Four Kings : Leonard, Hagler, Hearns, Duran and the Last Great Era of Boxing (Hardcover)

from satchmo77

Four Kings by George Kimball is a must read if your a boxing fan, or just want to learn about a great time in the sport. Leonard, Hearns, Hagler, and Duran, are names known to every boxing fan, You will learn about their fights and their lives, and all that went into their careers. I highly recom...

from Dutchfan

George Kimball's Four Kings fruitfully conveys the story of "the last great era of boxing" as it could only be told by an eyewitness. By centering his book on the nine fights between members of the four kings- Duran, Hagler, Hearns and Leonard- Kimball captures the excitement of the bouts which a...

from hippypaul

Boxing as a sport is at an ebb in the US. It has been chased from popular culture by such things as MMA and Professional (?) Wrestling. However there were times that boxing was a major draw in America. Starting at the turn of the twentieth century boxing grew to be the pre-eminent sport by the ti...

from jsewvello

This book is about the last great era of boxing, when there were four superstars fighting at or near the same weight class. Sugar Ray Leonard, Marvin Hagler, Thomas Hearns, and Roberto Duran will go down in history as four of the greatest boxers of all time. This book covers all four in equal mea...

from wildbill

The Four Kings is the story of Roberto Duran, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Sugar Ray Leonard and Thomas Hearns. They were the preeminent boxers of the 1980's whose paths crossed in nine fights between the members of the group. The author worked for 25 years as a sports columnist for the Boston Herald...