The Boxing Dictionary: The Language of the Ring
- ISBN-10
- 0615544169
- ISBN-13
- 9780615544168
- Category
- Boxing
- Pages
- 397
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012
- Author
- Jonn E. JaGozza
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