Sporting Blood: Tales from the Dark Side of Boxing by Carlos Acevedo

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/689671 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sporting Blood: Tales from the Dark Side of Boxing Author: Carlos Acevedo Narrator: Timothy Andrés Pabon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 46 minutes Release date: July 18, 2023 Genres: Sports Publisher's Summary: 'This book may cement [Acevedo's] status as one of today's best boxing journalists.' —Kirkus Reviews Boxing has one of the richest literary traditions in sports. From A. J. Liebling to Donald McRae, the sweet science has consistently inspired great writing. The work of Carlos Acevedo stands firmly in that distinguished tradition. In this expanded edition of Sporting Blood, Acevedo adds two new masterful essays—one about the murder of Stanley Ketchel, the other about the gangland slaying of Battling Siki—to those that made his debut collection an instant classic. Other highlights include a moving meditation on Muhammad Ali; a penetrating look at the enigmatic Charles 'Sonny' Liston; and a vivid profile of Mike Tyson, which brilliantly conjures the Boy King's late 1980s reign of terror. Acevedo also offers many other unforgettable tales from boxing's dark side, featuring Jack Johnson, Joe Frazier, Roberto Duran, Aaron Pryor, Jake LaMotta, and more. Sporting Blood is a poetic throwback, a singular book that evokes journalism's golden age and places Acevedo among the best sportswriters of his generation.