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Pound for PoundHerb Boyd, Ray Robinson
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Pound for Pound

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Hailed by critics as a long overdue portrait of Sugar Ray Robinson, a man who was as elusive out of the ring as he was magisterial in it, Pound for Pound is a lively and nuanced profile of an athlete who is arguably the best boxer the sport has ever known. So great were Robinson's skills, he was eulogized by Woody Allen, compared to Joe Louis, and praised by Muhammad Ali, who called him "the king, the master, my idol." But the same discipline that Robinson brought to the sport eluded him at home, leading him to emotionally and physically abuse his family -- particularly his wife, the gorgeous…

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FormatPublisherYearPagesISBN
EditionHarperCollins Publishers2007—9780061354922
EditionHarperCollins Publishers2007—9780061354953
EbookHarperCollins2007—9780061354908
EditionHarperCollins Publishers2007—9780061354946
EditionHarperCollins Publishers2007—9780061354939
PaperbackAmistad20063369780060934385
HardcoverAmistad20053369780060188764
Biography & AutobiographyNonfictionSports & RecreationsBoxers (Sports)BiographyRobinson, sugar ray, 1920-1989