Punching from the Shadows : Memoir of a Minor League Professional Boxer
by Glen Sharp
2020-07-09 18:01:42
Punching from the Shadows : Memoir of a Minor League Professional Boxer
by Glen Sharp
2020-07-09 18:01:42
Glen Sharp's boxing career was a rise-and-fall story without so much rise in it. A sparring partner for light-heavyweight Hall of Famer Yaqui Lopez, he retired with a record of one victory and two defeats. A decade later, having come to understand ho...
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Glen Sharp's boxing career was a rise-and-fall story without so much rise in it. A sparring partner for light-heavyweight Hall of Famer Yaqui Lopez, he retired with a record of one victory and two defeats. A decade later, having come to understand how and why he failed as a younger fighter, he attempted a comeback. Told with heart and wit, his memoir is a treatise on boxing as both profession and purpose. Sharp uses economic theory to describe the sweet science as a case study in resource management while recounting his own struggle to win fistic glory and his father's admiration.
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