JUNE 2005
Poem of the Month
By Tom Smario
Cinderella Man
Book Excerpt by Mike DeLisa
Entertaining Fighters and Prospects
By Adam
Pollack
Fatty Langtry: Pudgy
Pugilist of the Past
By Robert Carson
John Klein: 19th-Century
Trainer
Extraordinaire
By Pete Ehrmann
Ring Leader
By Ron Lipton
Incentives in Professional
Boxing Contracts
By Rafael Tenorio
Fight Town
Book Excerpt by Tim Dahlberg
The Regulation of Boxing
on Tribal
Lands:
Towards a Pan-Indian
Boxing Commission
By James
Alexander
Spotlight on Cut Man Lenny DeJesus
By Sam
Gregory
Dick Wipperman
by Pete Ehrmann
Jack Johnson: The Dates,
the Events, the Sources
by Stuart Templeton
Touching Gloves with...
"Irish" Art Hafey
by
Dan Hanley
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'FIGHT TOWN'
by Tim Dahlberg
It was in Las Vegas where Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack were the stars in
the showrooms, but fighters like Sonny Liston and a brash Cassius Clay helped put the city
on the boxing map.
Soon it was Las Vegas, not New York City, that could truly boast it was the center of the
boxing world. This was a place where champions were made-where Mike Tyson became the
youngest heavyweight champion ever and George Foreman became the oldest. It was the home
of the most bizarre spectacles, yet sometimes they seemed normal in a city that never
sleeps. It was in Las Vegas where Tyson bit off a piece of Evander Holyfield's ear, and a
motorized parachutist crashed into the ring as Holyfield was fighting Riddick Bowe. There
were touching moments too, like Foreman praying in his corner after knocking out Michael
Moorer with one punch to win the heavyweight title at the MGM Grand.
Tim Dahlberg, who saw his first fight in 1969 at the old International Hotel, captures it
all in Fight Town with an anecdotal flair and brilliance of the beautiful,
accompanying photos. This book will take you to the arenas and enable you to peek inside
the lives of the fighters. In photos never before published, see a 21-year-old Cassius
Clay jump into the ring to challenge Liston after he knocks out Floyd Patterson in 1963,
promising he will go down in eight rounds when they meet. Gerry Cooney stares into the
darkening sky outside Caesars Palace in another as he prepares to take on Larry Holmes in
the biggest heavyweight title fight of its time. The faces and places are all there,
spread out over more than 200 pages. This is truly a tribute to both the city and the
sport it loves. This is Fight Town.
For reviews and information on how to order Tim Dahlberg's book,
click here.
To download a chapter,
click here (requires
adobe acrobat).
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