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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Pound For Pound : A Biography Of Sugar Ray Robinson by Herb Boyd , Ray Robinson
Hailed by critics as a long-overdue portrait of Sugar Ray Robinson, a man as elusive outside the ring as he was magisterial in it, Pound by Pound is a lively and nuanced profile of an athlete who is arguably the best boxer the scene has ever seen. But the same discipline that Robinson brought to the sport eluded him at home, leading him to emotionally and physically abuse his family. Exposing Robinsons flaws as well as putting his career in the context of his life, this book tells for the first time the full story of a truly complex man.show more