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Punching From The Shadows

In labeling Punching from the Shadows a memoir, Glen Sharp might be selling short his autobiographical work. More than a

I loved it. I loved it. I loved luring a guy into throwing a punch, then landing my own right

An amateur boxer prowling the stands in desperation, looking for a last-second opponent. Silver Gloves competitions filled with anxious fighting

It requires a leap of the imagination to understand how different from today the sport of boxing was in the

When news came in 1987 that former heavyweight champion George Foreman, who had retired ten years before to become an

The first, prolific championship reign of Muhammad Ali, which saw him defend his title eight times in two years, had,

While it may be going a bit far to classify Ken Norton as a “hard-luck fighter,” it’s difficult not to