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Schulberg, Budd ‘Ringside Treasury of Boxing Heritage’ 2006 1st edition. 364-pages. VG/VG
Ringside: A Treasury of Boxing Reportage is a 368-page collection of the finest boxing journalism by the legendary Oscar-winning screenwriter and novelist Budd Schulberg. Published as a hardcover first edition on January 1, 2006, by Ivan R. Dee Publisher, this comprehensive anthology spans a lifetime of his ringside coverage, combining technical strategy analysis with sharp social commentary on the “sweet science”.
Book Summary & Key Contents:
The book serves as a historical overview of boxing’s most significant eras, characters, and structural evolutions:
• Historical Origins: Takes readers back 200 years to a famous bare-knuckle brawl in England between Tom Cribb and Tom Molineaux.
• Social History & Icons: Contextualizes the historic cultural and social impacts of heavyweights like Joe Louis and Muhammad Ali within the fabric of American history.
• The “Golden Age” of Promoters: Features an extensive, monograph-length profile on “Uncle” Mike Jacobs, the notoriously greedy impresario who tightly controlled Madison Square Garden during boxing’s peak eras.
• Modern Era Profiles: Evaluates the technical skill, strategic flaws, and tragic downfalls of late 20th and early 21st-century stars, including Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield, Oscar De La Hoya, Bernard Hopkins, and Diego “Chico” Corrales.
• Personal Recollections: Includes Schulberg’s entertaining first-hand accounts of stepping away from Hollywood to manage his own heavyweight contender, Archie McBride, in the 1950s.
Schulberg’s prose is celebrated for balancing a deep reverence for the fighters with a cynical, clear-eyed focus on the deep-seated corruption, chicanery, and structural wrongs inherent to the boxing business.
Collector & First Edition Specifications:
• Publisher: Ivan R. Dee Publisher (Chicago)
• Publication Date: January 1, 2006
• Format: Hardcover with Dust Jacket
• Page Count: 368 pages
• ISBN-10: 1566637074 / ISBN-13: 9781566637077
• Introduction: Written by renowned sports journalist Hugh McIlvanney
• Dust Jacket Art: Typically features an iconic image of Joe Louis vs. Rocky Marciano
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