Baddest Man
the making of mike tyson
$70.34
- Hardcover
448 pages
- Release Date
4 July 2025
Summary
Iron Ambition: The Explosive Story of Mike Tyson’s Rise and Impact
From the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author who covered Mike Tyson and his inner circle since the 1980s, comes a magnificent noir epic about fame, race, greed, criminality, trauma, and the creation of the most feared and mesmerizing fighter in boxing history.
On a defining evening of the 1980s, Donald Trump hosted celebrities and high rollers in a Jersey Shore town to witness 21-year-old Mik…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529958942 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1529958946 |
| Author: | Mark Kriegal |
| Publisher: | Ebury Publishing |
| Imprint: | Ebury Spotlight |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Release Date: | 4 July 2025 |
| Weight: | 664g |
| Dimensions: | 242mm x 164mm x 46mm |
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Critics Review
One of America’s finest living sportswriters… the best sports biography I have read in years – Jonathan Mahler, author of Ladies and Gentlemen, The Bronx is BurningA masterpiece … [this book] cements Mark Kriegel as the greatest chronicler of fighting and fighters – Wright Thompson, , New York Times bestselling author of The Barn, Pappyland, and The Cost of These DreamsMark Kriegel has done it again. Baddest Man is the Mike Tyson book all of us (and not just boxing fans) have been waiting for, a biography as nimble and powerful as its subject. Unforgettable – Jonathan Eig, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of King: A Life and Ali: A Life
About The Author
Mark Kriegal
Mark Kriegel, a former sports columnist for the New York Post and the Daily News, is a boxing analyst and essayist for ESPN. He is the author of Namath- A Biography, Pistol- The Life of Pete Maravich and The Good Son- The Life of Ray \“Boom Boom\” Mancini. He lives in Santa Monica, California, with his wife, the screenwriter Jenny Lumet.
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