I Don't Believe It, But It's True: Another Remarkable Year in Boxing by Thomas Hauser

by Thomas Hauser

Hauser, the most respected boxing writer in America today, has compiled an anthology of his essays about professional boxing covering the year 2005. Featured themes include an in-depth portrait of Oscar De La Hoya, and personal reflections on luminaries like Mike Tyson, Bernard Hopkins and Don King. Hauser also goes behind the scenes at the television reality show The Contender.

Paperback

First published June 25, 2006

About the author

Thomas Hauser (b. 1946) is the author of forty-two books on subjects ranging from professional boxing to Beethoven. His first work, Missing, was made into an Academy Award–winning film. Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times earned numerous awards for its author, including the prestigious William Hill Sports Book of the Year. In 2004, the Boxing Writers Association of America honored Hauser with the Nat Fleischer Award for Career Excellence in Boxing Journalism.

Reviews

[Bax · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good collection of boxing essays by one of the leading observers of the sport.

When it comes to detailing personalities his objectivity is sometimes questionable, but he is the best there is at teasing apart the dizzyingly complicated knots of the business end of the sport.