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9781599219073

Irish Thunder : The Hard Life and Times of Micky Ward

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  • ISBN13:

    9781599219073

  • ISBN10:

    1599219077

  • Format: Trade Paper
  • Copyright: 2010-05-04
  • Publisher: Lyons Press
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Summary

Now in paperback! The true story of a boxer's unlikely road to becoming a world champion "Irish" Micky Ward was always the underdogone able to stage a stunning comeback late in a fight. After a fifteen-year pro career followed by a string of defeats and three years of retirement, the Lowell, Massachusetts, native defeated Arturo Gatti in 2002, capturing the world light welterweight title. The grueling battlenamed "Fight of the Year" byRingmagazine and "Fight of the Century" by boxing fans around Americawas broadcast live on HBO, made Ward famous, and launched two legendary rematches. InIrish Thunder, Bob Halloran recounts Ward's rise to hero status, his rivalry with his imprisoned brother, and the negotiations, betrayals, and drugs that shaped a wild youth who ultimately became a nationally respected boxer. This is a story about a boxer from a boxing family and a boxing townand it is a wrenching account of life in blue-collar America. Ward's dramatic victories inside the ring are recounted in gripping detail, but it is his victory outside the ring that inspires. *** Author Bob Halloran is a consultant ona major motion picturedue in 2010,The Fighter, that tells this story and stars Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale.

Author Biography

Bob Halloran is the author of Breakdown, and the weekend news and sports anchor at WCVB-TV in Boston, Massachusetts. He is also a former ESPN anchor and columnist for espn.com. Halloran has worked as a news and sports anchor in New England for over twenty years, and he writes a weekly column for the Boston Metro newspaper. He lives in Boston.


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