{"product_id":"legend-of-mitch-green","title":"Legend Of Mitch Green","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Charles Farrell’s many personal encounters, questions, insights, and\nexperiences as an observer of the sport… add a multifaceted richness to [this]\nessay collection…. Readers will find its vibrant psychological, social,\npolitical, and personal revelations are just the ticket for a read that is\nsolid in its facts, unexpected in its focus and connections, and thoroughly\ndelightful in its novel approach to boxing.”\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eMidwest Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMitch \"Blood\" Green had\nmore things going for him to make big money in boxing than nearly any fighter\nin history. A six-foot-six, 225-pound heavyweight with a chiseled physique and\na traffic-stopping look, Green had ironclad street credibility—he was the gang leader\nof the Black Spades—and four New York Golden Gloves heavyweight titles.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut his penchant for\nmayhem, drugs, and chaos, while keeping him in the news, torpedoed his pro boxing\ncareer. He lost a high-profile decision to Mike Tyson at Madison Square Garden,\ngot into a tabloid-grabbing late-night street fight with Tyson at an\nafter-hours boutique in Harlem, and then disappeared.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUntil Charles Farrell\nfound him.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Legend of Mitch \"Blood\" Green and Other Boxing Essays\u003c\/i\u003e, Farrell captures life in the boxing\nbusiness from its deepest interior, and offers additional portraits of characters\nas wide-ranging as Donald Trump, Floyd Patterson, Bert Cooper, Charley Burley, Peter\nMcNeeley, and Muhammad Ali. Trenchant, fearless, and often flat-out funny, there has never\nbeen a boxing book like this, and there will never be another.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57195028349310,"sku":"NW9781949590807","price":21.22,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781949590807.jpg?v=1779358064","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/legend-of-mitch-green","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}