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Punching from the shadows : memoir of a minor league professional boxer /
"Glen Sharp's boxing career was a rise-and-fall story without so much rise in it. A sparring partner for heavyweight Hall of Famer Yaqui López, he "retired" with a record of one victory and two defeats. A decade later, having come to understand how and why he failed as a younger...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Jefferson, North Carolina :
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,
[2018]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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| 520 | |a "Glen Sharp's boxing career was a rise-and-fall story without so much rise in it. A sparring partner for heavyweight Hall of Famer Yaqui López, he "retired" with a record of one victory and two defeats. A decade later, having come to understand how and why he failed as a younger fighter, he attempted a comeback"-- |c Provided by publisher | ||
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| 505 | 0 | |a Cover; Table of Contents; Preface; 1. Athletics, My Father and Me-A Love Triangle; 2. The Growing Dream; 3. Capitol Gym; 4. The Golden Gloves; 5. Training at the PAL-Spring 1979; 6. Becoming a Good Student; 7. Discovered by Bobo Olson; 8. Boxing Is Economics Theory Expressed in the Flesh; 9. Throwing a Punch and Hitting a Ball; 10. George Benton's Shoulder Shell; 11. Meeting Yaqui López; 12. Yaqui López, Ernest Hemingway and José Ortega y Gasset; 13. Boxing as a Martial Art; 14. Last Sparring Before First Professional Fight; 15. Locker Room Preparation for First Professional Fight | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 16. An Undefeated Contender17. Back in the Gym; 18. Losing My Second Fight; 19. A Broken Nose and a Breaking Dream; 20. Training with Yaqui at Lake Tahoe; 21. Sylvester Stallone, Lee Canalito and Vinnie Curto; 22. Jessie Burnett's Version of the Shoulder Shell; 23. Learning Why I Was Not a World-Ranked Contender; 24. Training at Tahoe Again; 25. Another Loss; 26. Leaving Boxing; 27. A Lost Soul Tries to Find Where He Failed; 28. Boxing, Zen in the Art of Archery and an Introduction to Literature; 29. Don Conley and the Washington Neighborhood Center; 30. Marriage and Healing Some of My Gaps | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 31. Becoming a "Smart Slugger"32. Requiem for a Light-Heavyweight: The End of a Dream; Index | |
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