An edition of Cut Time (2003)

Cut Time

An Education at the Fights

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An edition of Cut Time (2003)

Cut Time

An Education at the Fights

  • 2 Want to read

"Boxing is not just fighting; it is also training and living right and preparing to go the distance in the broadest sense of the phrase, a relentless managing of self that anyone who gets truly old must learn"--Cut Time. As his affection for boxing grows, Carlo Rotella discovers that it sheds a startling light on the world outside the ring. The brief, disastrous boxing career of one of his students pinpoints the moment when adulthood arrives. The hard-won insight of a fellow fan shows Rotella how to process the trauma of a car crash. The persistence of a wizened ex-lightweight champion gives him the key to understanding and honoring his grandmother. Rotella unearths the hidden wisdom in any kind of fight, from barroom dustup to HBO extravaganza. He vividly describes the tough choices and subtle pleasures that come the way of every fighter, from perennial underdogs on the tank-town circuit to Larry Holmes, an all-time great who still spars to retching exhaustion at the age of fifty. As Rotella traces his surprising immersion in the fight world, he achieves what few other writers on that world have: he makes it relevant to us, whether we're fans or not"--Publisher's description.

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Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Language
English
Pages
240

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Cover of: Cut Time
Cut Time: An Education at the Fights
September 1, 2005, University Of Chicago Press
Paperback in English - New Ed edition
Cover of: Cut Time
Cut Time: An Education at the Fights
August 5, 2003, Houghton Mifflin
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First Sentence

"RINGSIDE comes into being whenever the hitting starts and both combatants know how to do it."

Classifications

Library of Congress
GV1133 .R69 2003, GV1133.R69 2003

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL7603954M
ISBN 10
0618145338
ISBN 13
9780618145331
LCCN
2002191286
OCLC/WorldCat
51171707
Library Thing
414079

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RINGSIDE comes into being whenever the hitting starts and both combatants know how to do it.
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