12 Greatest Rounds Of Boxing The Untold Stories

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.Pacheco, Ferdie is the author of '12 Greatest Rounds Of Boxing The Untold Stories', published 2004 under ISBN 9781861058058 and ISBN 1861058055.