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Overview
Glen Sharp's boxing career was a rise-and-fall story without so much rise in it. A sparring partner for light-heavyweight Hall of Famer Yaqui Lopez, he "retired" with a record of one victory and two defeats. A decade later, having come to understand how and why he failed as a younger fighter, he attempted a comeback.
Told with heart and wit, his memoir is a treatise on boxing as both profession and purpose. Sharp uses economic theory to describe the sweet science as a case study in resource management while recounting his own struggle to win fistic glory and his father's admiration.
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- ISBN-13: 9781476672694
- ISBN-10: 1476672695
- Publisher: McFarland & Company
- Publish Date: September 2018
- Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 1 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.75 pounds
- Page Count: 265
- Reading Level: Ages 18-UP
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