Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Hard to handle Hard to handle Lori Foster Sometimes Fate delivers a left hook.After Fate deals Supreme Battle Challenge (SBC) fighter Harley Handleman a sucker punch, his uncle secretly hires a pretty lifecoach to get Harley back in the ring… OL15848324W
Barney Ross Barney Ross Douglas Century Born Dov-Ber Rasofsky to Eastern European immigrant parents, Barney Ross grew up in a tough Chicago neighborhood and witnessed his father's murder, his mother's nervous breakdown, and the dispatching… OL1861937W
Million dollar baby Million dollar baby Clint Eastwood A hardened trainer works with a young woman determined to become a boxer. OL19744782W
Ali Ali Barry Denenberg Puts the famous boxer in to historical context through the use of newspaper articles, interviews, opinion pieces, and photographs. The life story of Muhammad Ali is interwoven with vital moments in … OL19989210W
The gringo champion The gringo champion Aura Xilonen Liborio calls upon his highly-honed survival skills to escape Mexico, sharing his journey and speaking of migrants' social problems via love letters to his girl. OL20049168W
Billy Miske Billy Miske Clay Moyle Hall of Fame boxer Billy Miske was arguably the most courageous and inspirational figure in boxing history, and his story is long overdue. During a career that was impeded and cut short as a result o… OL22635038W
Muhammad Ali Muhammad Ali Jack Rummel Chronicles the life of the heavyweight boxing champion, from his early years to his draft resistance through his astounding boxing career which established him as one of the greatest fighters of all … OL2293628W
Corps à corps Corps à corps Lori Foster With his perfectly chiseled, lava-hot body, Simon Evans, an ex-fighter, also has a perfect life - all that changes when he catches his girlfriend cheating. He goes back into the ring to take his rage… OL24429974W
Muhammad Ali Muhammad Ali Kenneth Rudeen Biography of Muhammad Ali whose boxing career has involved amateur championships, the Olympics, and professional world titles. OL2484985W
Destiny unknown Destiny unknown Derek Leinster At 18 Derek fulfilled his dreams to go to England and meet his destiny. This book follows his fight to establish a life for himself in a new country. Despite his disadvantages - his lack of social sk… OL26214172W
Cinderella man Cinderella man Paul Shipton During the Great Depression, an everyday common-man hero, James J. Braddock was to become one of the most surprising sports legends in history. With the Depression going strong in the early 1930s, th… OL491281W
Sugar Ray Leonard Sugar Ray Leonard Carolyn Gloeckner A biography of the welter weight champion who lost only one out of the thirty-three matches of his career. OL5359315W
The story of Muhammad Ali The story of Muhammad Ali Garrett, Leslie A brief biography of the legendary boxer who was the first to win the world heavyweight championship three times. OL5708575W
Muhammad Ali Muhammad Ali Linda Thomas A brief biography of the world heavyweight boxing champion, Muhammad Ali. OL6908977W
Boxing's heavyweight champions Boxing's heavyweight champions Richard Rainbolt Biographies of ten heavyweight prize fighters: John L. Sullivan, Jim Corbett, Robert Fitzsimmons, Jim Jeffries, Jack Johnson, Jack Dempsey, Gene Tunney, Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano, and Muhammad Ali. OL7014431W