Boxing's Most Wanted: The Top 10 Book of Champs, Chumps, and Punch-Drunk Palookas (Most Wanted)

By David L. Hudson Jr. and Mike Fitzgerald

The Most Wanted series puts on the gloves and steps inside the squared circle to chronicle the best and worst of the pugilistic world plus everything in between. Authors David L. Hudson, Jr., and Mike Fitzgerald, Jr., answer the bell with fifty top-ten lists of famous fighters, fantastic finishes, oddball occurrences, and yes, even the punch-drunk palookas that padded the stats of some of the sport s top stars. You ll read about the greatest fight trilogies, the biggest upsets, the famous families, and the real-life boxing personalities who appeared in the movie reels. You ll even read dueling lists about boxers with prison backgrounds and those who had a second career on the right side of the law. Which all-time middleweight great, who set a record with fifteen successive title defenses, lost his debut bout at the light-heavyweight level? Whom did Muhammad Ali dub "Dracula" because of his missing front teeth? Which prolific puncher scared some opponents so badly that after they showed up at the weigh-in, they chickened out of the fight itself? You ll find these tidbits and hundreds of others in "Boxing's Most Wanted ." Whether you re a new fan or a longtime student of the sport, you ll find something in this book to amuse and amaze you. You don t have to skip rope or chug raw eggs to get inside a boxing ring anymore, Hudson and Fitzgerald take you there to absorb all the jabs, roundhouses, and kayoes you can handle."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1574887149
• ISBN13: 9781574887143
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Potomac Books
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.1" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

Fun, Informative boxing book

Fight The Good FightDavid Hudson is an attorney, boxing Judge, state boxing official, a good guy, a great friend of mine and an author of some 12 books. Boxing's most wanted is a funny look at the much maligned, manly sport of boxing and is well worth the price.

Good quick source book.

The books pretty much what I expected. Its a fun read and made me chuckle more often than not. Its a quick bit of boxing trivia that is a must own for any boxing fan.

Fun to read, lots of interesting information

I think anyone who has an interest in boxing will enjoy this book. There is a lot of great information that will be interesting to most readers, but mainly it's just a fun read.

Top 10 Reasons You Should Buy This Book

Top 10 Reasons You Should Buy This Book This is an excellent and fun book. A buddy and I used to sit in a greasy spoon diner and make our own lists of top 10's - like the top 10 bands we liked, top 10 girls of TV/film, top 10 everything - so I've always been a fan of lists. This book brings you to that place. Just hanging with a buddy (who happens to know absolutely everything about boxing) and having a blast, making the most fantastic, eccentric and interesting lists about boxing and boxers. This is a great and fun book of top 10's of boxing - just like the title says the top 10 book of champs, chumps and punch drunk palookas - really everything in between. You will not be disappointed. It's fun, entertaining, enjoyable and educational. A must have for any and every boxing fan.