Book description
After a series of adventurous jobs around the world, Sam Sheridan
found himself in Australia, cash-rich and with time on his hands to
spend it. It occurred to him that he could finally explore a long-held
obsession: fighting. Within a year, he was in Bangkok training with
Thailand's greatest kickboxing champion and stepping through the ropes
for his first professional bout. But one fight wasn't enough, and
Sheridan set out to test himself on an epic journey into how and why
we fight, facing Olympic boxers, Brazilian jiu-jitsu stars, and
Ultimate Fighting champions.
'[Sheridan's] accounts of the gruelling work-outs he endured and the
characters he met form the compelling core of the book - Watch out, he's
still in training.' Independent on Sunday 'A writer who can
intelligently explain his love of fighting.' Dazed and Confused Sam
Sheridan joined the US Merchant Marines after high school and then
attended Harvard College. He has written for Men's Journal and Newsweek.
This is his first book.
