My View from the Corner
A Life in Boxing
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نقد و بررسی
October 8, 2007
Dundee, a Hall of Fame corner man who has worked alongside 15 world boxing champions, recalls his life and times at ringside with the help of Sugar, renowned boxing storyteller and editor. Together they trace a corner career that has taken Dundee (born in 1923) from boxing's first televised bouts to the heavyweight pay-per-view spectacles of today. Dundee brings to the corner a unique and wide set of skills, acting as trainer, doctor, coach and psychologist all at once. Between tales of the last century's biggest title bouts, the authors provide an in-depth look at sparring, psyching out an opponent, closing and dressing cuts, the politics of weigh-ins and the science of opponent selection. Pulling no punches in this memoir, Dundee readily addresses rumors that he loosened the ropes before the “Rumble in the Jungle,” allowing Ali to pull off the now famous “rope-a-dope” victory against Foreman. He references legends like this in the same humorous and spirited voice with which he admits to spraying goo on his head to cover up his baldness, until it started to melt under the hot ringside lights and freaked out one of his fighters. This book's appeal lies in Dundee's colorful and punchy personality, as he enlivens the prose with entertaining, Yogi Berra–like jokes, tautologies and euphemisms. It's no surprise that Dundee helped Ali develop his famous rhymes.
October 15, 2007
The teaming of esteemed boxing trainer Dundee and Sugar, perhaps the best boxing writer around, produces a lively and insightful look at professional boxing in the second half of the 20th century. Dundee trained several champions in his long, successful career, including Muhammad Ali (for 21 years), "Sugar" Ray Leonard (for ten), and George Foreman around the time of his improbable 1990s comeback. The book recounts Dundee's rise from the streets of South Philly to the top of his profession with a multitude of colorful, behind-the-scenes stories and anecdotes of fighters, fights, and the fight game. Since Dundee was in Ali's corner from the time he was Cassius Clay until the sad, dissipated end two decades later, the greatest portion of the book covers his time with Ali, who transcended the world of boxing to become an international figure. Although Dundee recognizes Ali's faults, he emphasizes the champ's fun-loving, playful personality. His fascinating portraits of Ali, Leonard, and Foreman make this a terrific read; highly recommended for all libraries.John Maxymuk, Rutgers Univ. Lib., Camden, NJ
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