The Sweet Science [Paperback]

A.J. Liebling's classicNew Yorkerpieces on the sweet science of bruising bring vividly to life the boxing world as it once was.

The Sweet Sciencedepicts the great events of boxing's American heyday: Sugar Ray Robinson's dramatic comeback, Rocky Marciano's rise to prominence, Joe Louis's unfortunate decline. Liebling never fails to find the human story behind the fight, and he evokes the atmosphere in the arena as distinctly as he does the goings-on in the ring--a combination that promptedSports Illustratedto nameThe Sweet Sciencethe best American sports book of all time.

A. J. Lieblingjoined the staff ofThe New Yorkerin 1935 and wrote for the magazine until his death in 1963. His greatest work is collected inJust Enough Liebling.

Robert Anasiis the author ofThe Gloves.

Foreword by Robert Anasi

Introduction

The Bog Fellows
Boxing with the Naked Eye
Broken Fighter Arrives

The Melting Middleweight
Sugar Ray and the Milling Cove
Kearns by a Knockout

The Big Fellows Again
New Champ
Long Toddle, Short Fight
Charles I
Charles II

Other Formats
The Boy from South Main Street
Nino and a Nanimal
Soir?e Intime
The Neutral Corner Art Group
Debut of a Seasoned Artist
Wunderkind
Great-and-a-Half Champion
Next-to-Last Stand, Maybe
Donnybrook Farr

Ahab and Nemesis
Ahab and Nemesis