Book description
Ringside is a bountiful collection of the most memorable boxing
stories by legendary fight-game writer Budd Schulberg.
Schulberg takes us all the way back to an epic bare-knuckle contest
in England 200 years ago; draws a revealing portrait of 'Uncle' Mike
Jacobs, the promotional impresario of boxing in its golden age;
expertly places Joe Louis and Muhammad Ali in the social context of
their times; brings followers up to date on the careers of the great
names of recent decades - Tyson, Holyfield, de la Hoya, Hopkins,
'Chico' Corrales; and much more.
Throughout this book, Schulberg provides the perfect blend of great
writing on great fighters, laced with a realistic sense of boxing's
wrongs as well as its rights. With prose that sparkles with authority
and insight, Ringside is a main event in the world of sports literature.
Budd Schulberg was the author of
What Makes Sammy Run?,
On the Waterfront
and
The Harder They Fall
. A celebrated boxing writer, he won every possible award the sport has
to offer, including the Living Legend Award of the World Boxing
Association, the A. J. Liebling Award of the Boxing Writers Association
of America and was inducted into the Boxing Hall of Fame. He died in
August 2009.
