Third Man in the Ring

Klappentext Officiating a professional boxing match can be a thankless job. When a match goes well, no one focuses on the referee. But when a controversy arises, everyone remembers the man who makes the call. Third Man in the Ring explores the lives of these officials as they discuss what goes on inside the ropes and recount the disputes and clashes that have occurred when they worked at home and abroad. Zusammenfassung Officiating a professional boxing match can be a thankless job. When a match goes well! no one focuses on the referee. But when a controversy arises! everyone remembers the man who makes the call.

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MIKE FITZGERALD has authored five previous boxing books, including former heavyweight champion Ken Norton's Going the Distance (2000) and boxing's knockout leader Archie Moore's biography, The Ageless Warrior (2004). Fitzgerald has been a licensed professional boxing judge since 1992 and has officiated title bouts in several states and abroad, including Australia, South Africa, and North Korea. He lives in Janesville, Wisconsin, with his wife, Deb; his son, Ross; and his daughter, Allie.