A Neutral Corner: Boxing Essays (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780865474956)

A Neutral Corner collects fifteen previously unpublished boxing pieces written by legendary sportswriter A.J. Liebling between 1952 and 1963.

Demonstrating A.J. Liebling's abiding passion for the sweet science of boxing, A Neutral Corner brings together previously unpublished material. Antic, clear-eyed, and wildly entertaining, these essays showcase a The New Yorker journalist at the top of his form. Here one relives the high drama of the classic Patterson-Johansson championship bout of 1959, and Liebling's early prescient portrayal of Cassius Clay's style as a boxer and a poet is not to be missed.

Liebling always finds the human story that makes these essays appealing to aficionados of boxing and prose alike. Alive with a true fan's reverence for the sport, yet balanced by a true skeptic's disdain for sentiment, A Neutral Corner is an American treasure.

Author: A. J. Liebling
ISBN-10: 0865474958
ISBN-13: 9780865474956
Publisher: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl
Language: English
Published: 08/31/1996
Pages: 245
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.76lbs
Size: 8.26h x 6.04w x 0.65d