The Ultimate Book of Boxing Lists

by Bert Randolph Sugar, Teddy Atlas

Overview

What were the ten most fantastic knockouts in boxing history? Which pugilist had the greatest jab of all time? What were the sport's most intense rivalries? Who scored the biggest upsets in the sport's annals? Which fighters have the best nicknames? These questions and many others are answered in this bold collection of ranked lists from two of boxing's most popular commentators. Each list has an introductory paragraph followed by a number of ranked entries, with each entry featuring a brief explanation of ranking plus entertaining and enlightening background information.

Also included are original lists contributed exclusive to this book by more than 25 top personalities from boxing and beyond, including Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, George Foreman, Oscar De La Hoya, Bernard Hopkins, and more.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780762440139
Publisher:	Running Press Book Publishers
Publication date:	01/11/2011
Edition description:	Original
Pages:	240
Sales rank:	1,056,947
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Bert Sugar has been called "the greatest boxing writer of the 20th century" by the International Veterans Boxing Association. A sports-media icon with his trademark cigar and fedora, Sugar appears regularly on ESPN, HBO, and Showtime as a commentator on boxing and baseball. In addition to being the one-time owner and editor of Boxing Illustrated magazine, and editor and publisher of The Ring, Sugar has written more than eighty books on boxing. He lives in Chappaqua, New York.

Teddy Atlas has been a well-respected boxing trainer since 1976, including six years at the legendary Catskill Boxing Club of Cus D'Amato and serving as Mike Tyson's trainer for the first four years of his career. Atlas joined ESPN in September 1998 to serve as ringside analyst for ESPN2's weekly series Friday Night Fights, and has also served as a ringside analyst for Showtime, ABC Wide World of Sports, and HBO radio broadcasts. He lives in upstate New York.

Table of Contents

Foreword Brian Kenny 8

Introductions 10

Best Lines Defining the Sport of Boxing 13

Best Boxing Nicknames 15

My Top Ten All-Time Heavyweight Champions Muhammad Ali 18

Boxing's Most Colorful Characters 20

Boxing's Dirtiest Fights Don Stradley 22

Best Body Punchers 26

Best Physiques 29

Greatest Boxing IQs 31

My Ten Toughest Fights Sugar Ray Leonard 35

Five Reasons I Won the Rematch against Sugar Ray Leonard Tommy Hearns 37

Fighters with the Best Jabs 38

Most Devastating Single-Punch Knockouts 40

Boxing's Biggest Punchers 43

The Ten Hardest Punches I Ever Threw Earnie Shavers 45

Best Chins 46

The Hardest I Was Ever Hit George Chuvalo 48

Greatest Canadian Fighters Lou Eisen 49

Greatest Latino Boxers Ruben Olivares Gene Aguilera 50

Greatest Southpaws 52

Best Left Hooks 54

Nicknames for Famous Punches 57

Most Memorable Rounds in Boxing History (Round-by-Roundl 59

Greatest Olympic Boxers 64

Greatest British Fighters Gareth Davies 67

Boxing's Top Technicians 69

Best Pre-Fight Lines 72

Greatest Rivalries 74

Boxing's Best Brother Combinations Steve Farhood 77

Greatest Italian-American Fighters George Randazzo 49

Most Exciting Fighters 81

Fastest Hands 83

Best Footwork 85

Most Awkward Fighters 88

Boxing's Most Controversial Fights 90

Greatest Fan Favorites 94

Most Menacing Nicknames 98

Most Intimidating Fighters 100

Most Fragile Chins 102

Fighters with the Most "Heart" 104

Best Lines During Fights 107

Boxing's Most Two-Sided Fights 108

Most Famous Draws in Boxing History 112

My Favorite Fighters to Draw Bill Gallo 114

Flattest Noses 115

Take-Two-to-Give-One Fighters 116

Most Famous Rockys 119

Other Film Heroes I Wish I Would Have Inspired Chuck Wepner 121

Top Boxing Movies 122

Boxing's Greatest Ring Generals 125

Boxing's Most Overlooked "Bit" Players 127

Boxing's Best Cornermen/Trainers Angelo Dundee 131

Greatest Playboys of the Boxing World 132

Powderpuff Punchers 135

History's Busiest Punchers 137

CompuBox's Busiest Punchers Bob Canobbio 139

The Most Significant Fights in History 140

Greatest Irish-American Fighters 143

Greatest Jewish Boxers Mike Silver 146

Greatest Trilogies 148

Biggest Boxing Stories of the Last 50 Years Ed Schuyler 153

The Most Underappreciated Boxers in History 154

My All-Time Favorite Fighters Iran Barkley 157

Boxing's Biggest Disappointments 158

Greatest Defensive Fighters 161

Greatest Fighting Families Michael Rosenthal 164

Boxing's Biggest Upsets 165

Best Lines on Individual Aspects of Boxing 169

Greatest Puerto Rican Fighters of All Time Mario Rivera Martino 170

Greatest Mew York Daily News Golden Gloves Champions Bill Farrell 172

Boxing's Greatest Methuselahs 173

Saddest Finales 175

My Favorite Singers and Musical Groups Ernie Terrell 178

Best Boxing Songs 179

Greatest Roles in Boxing Movies 182

Championship Fights that Would Have Had a Different Result under the Current 12-Round Limit 184

Greatest Cuban Fighters 188

Most Disappointing Heavyweight Title Fights 190

Greatest Heavyweight Championship Fights Muhammad Ali 195

Most Controversial Decisions Harold Lederman 196

Greatest Mexican Boxers 199

Greatest "Killer Instinct" 202

Best Post-Fight Lines 205

Most Famous Disqualifications 206

My Most Memorable Las Vegas Fights Royce Feour 209

Fighters More Remembered for Their Losses than Their Wins 211

Greatest Career Comebacks 214

Boxing's Greatest: Division-By-Division 217

Boxing's Greatest All-Time Pound-For-Pound Fighters 234

Editorial Reviews

Library Journal, March 17, 2011
It's hard to imagine a team better equipped to compile this work than Sugar, boxing writer nonpareil, and Atlas, boxing analyst and trainer of champions. Throw in a few lists by guests like Muhammad Ali, and you have a book that will appeal greatly to boxing enthusiasts. Among the 88 lists are the expected (greatest fighters); the arcane (best body punchers); the amusing (best boxing nicknames); and the puzzling (heavyweight Ernie Terrell's favorite singers and musical groups). The book falls short of Sugar's stated intent to, through a collection of orderly miscellanea, create a kind of shorthand history of the sport, but to do so would be difficult. A winner by a majority decision, though an index sure would have been handy.

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