02086cam a2200277 4500 545417710 TxAuBib 20211104120000.0 ||||||s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781785316609 1785316605 cf65374c-1f5e-4984-a298-a2eaa9669fc2 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 5718018 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Wight, John. This Boxing Game [Libby] : A Study in Beautiful Brutality. Pitch Publishing, 2020. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 1353kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Sports & Recreations. Nonfiction. HTML:What is it about boxing that charms and bewitches us? John Wight looks for the answer as he delves into the world of beautiful brutality. Showing that boxing is fundamentally tied to the human condition, he pulls back the curtains of his own masculinity to reveal the insecurities, life experiences and vulnerabilities that first drew him to the sport and have informed his engagement with it over a 20-year period. Whilst relating his experiences in boxing gyms on both sides of the Atlantic, Wight reflects on the sport's origins, analyzing some of its most memorable moments and characters. Through Wight's compelling memoirs we encounter some of modern boxing's most fascinating figures, among them Freddie Roach, Manny Pacquiao, James Toney and Scotland's IBF super-lightweight Josh Taylor. Straddling the line between nobility and barbarity, boxing operates on a different moral and spiritual plane than other sports. <i>This Boxing Game</i> explores why and how. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-01-03 20:00:02. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=cf65374c-1f5e-4984-a298-a2eaa9669fc2&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=cf65374c-1f5e-4984-a298-a2eaa9669fc2&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)