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Memoirs of the Undefeated Champion
出版ABRAMS, 2011-08-30
主題Sports & Recreation / BoxingBiography & Autobiography / SportsSports & Recreation / Extreme Sports
ISBN14683031049781468303100
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=A8yXDwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋As bareknuckle fighting is poised to steal MMA’s spotlight, its greatest modern-day champion tells his story of rising to the top in the brutal sport.
 
Steeped in the tradition of his Irish Traveller ancestry, Bartley Gorman also embraced its dangerous subculture: bareknuckle fighting. Though it gave birth to boxing as we know it today, the sport has remained underground—and illegal in most developed countries. But that didn’t stop Gorman from rising through the prize-fighting ranks of Great Britain and Ireland and staying undefeated for twenty years.
 
Now, through Gorman’s thrilling memoir, readers get a front row view of the punches exchanged in back parking lots and fair grounds, the gritty characters populating the fight circles, and the hazards facing a sought after champion. “A rare glimpse into a secret world,” Bareknuckle celebrates one man’s mastery of fighting in its purest form and heralds the rebirth of one of the oldest combat sports in history (The Independent on Sunday).
 
“Every page shines. A tremendous book.” —Traveller Magazine
 
“Well-written and interesting.” —Boxing News