Peter Wood
43 articles · Boxing.com
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Peek Into the Soul of a Prizefighter?Part Two
By Peter Wood
?My favorite boxing books deal with the seamy underside of the sport?Budd Schulberg?s ?The Harder They Fall? and Leonard Gardner?s ?Fat City??? I asked professional fighters to finish this sentence: ?MY FAVORITE…
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Peek Into the Soul of a Prizefighter?Part 1
By Peter Wood
?MY FAVORITE BOOK IS?? I asked champion boxers, ex-champions, contenders, ex-contenders, and prominent boxing figures around the globe, to finish that sentence. Their responses were fascinating and illuminating. Sometimes their choice of…
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An Old Boxer Stands on a Yoga Mat
By Peter Wood
I?m trying to embrace the same discipline, concentration and determination I mastered as that strong, young eighteen-year-old middleweight? I?m standing in a warm puddle of sweat and it brings me back to…