Baddest Man
the making of mike tyson
$31.20
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
10 June 2025
Summary
Iron Ambition: The Noir Epic of Mike Tyson’s Rise and Fall
From the New York Times bestselling author who chronicled Mike Tyson’s world since the 80s, comes a gripping noir saga of fame, race, greed, criminality, and the forging of boxing’s most feared and mesmerizing force.
In a defining moment of the 1980s, Donald Trump gathered luminaries to witness 21-year-old Mike Tyson decimate Michael Spinks in a mere 91 seconds, earning more than entire NBA team payrolls.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529958959 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1529958954 |
| Author: | Mark Kriegal |
| Publisher: | Ebury Publishing |
| Imprint: | Ebury Spotlight |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 10 June 2025 |
| Weight: | 700g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 153mm x 40mm |
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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 Burning A 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 Dreams Mark 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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