The Boxing Album: An Illustrated History

The Boxing Album: An Illustrated History
ISBN-10
0831748109
ISBN-13
9780831748104
Category
Boxers (Sports)
Pages
256
Language
English
Published
1995
Publisher
Smithmark Pub
Author
Peter Brooke-Ball

Description

An updated volume brings boxing fans on a tour of the sport and the famous figures that have contributed to its success, and provides more than five hundred full-color photographs from behind-the-scenes to inside the ring.

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