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Hailed by critics as a long overdue portrait of Sugar Ray Robinson, a man who was as elusive out of the ring as he was magisterial in it, "Pound for Pound" is a lively and nuanced profile of an athlete who is the best boxer the sport has arguably ever known. So great were Robinson's skills, he was eulogized by Woody Allen, compared to Joe Louis, and praised by Muhammad Ali, who called him "the king, the master, my idol." But the same discipline that Robinson brought to the sport eluded him at home, leading him to emotionally and physically abuse his family, particularly his wife, the gorgeous dancer Edna Mae, whose entrepreneurial skills helped Robinson build an empire to which Harlemites were inexorably drawn. Exposing Robinson's flaws as well as putting his career in the context of his life and times, renowned and bestselling journalist Herb Boyd, with Ray Robinson II, tells for the first time the full story of a complex man and sport-altering athlete.

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Book category Books in English Lifestyle, sport & leisure Sports & outdoor recreation Combat sports & self-defence

• Full title: Pound For Pound
• Subtitle: A Biography of Sugar Ray Robinson
• Author: Herb Boyd
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336
• EAN: 9780060934385
• ISBN: 0060934387
• ID: 01320962
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
• Weight: 280 g
• Dimensions: 214 × 134 × 25 mm
• Date of publishing: 02. March 2006

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