Peak years: 1982-'84) vs. Roy Jones Jr. With a rubber-filleted frame and a style that made him look as if he were going three more ways to ... Found insideMichael Spinks I had two fights with Michael. ... with that: Michael Spinks/1976 Olympic Middleweight Boxing Champion/Light Heavyweight Champion/Heavyweight ... Found inside – Page 257Once a 13 - year - old Brooklyn mugger , “ Iron Mike ” began his career under famed trainer and strategist Cus D'Amato , but his fighting style regressed to wild knockout swings after his '88 defeat of Michael Spinks . His brief marriage to ... Found inside – Page 181Boxing is a science, and I love to watch boxing matches between two guys who know what ... Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Michael Spinks, and Mike Tyson later. Found inside – Page 52B B B WBC heavyweight boxing champ Pinklon Thomas and wife Kathy recently ... B B B New heavyweight boxing champ Michael Spinks, still undecided over his ... Found inside – Page 95His appeal transcended boxing, as evidenced by his perpetual presence in all ... in the ring peaked with his 91-second knockout of Michael Spinks in 1988. A biography of the man who would become heavyweight champion of the world and rock the sporting world with scandal. In his hey-day, before his defeat to Buster Douglas, he was a box office draw and marketing commodity of Joranesque proportions. This is a Tyson who punched often and with no wasted motion. Found insideIn his hey-day, before his defeat to Buster Douglas, he was a box office draw and marketing commodity of Joranesque proportions. This is a Tyson who punched often and with no wasted motion. Found inside – Page 36MICHAEL SPINKS Continued to be a certain kind of affection for me. ... Holmes who would make boxing history by equalling Rocky Marciano's heavyweight record ... Found inside – Page 214Michael Spinks quickly shrugged off that suggestion. “What ifI lose? I got to go home sad and poor too.”2 As the renowned boxing historian Jim Jacobs saw it ... Found inside – Page 240Once a 13 - year - old Brooklyn mugger , “ Iron Mike " began his career under famed trainer and strategist Cus D'Amato but his fighting style regressed to wild knockout swings after his 1988 defeat of Michael Spinks . His brief marriage to ... Renowned sportswriter Bernard Fernández covers 35 years of boxing with a foreword by boxing legend George Foreman. Acting as a lens focused on a racist society, The Great White Hope explores how segregation and prejudice created the demand for a 'great white hope' who would defeat Johnson and how this, in turn, affected the boxer's life and career. Found inside... training and fighting schedule, Tyson began to develop his signature boxing style. ... with Michael Spinks's skillful counterpunching and fast footwork. " Also featured in the book is an insider's look at Holmes relationship with Muhammad Ali, his views on the state of boxing in the 1990s-including the Mike Tyson situation, his fights with Don King, and his ratings of the top boxers today. Found inside – Page 73I always loved boxing , but I really loved and respected Sugar Ray , because he was a ... Marvelous Marvin Hagler , Michael Spinks , and Mike Tyson later . Found insideMike Tyson was the undisputed heavyweight boxing champion ofthe world and ... Tyson became wellknown forhisferocious and intimidating boxing style as wellas ... Found inside – Page 82ABOVE : On September 4 , 1985 , Michael Spinks avenged his brother Leon's June 2 , 1981 , loss to Larry Holmes . With the dramatic upset , Michael and Leon became the only brothers to have been world heavyweight champions . ... If I walked into a gym , and I saw Spinks training for the first time , yes , I would be tempted to change his style , ” said Eddie Futch , who trained the former light heavyweight ... Found insideHe was attracted towards boxing in prison due to inspiration provided by ... world heavy-weight fight between Tyson and Michael Spinks at New Jersey, ... Found insideTyson, Holyfield and the Night That Changed Boxing Forever George Willis ... The only major belt left was the IBF, then owned by Michael Spinks. Found inside – Page 162Tyson's ferocious and intimidating boxing style, took the boxing world by storm, ... Iron Mike would occasionally pass through his old neighborhood to visit ... Found inside – Page 88Bodies are central to sport, none more so than boxing, where the ultimate contest is ... knocked out Michael Spinks and when he defeated Trevor Berbick, ... Found inside – Page 50After 1976 Olympics, Mrs. Spinks joins sons, Michael (l) and Leon, ... and Leon often refers to “the Man upstairs,” when speaking about his boxing career. A Ringside Affair brings that brilliant epoch back to life – and puts it in the perspective it deserves. Found inside – Page 210... first Michael Spinks , the W.B.A. champion , in 1983 , named Bobby Czyz . ... this being his tenth title defence compromising style , and on September ... Found inside – Page 46Joe Frazier in 1971; Frazier's relentless style and Ali's speed, grace, and footwork interacted to produce some of the most memorable bouts in boxing ... WINNER OF THE 1996 WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR PRIZE. In the early 1990s, Donald McRae set out to discover the truth about the intense and forbidding world of professional boxing. Yet, even after being condemned as a brute, Tyson retained a power - a power to captivate. Cashmore reveals that the sources of that power lie as much in us as in Tyson himself. Larry Holmes was the dominant WBC champion, but nobody seemed to want to keep hold of the WBA crown.The heavyweight division needed a new star to bring law and order; the heavyweight division needed Mike Tyson.The Iron Years begins with the ... Found inside – Page 249Michael Spinks won the world light heavyweight title, then became the first reigning ... Spinks's connection with boxing began during his childhood in the ... Found insideIt was a hot summer night on the first day of August, and Iron Mike Tyson was ... Tyson's ferocious and intimidating boxing style, took the boxing world by ... A reissue of bestselling, award-winning author Joyce Carol Oates' classic collection of essays on boxing. The book also offers an intriguing new perspective on the work of such diverse figures as Henry Fielding, Spike Lee, Charlie Chaplin, Philip Roth, James Joyce, Mae West, Bertolt Brecht, and Charles Dickens. Boxing fans, sports historians, and those interested in U.S. race relations as it intersects with sports will find this book a fascinating exploration into how engrained boxing once was in America’s social and cultural fabric. Found insideIn Iron Ambition, Tyson elaborates on the life lessons that D'Amato passed down to him, and reflects on how the trainer's words of wisdom continue to resonate with him outside the ring"--Amazon.com. Yet, even after being condemned as a brute, Tyson retained a power - a power to captivate. Cashmore reveals that the sources of that power lie as much in us as in Tyson himself. Found insideHeavyweight Boxing Upsets of the 1990s David E. Finger ... insiders saw signs of trouble as early as 1985 when he lost for the first time to Michael Spinks. Brutal, honest, raw, and often hilarious, Undisputed Truth is the singular journey of an inspiring American original. A new, updated edition of Jack Newfield's hard-hitting unauthorized biography of boxing kingpin Don King, source of the Emmy-winning film starring Ving Rhames. Found inside – Page 55... apparently, (at left) two brothers style out in Let's Do It Again attire while ... Howard Davis and Michael Spinks, former heavyweight boxing champs Joe ... A biography of the controversial fighter follows Liston from the mean streets, where he was a petty criminal, to the heavyweight championship and his life as a pawn of organized crime. Found insideGranted unprecedented access, Timothy L. O’Brien traveled across the country and up and down the East Coast with Trump on his private jet, wheeled around Palm Beach with him in his Ferrari, and spent hours interviewing him in his home, in ... Found insideBoxing from the Beginning Terry Middleton. the Champ caught LaStarza and KO'd him ... with a was 48-0 record. Larry met Michael Spinks on Saturday, September. 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