Summary
Ring magic is different from the magic of the theatre, because the curtain never comes down - because the blood in the ring is real blood, and the broken noses and the broken hearts are real, and sometimes they are broken forever. Boxing is the magic of men in combat, the magic of will, and skill, and pain, and the risking of everything so you can respect yourself for the rest of your life.
The hermetic world of boxing is notoriously difficult for outsiders to understand, though it ha…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781784703851 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1784703850 |
| Author: | F.X. Toole |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 15 April 2016 |
| Weight: | 181g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 16mm |
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About The Author
F.X. Toole
F. X. Toole is a professional boxing trainer and ‘cut man’. He has also worked as a truck driver, a docker, a roustabout and a matador. He is the author of Rope Burns from which the story ‘Million Dollar Baby’ was made into a film starring Clint Eastwood.
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