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The Heavyweights eBook Series

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  • Mike Tyson: The Iron Years

    The Heavyweights

    by Lea Worrall ...
    Series series The Heavyweights
    After Muhammad Ali, the heavyweight division went into free fall. Larry Holmes was the dominant WBC champion, but nobody seemed to want to keep hold of the WBA crown.The heavyweight division needed a new star to bring law and order; the heavyweight division needed Mike Tyson.The Iron Years begins with the plight of the heavyweight division, Tyson's violent upbringing, his rise to the undisputed ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Real Deal: Boxing's Ultimate Warrior

    The Heavyweights

    by Lea Worrall ...
    Series series The Heavyweights
    Evander Holyfield grew up in the ghettos of Atmore, Alabama and Atlanta, Georgia. His mother raised him to work hard, respect others, and not squander his God-given talents or quit - ever. Young Holyfield dreamed of playing for his beloved Atlanta Falcons. Alas, the coaches overlooked him due to his lack of size.Fortunately, the young boy stumbled across the boxing club, and he was hooked ever ... Read more

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  • A Modern Day Rivalry

    The Heavyweights

    by Lea Worrall ...
    Series series The Heavyweights
    Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder came to boxing on different paths. Wilder was a promising basketball and American football player and dreamed of playing in the NFL. Those dreams were shattered when his daughter was born with spina bifida and Wilder looked for a day job to help with her medical bills. He first stepped into a boxing gym aged nineteen and never looked back, winning bronze at the 2008 ... Read more

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  • Fearless

    The Story of George Chuvalo, Canada's Greatest Boxer

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    George Chuvalo only wanted one thing: to become a boxer. When Chuvalo stepped into the ring, he was fearless. In ninety-three professional fights between 1956 and 1979, boxing everyone from George Foreman to Muhammad Ali, he was never once knocked out. But this heavyweight boxing legend never had it easy. After losing many loved ones to drugs, Chuvalo has also become a role model out of the ring ... Read more

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  • The Definitive History of World Championship Boxing

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  • Close Encounters with the Gloves Off

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  • Tyson - The Concise Biography of Iron Mike

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    In his prime Mike Tyson was the most dominant fighter the sport of boxing had ever seen. At twenty he became the youngest heavyweight champion in history after winning his first nineteen fights by knockout, half of them inside the first round.This biography covers Tyson's life and professional career, beginning with his criminal childhood, through to his amateur career, his meteoric rise to ... Read more

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