Glove Affair: My Lifelong Journey in the World of Professional Boxing [Hardcover]

Randy Gordon has spent over 40 years in the world of professional boxing, as a broadcaster, ring announcer, New York States athletic commissioner, editor of TheRing magazine, and host of SiriusXM Radios At the Fights. No one else has ever seen the sport from so many different angles and from such lofty seats.

In Glove Affair: My Lifelong Journey in the World of Professional Boxing, Gordon recounts never-before-heard stories of the boxing industry and offers insights into some of its most famous figures, including Hall-of-Famers Bert Sugar, Alexis Arguello, Bob Arum, and Mike Tyson. With the perspective only an insider can offer, Gordon also reflects on his times with Muhammad Aliincluding the champs mind-dazzling magic tricks and his thoughts on the Thrilla in Manilaand provides a glimpse into the boxing commissioners office with stories of a wild and fiery hearing and a commission employees betrayal of the agency.

From his days as a wheelchair bound, severely injured boy in 1959 to the most-widely-listened-to boxing talk show host on the radio, Gordon recalls his life story with passion, humor, and love. More than just another book on the Sweet Science, Glove Affair is a journey through the world of boxing through the eyes of a man who has seen it all.

Randy Gordon has been involved with boxing for over 40 years, as a fighter, writer, reporter, referee, editor-in-chief of The Ring magazinethe biggest and oldest boxing magazine in the worldchairman of the New York State Athletic Commission, and host of SiriusXMs At the Fights. He is the author of Muhammad Ali (2001) and The Ultimate NBA Sticker Book (2002). Gordon was inducted into the New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame in 2004 and the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame in 2016.

Theres a detailed account of Don King and WBC president Jose Sulaiman trying to bribe Gordon with a huge stack of hundred-dollar bills in the hope that Gordon would set aside Mike Tysons managerial contract lc—