{"product_id":"four-kings","title":"Four Kings","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSports fans and boxing enthusiasts alike will love this compelling study of the resurgence of boxing in the early 1980s - and the four ''greats'' who effected that change. Four Kings captures the contests, fighters and the period with a wonderful perception and vividly conjures up those by-gone smoky and raucous ringside nights in Vegas...\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Thrilling, insightful and often humourous'' - \u003ci\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA flawless and singular account of fights that remain potent and important decades after the final bell'' - \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A fascinating read'' - ***** Reader review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Very rarely is a non-fiction book so riveting it''s almost impossible to put down but this is one of those books'' - ***** Reader review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Beautifully written and absolutely fascinating'' - ***** Reader review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Outstanding'' - ***** Reader review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*****************************************************************************\u003cbr\u003eBy the late 1970s, boxing had lapsed into a moribund state and interest in it was on the wane. In 1980, however, the sport was resuscitated by a riveting series of bouts involving an improbably dissimilar quartet: \u003cb\u003eSugar Ray Leonard\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eMarvellous Marvin Hagler\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eThomas Hearns\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eRoberto Duran\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLike Ali and Frazier, Dempsey and Tunney, Robinson and LaMotta, the \u003cb\u003e''Four Kings of the Ring''\u003c\/b\u003e brought out the best in each other, producing \u003cb\u003eunprecedented multi-million-dollar gates\u003c\/b\u003e along the way. Each of the nine bouts between the four men was memorable in its own way and at least two of them - Leonard-Hearns in 1981 and Hagler-Hearns in 1985 - are commonly included on any list of \u003cb\u003ethe greatest fights of all time\u003c\/b\u003e. The controversial outcome of another - the 1987 Leonard-Hagler fight - \u003cb\u003eremains the subject of heated debates amongst fans to this day\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eFour Kings\u003c\/i\u003e, award-winning journalist George Kimball documents the remarkable effect they had on the sport and argues that we will never see their likes again. Leonard, Hagler, Hearns and Duran didn''t set out to save boxing from itself in the post-Ali era, but somehow they managed to do so.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57317130502526,"sku":"NW9781845963590","price":16.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781845963590.jpg?v=1778720912","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/four-kings","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}