Jan 05 2023
Book Review: Twenty-one years in the making, “Warrior” honours the legacy of Matthew Saad Muhammad
Thomas Hauser reviews "Warrior", a book about Matthew Saad Muhammad written by Tris Dixon
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Thomas Hauser
Thomas Hauser has authored 50 books on subjects ranging from professional boxing to Beethoven. His most celebrated work is Muhammad Ali: His Life And Times - the definitive biography of the man who was once the most famous person on earth. The British edition was honoured with the William Hill Book of the Year Award. Hauser's first book – Missing – was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, Bancroft Prize, and National Book Award, and served as the basis for the Academy-Award-winning film starring Jack Lemmon and Sissy Spacek. Subsequently, he co-authored Final Warning: The Legacy of Chernobyl, which secured his reputation as a responsible and reliable social critic. The film version of Final Warning starred Jon Voight and Jason Robards. Each year, the University of Arkansas Press publishes the articles that Hauser has written about boxing during the preceding 12 months in book form. In 2004, he was honoured by the Boxing Writers Association of America with the Nat Fleischer Award for Career Excellence in Boxing Journalism.
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Dec 25 2022
Holiday Reading: 2022
The greatest boxing books, by Thomas Hauser
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Dec 24 2022
T’was the Night Before Christmas: A poem
As imagined by Thomas Hauser
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Oct 11 2022
Reflections on a Night at York Hall
On September 16, Thomas Hauser visited Bethnal Green's York Hall, a venue on every boxing fan's bucket list, for the very first time. Here he recalls the experience in vivid detail
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Sep 27 2022
Canelo-Golovkin Lite: A bitter rivalry crawls to its conclusion
Thomas Hauser's reflections on the third and final installment of a controversial rivalry
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Sep 08 2022
Sergio Martinez vs. Miguel Cotto: Two Good Men
Reflecting on his journey through the sweet science, Sergio Martinez tells Thomas Hauser, "Life sometimes takes you through a path where the lighter thing is boxing.”
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Aug 30 2022
Usyk-Joshua II: The Hour of Reckoning
The fight, its setting and the implications for boxing, by Thomas Hauser
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Aug 12 2022
Jake Paul, boxing, and the fight that wasn’t
According to Madison Square Garden, Jake Paul vs Hasim Rahman Jnr would have been the 1,750th fight card held at the fabled arena. It’s safe to say that when Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano, Sugar Ray…
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Aug 06 2022
Golovkin vs. Derevyanchenko and the Harsh Reality of Boxing
When Gennadiy Golovkin steps into the ring to face Canelo Alvarez on September 17, it will be his first major test in almost three years. Thomas Hauser was behind the scenes for the last one.
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Jun 25 2022
First Bout at 3.05pm: Ernest Johnson, Hector Beltran, and an empty MGM Grand Garden Arena
Boxing’s historical record, like most history, centres on the exploits of kings, not foot soldiers. But boxing is about more than great champions. Journeymen and young fighters with optimism are an important part of the…
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May 28 2022
In celebration of Miguel Cotto
Thomas Hauser was behind the scenes with the Puerto Rican legend when he defeated Daniel Geale