When in Doubt, Stop the Bout : A Revolutionary Approach to Boxing Safety and Reform

Silver Mike

ISBN 10: 1949590771 / ISBN 13: 9781949590777

Editore: Hamilcar Pubns, 2025

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• Titolo: When in Doubt, Stop the Bout : A Revolutionary Approach to Boxing Safety and Reform
• Editore: Hamilcar Pubns
• Data di pubblicazione: 2025
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1949590771
• ISBN 13: 9781949590777
• Rilegatura: Rilegato
• Condizione: As New

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Riassunto

“Sincethe inception of the Marquess of Queensberry rules boxing has understood theneed to be safer. While there have been some rule changes through the years,many have been like applying an ‘enswell’ to reduce swelling. In his latestbook, When in Doubt Stop the Bout, Mike Silver asks the hard questionsand offers serious and innovative solutions that will make the sport saferwithout diluting its primal appeal. Anyone who cares about boxing and thefighters who put themselves at risk should read this book.”—Teddy Atlas,Hall of Fame trainer and boxing analyst

In Whenin Doubt, Stop the Bout, renowned boxing historian Mike Silver presents ashocking exposé of the sordid underbelly of professional boxing, and uncoversthe sport’s criminally flawed infrastructure and those responsible forit.

Fromcompromised referees to poorly trained ringside physicians to an insidiouscartel of “sanctioning organizations” approving dangerous mismatches, Silverlays bare the corruption, the negligence, and the incompetence that has made adangerous sport even more dangerous.

But asidefrom unmasking the chaotic mess that afflicts boxing, this book for the firsttime proposes groundbreaking practical solutions that will mitigate the dangerand save lives. Penetrating and persuasive, When in Doubt, Stop the Boutwill change forever how you see the sport of boxing.

Informazioni sull?autore

Mike Silver is the authorof three books. The Arc of Boxing: TheRise and Decline of the Sweet Science (McFarland, 2008) isconsidered a classic and was recently listed as McFarland’s # 1 best-seller forJune 2023. His second book, Stars in the Ring: Jewish Champions in theGolden Age of Boxing (Lyons Press, 2016),was called by Publisher’s Weekly “An achievement unlikely to be equaled.” The Night the Referee Hit Back: MemorableMoments from the World of Boxing (Rowman & Littlefield, 2020) wasdescribed as “A welcome additionto the libraries of boxing fans and sports pundits” by Publisher’s Weekly. 

Silver’s work has appeared in the New York Times, The Ringmagazine, Boxing Monthly, The InternationalBoxing Research Journal, andvarious boxing web sites. He is a former inspector with the New York StateAthletic Commission and a consultant and on-air commentator for nineteen boxingdocumentaries produced by PBS, HBO, ESPN, the History Channel and Madison SquareGarden Network. He was the curator of the “Sting Like a Maccabee: The GoldenAge of the American Jewish Boxer” exhibit at the National Museum of AmericanJewish History in Philadelphia (2004-05), and a co-curator of the San FranciscoJewish Film Festival’s centerpiece program, “Jews, Boxing, and Hollywood”(2007). He is a member of the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame.