Warrior

A Champion's Incredible Search for His Identity

Warrior
Tris Dixon
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Hardback
h240 x 160mm - 352pg
25 Jul 2022 UK
International import eta 10-19 days
9781801500708
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Matthew Saad Muhammad was arguably the most exciting fighter of all time. He was WBC light-heavyweight champion from 1979 to 1981, but it wasn' t what he did that captured the hearts of fight fans, it was how he did it. Fight after fight was war after war. He would get beaten up, cut, dropped and virtually knocked out only to astonishingly rally and score come-from-behind victories. But through it all there was a shocking backstory. Abandoned by his birth parents aged just four, Matthew was raised in a Catholic orphanage and then adopted by a Portuguese family. He fell into a life of gangs and prison before boxing provided an escape, becoming a vehicle for him to find his real identity: who was he, and who were his parents? His rise to stardom was followed by a long, sad decline as he travelled the world trying to reclaim his former glories. He spent his final years in a Philadelphia homeless shelter, plagued by health issues. This is the definitive account of Matthew' s incredible but heart-rending story.
Tris Dixon has written about boxing at all levels for more than two decades. A former editor of Boxing News, he has written for The Ring and Boxing Scene and has worked as a broadcaster for Sky Sports, BT Sport and CNN. He is the author of four other boxing books and creator of the immensely popular Boxing Life Stories podcast. Dixon was a close friend of Matthew Saad Muhammad and has drawn on extensive personal interviews to tell his story.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781801500708
Published: 25 Jul 2022
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Pitch Publishing
Publisher: Pitch Publishing
Format: Hardback
Height: 240mm
Width: 160mm
Pages: 352

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