The 12 Greatest Rounds Of Boxing: The Untold Stories

by Pacheco, Ferdie

• ISBN13: 9781861058058
• ISBN10: 1861058055
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-11-30
• Publisher: Trafalgar Square

Summary

Boxing's colourful history is filled with chapters of high drama and simmering controversy. Many boxing fans are familiar with the outcome of the most memorable bouts, but few know the secrets surrounding them. From chicanery and Mob influence to romantic liaisons and the zaniness that seems to go hand in glove with boxing, this fascinating behind-the-scenes insider's perspective offers an intimate glimpse of the ring's inimitable characters and the often bizarre world they inhabit. Did Muhammad Ali's 1965 'Phantom Punch' really knock out Sonny Litson, or was Sonny simply too scared to get off the canvas? With World War II looming, was a German heavyweight champion warned by Adolf Hitler to beat Joe Louis - or else? Did Jack Dempsey have something illegal in his glove when he battered Jess Willard into bloody submission in 1919? In The 12 Greatest Rounds of Boxing, physician, analyst, commentator and author Ferdie 'the Fight Doctor' Pacheco, together with a renowned group of experts, not only selects the dozen best rounds ever fought, but tells what really happened.. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
Foreword	ix
Beginnings and Background	1	(8)
The Massacre	9	(12)
Jack Dempsey vs. Jess Willard, Round 1, July 4, 1919
The Long Count	21	(16)
Jack Dempsey vs. Gene Tunney, Round 7, September 22, 1927
The Revenge	37	(10)
Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling, Round 1, June 22, 1938
Conn's Gamble	47	(10)
Joe Louis vs. Billy Conn, Round 13, June 18, 1941
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre	57	(12)
Sugar Ray Robinson vs. Jake LaMotta, Round 13, February 14, 1951
A Matter of Timing	69	(20)
Rocky Marciano vs. Jersey Joe Walcott, Round 13, September 23, 1952
The Blind Round	89	(22)
Cassius Clay vs. Sonny Liston, Round 5, February 24, 1964
The Phantom Punch	111	(12)
Muhammad Ali vs. Sonny Liston, Round 1, May 25, 1965
The Rumble in the Jungle	123	(24)
Muhammad Ali vs. George Foreman, Round 8, October 30, 1974
The Thrilla in Manila	147	(24)
Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier, Round 14, October 1, 1975
The Comeback Kid	171	(12)
Thomas Hearns vs. Sugar Ray Leonard, Round 14, September 16, 1981
War	183	(10)
Marvelous Marvin Hagler vs. Thomas Hearns, Round 1, April 15, 1985
Afterword	193	(4)
Index	197	(4)
About the Authors	201