{"product_id":"the-universal-sport-two-years-inside-boxing-9781682262399","title":"The Universal Sport: Two Years Inside Boxing","description":"Readers, writers, and critics alike look forward to each new collection of Thomas Hauser's articles about today's boxing scene. Reviewing these books, \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e has proclaimed, \"Many journalists have written fine boxing pieces, but none has written as extensively or as memorably as Thomas Hauser. . . . Hauser remains the current champion of boxing. . . . He is a treasure.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Hauser's newest collection meets this high standard. \u003ci\u003eThe Universal Sport\u003c\/i\u003e features Hauser's coverage of 2021 and 2022 in boxing. As always, Hauser chronicles the big fights and gives readers a behind-the-scenes look at boxing's biggest stars. He offers a cogent look the rise of women's boxing and shines a penetrating light on the murky world of illegal performance enhancing drugs and financial corruption at the sport's highest levels. He explores how boxing has become a tool in the high-stakes world of \"sportswashing\" by Saudi Arabia and a flash point for discussions about Russia's brutal invasion of Ukraine. The book culminates in a memorable four-part essay on the craft of writing coupled with reflections on Hauser's own induction into the International Boxing Hall of Fame. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Arkansas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781682262399\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 550","brand":"Thomas Hauser","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42925149356213,"sku":"9781682262399","price":25.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_99b0f931-cd1c-4ece-a993-dd73ffddfd74.jpg?v=1687846539","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-universal-sport-two-years-inside-boxing-9781682262399","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}