Glen Sharp's boxing career was a rise-and-fall story without so much rise in it. A sparring partner for light-heavyweight Hall of Famer Yaqui Lopez, he "retired" with a record of one victory and two defeats. A decade later, having come to understand how and why he failed as a younger fighter, he attempted a comeback. Told with heart and wit, his memoir is a treatise on boxing as both profession and purpose. Sharp uses economic theory to describe the sweet science as a case study in resource management while recounting his own struggle to win fistic glory and his father's admiration.
Glen Sharp's boxing career was a rise-and-fall story without so much rise in it. A sparring partner for light-heavyweight Hall of Famer Yaqui Lopez, he "retired" with a record of one victory and two defeats. A decade later, having come to understand how and why he failed as a younger fighter, he attempted a comeback. Told with heart and wit, his memoir is a treatise on boxing as both profession and purpose. Sharp uses economic theory to describe the sweet science as a case study in resource management while recounting his own struggle to win fistic glory and his father's admiration.
Glen Sharp is an analyst and editor at the California Energy Commission and lives in West Sacramento.
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Table of Contents Preface 1. Athletics, My Father and Me-A Love Triangle 2. The Growing Dream 3. Capitol Gym 4. The Golden Gloves 5. Training at the PAL-Spring 1979 6. Becoming a Good Student 7. Discovered by Bobo Olson 8. Boxing Is Economics Theory Expressed in the Flesh 9. Throwing a Punch and Hitting a Ball 10. George Benton's Shoulder Shell 11. Meeting Yaqui López 12. Yaqui López, Ernest Hemingway and José Ortega y Gasset 13. Boxing as a Martial Art 14. Last Sparring Before First Professional Fight 15. Locker Room Preparation for First Professional Fight 16. An Undefeated Contender 17. Back in the Gym 18. Losing My Second Fight 19. A Broken Nose and a Breaking Dream 20. Training with Yaqui at Lake Tahoe 21. Sylvester Stallone, Lee Canalito and Vinnie Curto 22. Jessie Burnett's Version of the Shoulder Shell 23. Learning Why I Was Not a World-Ranked Contender 24. Training at Tahoe Again 25. Another Loss 26. Leaving Boxing 27. A Lost Soul Tries to Find Where He Failed 28. Boxing, Zen in the Art of Archery and an Introduction to Literature 29. Don Conley and the Washington Neighborhood Center 30. Marriage and Healing Some of My Gaps 31. Becoming a "Smart Slugger" 32. Requiem for a Light-Heavyweight: The End of a Dream Index
Table of Contents Preface 1. Athletics, My Father and Me-A Love Triangle 2. The Growing Dream 3. Capitol Gym 4. The Golden Gloves 5. Training at the PAL-Spring 1979 6. Becoming a Good Student 7. Discovered by Bobo Olson 8. Boxing Is Economics Theory Expressed in the Flesh 9. Throwing a Punch and Hitting a Ball 10. George Benton's Shoulder Shell 11. Meeting Yaqui López 12. Yaqui López, Ernest Hemingway and José Ortega y Gasset 13. Boxing as a Martial Art 14. Last Sparring Before First Professional Fight 15. Locker Room Preparation for First Professional Fight 16. An Undefeated Contender 17. Back in the Gym 18. Losing My Second Fight 19. A Broken Nose and a Breaking Dream 20. Training with Yaqui at Lake Tahoe 21. Sylvester Stallone, Lee Canalito and Vinnie Curto 22. Jessie Burnett's Version of the Shoulder Shell 23. Learning Why I Was Not a World-Ranked Contender 24. Training at Tahoe Again 25. Another Loss 26. Leaving Boxing 27. A Lost Soul Tries to Find Where He Failed 28. Boxing, Zen in the Art of Archery and an Introduction to Literature 29. Don Conley and the Washington Neighborhood Center 30. Marriage and Healing Some of My Gaps 31. Becoming a "Smart Slugger" 32. Requiem for a Light-Heavyweight: The End of a Dream Index
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