An unexpected tragedy at a community pool. A family’s unrelenting expectation of victory. The desire to gain or lose control; to make time speed up or stop; to be frighteningly, undeniably good at something. Each of the eight teenage girl boxers in this blistering debut novel has her own reasons for the sacrifices she has made to come to Reno, Nevada, to compete to be named the best in the country. Through a series of face-offs that are raw, ecstatic,...

"In the wake of the 1900 Galveston hurricane, three lives converge despite persecution from the Ku Klux Klan, a bare-knuckle boxing match gone wrong, and the recovery efforts of the American Red Cross. Based on a true story. The hurricane of 1900, America's worst natural disaster, left the island city of Galveston in ruins. Thousands perished, including all ninety-three children at the Sisters of the Incarnate Word orphanage--except six-year-old Hester,...

Provides a profile of this legendary and flamboyant boxer and the complicated life he led, from changing his religion and his name to dodging the draft during the Vietnam Era and fighting his way to regain a stripped title.

From the former heavyweight champion and New York Times bestselling author comes a powerful look at the life and leadership lessons of Cus D’Amato, the legendary boxing trainer and Mike Tyson’s surrogate father.

“[Iron Ambition] spells out D'Amato's techniques for building a champion from scratch.” – Wall Street Journal
 
When Cus D’Amato...

A disgraced aboriginal boxer is reduced to backstreet brawls for chump change. But when he's hired to kidnap a runaway teen from a local drug house, the two will bust open a nightmare of violence, betrayal, desperate choices, and dark secrets. For a last-chance fighter who won't stay down and a long-damaged girl who's finally standing up, is staying alive only half the battle? It's a hard-hitting drama about rage, revenge, and redemption in a hellhole...

Sofronia Wallis knows that proper Black women don't court trouble by upending the status quo but it's 1961 and the Civil Rights movement is in full swing. Sofie has spent half her life being prim, proper, and reserved but the nonviolent protests happening across the south bring out her inner agitator. Ivan Friedman has devoted his life to boxing, loving the finesse of a well-delivered punch and the penance of receiving one. His family escaped from...

It was a remarkable rise to the spotlight. But then came the stunning, confounding, and ultimately tragic fall. The story of one-time heavyweight boxing champion Tommy Morrison is a tale unlike any other. Morrison's initial emergence as a fighter was bolstered by a starring role in Rocky V, and when he beat George Foreman for the WBO heavyweight title, he seemed primed for stardoms.

"Nevada has a rich tradition of boxing that is deeply embedded in the culture of the state. Beginning in the late-19th century, Nevada played a key role in the history of the sport when it hosted the Fitzsimmons-Corbett contest in 1897, and then later the Johnson-Jeffries match in 1910. In the second half of the 20th century, Las Vegas became the center of American boxing. The state has also been home to important boxing personalities like Tex Rickard,...