{"product_id":"the-gloves-robert-anasi-9780865476523","title":"The Gloves: A Boxing Chronicle","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Anasi's \u003ci\u003eThe Gloves \u003c\/i\u003eoffers a gritty, spirited inside look at the world of amateur boxing today.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Golden Gloves tournament is center stage in amateur boxing-a single-elimination contest in which young hopefuls square off in steamy gyms with the boxing elite looking on. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnasi took up boxing in his twenties to keep in shape, attract women, and sharpen his knuckles for the odd bar fight. He thought of entering the Gloves, but put it off. Finally, at age thirty-two-his last year of eligibility-he vowed to fight, although he was an old man in a sport of teenagers and a light man who had to be even lighter (125 pounds) to fight others his size. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSo begins Anasi's obsessive preparation for the Golden Gloves. He finds Milton, a wily and abusive trainer, and joins Milton's Supreme Team: a black teenager who used to deal guns in Harlem, a bus driver with five kids, a hard-hitting woman champion who becomes his sparring partner. Meanwhile, he observes the changing world of amateur boxing, in which investment bankers spar with ex-convicts and everyone dreads a fatal blow to the head. With the Supreme Team, he goes to the tournament, whose outcome, it seems, is rigged, like so much in boxing life today. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRobert Anasi tells his story not as a journalist on assignment but as a man in the midst of one of the great adventures of his life. \u003ci\u003eThe Gloves\u003c\/i\u003e, his first book, has the feel of a contemporary classic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Anasi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0865476527\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780865476523\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Strauss \u0026amp; Giroux-3pl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/05\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.94lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.72h x 5.60w x 0.93d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/14\/2003 pg. 75","brand":"Robert Anasi","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43947415011583,"sku":"9780865476523","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_36551f02-3d8e-4bfb-b79c-72af23ad4014.jpg?v=1681518591","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-gloves-robert-anasi-9780865476523","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}