Fight Town : Las Vegas -- The Boxing Capital of the World

by Dahlberg, Tim

• ISBN13: 9781932173666
• ISBN10: 1932173668
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-08-01
• Publisher: Stephens Pr Llc

Summary

Las Vegas is a city where fortunes are won and lost on the roll of the dice, a 24-hour-a-day, neon-lit wonderland. Stars roam the Strip and decadence is always available at a price, but never are the stakes higher in Las Vegas than inside the ring. It's here where lives are shattered, and sometimes lost, in search of the glory and riches that come in the squared circle. This is Fight Town, a place where fame is only one big punch away and the high-rolling gamblers with their fat bankrolls look on to the next big win. Dahlberg tells the stories behind the fights. It was in Las Vegas where Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack were the stars in the showrooms, but fighters like Sonny Liston and a brash Cassius Clay were stars of the ring. The faces and places are all there, spread out over more than 200 pages. This is truly a tribute to both the city and the sport it loves. This is Fight Town.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 8
On the Verge of Something Big	p. 28
All in the Beginning	p. 40
Sonny, Once so True	p. 56
The Greatest	p. 68
Sugar Ray and the Hitman	p. 94
A Place to Fight	p. 118
The Vegas Top 10	p. 134
Only in Vegas	p. 160
A Fighter's Kind of Town	p. 172
Iron Mike	p. 184
The Fab Four of the Strip	p. 204
Fight Posters	p. 218
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