Inside the Ropes,9781590131268

Inside the Ropes

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ISBN13: 9781590131268
ISBN10: 1590131266
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2006-04-01
Publisher(s): McBooks Press
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Summary

The memoirs of a respected referee of boxing. Covers the Golden Days of the sport, spanning half a century. Includes thrilling and touching stories about all the great boxers from Dempsey to Ali to Tyson.

Author Biography

Arthur Mercante has been a professional referee since the 1940s. Besides officiating Muhammad Ali–Joe Frazier I, he has been the third man in the ring for championship bouts featuring Floyd Patterson, Emile Griffith, Carlos Ortiz, George Foreman, Sugar Ray Leonard, Wilfred Benitez, Jeff Fenech, Mike Tyson, Julio Cesar Chavez, Ike Quartey, Roy Jones Jr., and Shane Mosley, among others. He lives in Garden City, New York.

Table of Contents

foreword vii
preface ix
Prologue 3(5)
Beginnings
8(9)
Fighting for Uncle Sam
17(7)
On My Way
24(6)
The Blockbuster & Gloria
30(9)
Breaking In
39(5)
Jose Torres, Rheingold Beer & Me
44(5)
In the Spotlight of History: Patterson--Johansson II
49(6)
The Sweetest of Them All: Sugar Ray Robinson
55(4)
Lights, Camera---Action!
59(7)
My Favorite Bouts: a referee's choice
66(4)
The Trials and Tribulations of a Ref
70(6)
Danger and Intrigue
76(6)
The Lighter Side
82(6)
Round One to the Ladies
88(8)
The King & I
96(4)
Smokin' Joe
100(7)
The Manassa Mauler
107(5)
The Fight of the Century: Ali--Frazier I
112(6)
The Greatest
118(5)
Rivals of Yesteryear: Joe Louis and Max Schmeling
123(4)
What's My Line?
127(9)
Mayhem in Jamaica
136(7)
In the Maelstrom
143(5)
Blow by Blow with Howard Cosell
148(7)
Long Island's White Hope
155(6)
Sugar Ray Leonard and the little fellers
161(6)
Iron Mike
167(8)
Marvelous Marv
175(6)
In My Footsteps
181(7)
The Boxing Ref: cool and collected
188(6)
Light and Heavy
194(8)
The More Things Change . . .
202(9)
Stepping into the Hall
211(6)
Epilogue 217(4)
Appendix: Selected Major Bouts 221(5)
Arthur Mercante
Index 226

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