The Total Sports Illustrated Book of Boxing

This book is a treasury of articles on boxing, many of which are classics (William Hazlitt, The Fight , 1821; Homer, the Iliad; and Virgil; The Aeneid), to modern day classics of Nelson Algren, Rocky Graziano and Ernest Hemingway.It has many articles which are hard to find yet very rewarding. This book is a classic. Read and enjoy.

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This appears to be an updated version of the classic anthology, The Fireside Book of Boxing, edited by Heinz. I guess people don't read around the fireside anymore, but they buy Sports Illustrated, so the title is itself more contempo, as are some of the entries. The original has been on my shelf for years, and has been pawed through with great pleasure since those golden days of yesteryear. Anyone interested in boxing or prose style (with a little verse here and there) will treasure the collection.

It's great to see this collection out again; I remember reading it with my father and brother when I was a kid. Now Heinz and Ward have made it better than ever, with the best pieces of newspaper writing, fiction, and even poetry ever composed about the sweet science. It covers everything, from Homer in the Iliad right up through the Holyfield/Tyson "bite fight." (ouch!) Plus‹a portfolio of good boxing shots in the middle. This is just the sort of terrific compilation that we need to raise kids on today, and give them some sense of what's best, and what lasts about sports.

Thoroughly enjoyable. The book presents some of the cleanest yet literary sports writing ever on a sport that is woefully under covered. Mr. Ward chose perfectly, marrying a historical overview of the sport with the beauty of it. I just hope this book will not be buried on the bottom shelf where too many great sports books are left to die.

Even if you're not a fan of boxing, this book is a must read! A compilation of the best writers and writing from the 20th century and earlier. It is a constant pleasure to read and reread from the Iliad to Jack London to Hemingway and so much more.