YOU don’t have to be an avid boxing fan to enjoy this book.
In fact, I highly recommend anyone who isn’t in love with the sport to pick it up: by the end, not only will you have a new-found respect for those who put on the the gloves, you will find yourself scouring YouTube for old fights of the men mentioned in it.
For someone with only a passing interest in boxing, mostly down to John Wight’s columns in the Star, I was gripped from start to finish by his words.
Gisele Pelicot said ‘shame must change sides.’ We may think we agree, but, argues LOUISE RAW, society still has some way to go
A WWI hero, renowned ornithologist, medical doctor, trade union organiser and founder member of the Communist Party of Great Britain all rolled in one. MAT COWARD tells the story of a life so improbable it was once dismissed as fiction
JOHN WIGHT tells the riveting story of one of the most controversial fights in the history of boxing and how, ultimately, Ali and Liston were controlled by others
The outcome of the Shakespearean modern-day classic, where legacy was reborn, continues to resonate in the mind of Morning Star boxing writer JOHN WIGHT