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A heart-warming, hilarious true story about fighting and family, based on the acclaimed stage show. For fans of books by Dave Gorman, James Acaster and Danny Wallace, along with boxing tales from the likes of Tyson Fury and Ricky Hatton. The Champ Terry Downes - known as 'The Paddington Express'...

My name is Bobby Kincaid, and I met the woman of my dreams last night in a dark club. We drank. We danced. We shared a part of our souls, and a belly-firing kiss that has left me hard and desperate for more. I begged for her number, but all I got was the view of her slender back, little black dress, and flowing blonde hair as she slid into a car with another dude. Just like that, she drove out of my life, determined to never see me again. But I wouldn't be me if not for my tenacity and a streak of stubborn most others call a flaw.

Embark on a thrilling journey through the ancient and fascinating world of Muay Thai. Are you new to Thai Boxing? Or are you currently trying to keep up with the martial art? Would you like to learn practical and efficient techniques to boost your Muay Thai skills? Muay Thai is an art using different areas of your body. It has several techniques to prepare you for an unarmed fight, making you mentally and physically fit.

No sport is more enthralling than boxing - called “the noble art” and the “sweet science”. As famed boxing announcer Larry Merchant once noted, boxing is the “theater of the unexpected”. Its storied history has seen momentous bouts, the breakdown of racial barriers, and fights of the century. In this thrilling 18-part audio series, the inimitable David L. Hudson, Jr. takes you on a thrilling ringside ride.

In the early 1990s, Tommy Morrison, a young roughneck from Jay, Oklahoma, burst onto the boxing scene to become one of the most controversial fighters of his era. Handsome, eloquent, and dynamic, Morrison parlayed destructive knockout power and a homespun personality into celebrity status throughout middle America, where boxing rarely prospered. But it was his starring role in Rocky V alongside Sylvester Stallone that propelled him to stardom—and ultimately led to his tragic downfall. 

What if Babe Ruth had not been sold to the Yankees in 1920 and instead played his entire career in Boston? What if Muhammad Ali had lost or quit in his first fight against Sonny Liston? What if the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants had never moved to the West Coast? What if Vince Lombardi had become head coach of his hometown Giants instead of heading to Green Bay? How would sports history, and our perception of it, be different today?

A fascinating chance to hear legendary boxer Henry Cooper talk about his life and career, in a selection of interviews taken from the BBC radio and TV archive. The interviews are: Desert Island Discs, BBC Radio 4 (first broadcast 16 May 1966, featuring Roy Plomley); Parkinson , BBC One (first...

In her first book, Ramla details 10 key fights - a combination of life's constant challenges and real bouts she's endured both in and outside of the ring - that have shaped her remarkable rise to date. From her arrival in England as a refugee to being drawn to the energy and spirit of her first boxercise class; from the adrenaline of her first amateur fights to how she often powered on alone, searching for a community of women like her, and her biggest win of all: letting love into her life. 

Going after your professional goals in a foreign country comes with numerous challenges—especially if you are a woman trying to enter a male-dominated field. This compelling book narrates the true story of Dr. Lynne Miller, who managed to realize her dream and open a Muay Thai gym in Phuket, Thailand.

On June 26, 1976, Muhammad Ali fought in a mixed-rules contest against iconic pro wrestling champion Antonio Inoki for the so-called "martial arts championship of the world." Broadcast from Tokyo to a potential audience of 1.4 billion in 34 countries, the spectacle foreshadowed and, in many ways, led to the rise of mixed martial arts as a major sport.

For the first time, the lid is lifted on the world's fastest growing combat sport, Bare Knuckle Boxing, written by Stu Armstrong, who has worked in the centre of the sometimes controversial sport. The purest form of pugilism is a nest of vipers with of the most with dirty tricks, and secrets at every turn.

In Drama in the Bahamas, Dave Hannigan tells the occasionally poignant, often troubling, yet always entertaining story behind Ali's last bout. Through interviews with many of those involved, he discovers exactly how and why, a few weeks short of his 40th birthday, a seriously diminished Ali stepped through the ropes one more time to get beaten up by Trevor Berbick.

By the age of 24, Big Joe Egan had over 80 boxing wins and seven Irish titles and was a Golden Gloves champion. A mean body puncher with a durable chin, he went the distance with Lennox Lewis and beat future WBA champion Bruce Seldon. Encouraged by Floyd Patterson to try his luck in the USA, Joe joined "Iron" Mike Tyson’s training camp in the Catskill Mountains with the great Cus D’Amato. Joe became like a brother to Mike, who described him as the Toughest White Man on the Planet. Big Joe Egan is a gripping, entertaining, and uncompromisingly emotional account.

Ladies and gentlemen, it’s now time for the main event of book publishing. Steeped in history, the blue ribbon division has experienced some of the most awe-inspiring and exciting moments in sports. Today, in these very pages, we’ll pit the twenty greatest heavyweight boxers head-to-head to see who comes out on top. There will be no ducking tonight. Each warrior will fight the other in a fantasy league in some of the most exciting pugilistic combat to ever be written.

Written in 1976, this is the story of Larry Gains, the Coloured Heavyweight Champion of the World. It tells of his life in the rings of the world...riding the night trains of Canada...working the cattle boats...gambling in the casinos of the Riviera...Paris in the '20s, Cologne and the Charleston, Leicester and the long Indian Summer. It reveals the secrets of the champions...the twilight world of the Boston Tar Baby...the amorous ways of Harry Greb...how Battling Siki saw the light...the feuding with Jeff Dickson...and the chasing of Jack Sharkey.

To become recognized in the boxing world, you have to sacrifice hours of hard work and give boxing everything. The golden rule of the sweet science is: The boxer who works the hardest, wins the fight. Unfortunately, you will reach a point where your punches don’t land anymore, your opponent can read every move you make, and your defense is easily broken down—making all your hard work ineffective. When you get outboxed over and over, you feel weak and it feels like you physically cannot get any better.

The problem was that Les Darcy didn't want to march at the fore of such a procession, nor to such a destination. He wanted to continue what he had been doing to extraordinary acclaim before the war began - taking on the best boxers the world could throw at him, and lifting his entire family out of poverty as he did so. Torn between the duty he felt he owed his family, and the duty many felt he owed his country, Les made his choice ... and faced the consequences.

Behind every goal accomplished is a journey filled with confidence, success and admiration but also challenges, disappointments and moments of despair. But even when there are hardships, unseen struggles, dark times of indecision, injuries and financial problems, there are also moments of motivation, self-awareness and coping strategies to help you push through the negative to reach the positive.

Learn the boxing basics at home—discover how to punch, defend, and improve your footwork without the need for a boxing gym.

Bullied as a child, the guvnor, prisoner, Roy Shaw belt holder, barred out of the city of Newcastle for six years, doorman, bareknuckle fighter... Gary Firby has led just a bit of a colorful life. Now for the first time, with Jamie Boyle (author/filmmaker), he'll be penning his life story.