A Savage Business: The Comeback and Comedown of Mike Tyson
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Book Overview
An account of the rise and fall of Mike Tyson, including his prison sentence for rape and his disqualification for biting Evander Holyfield in a world title fight. The book examines the personalities, shady dealings and vast profits that are the dubious trademarks of the boxing world.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0684809087
ISBN13:9780684809083
Release Date:January 1998
Publisher:Simon & Schuster
Length:271 Pages
Weight:1.00 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 5.8" x 8.7"
Customer Reviews
3 ratings
A Savage Business by Richard Hoffer
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
This is a behind the scenes look at mid 90's era of boxings heavyweight division mainly concentrating on Mike Tyson and his comeback after he got of prison after serving three years on a rape conviction in Indiana. Its a decent book if your into boxing. In a sense it reads like a celebrity gossip column for mid 90's heavyweights though. One funny thing about this book is the author goes out of his way to show what unsavory characters many fighters, managers, and promoters that he talked about in this were but held up Riddick Bowe, Bruce Seldon and Tommy Morrison as being "nice guys" when all three of them later did stretches of prison time a few years after this book was published
Interesting Book Best Served With Bad Intentions
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
Interesting Book Best Served With Bad IntentionsInteresting Book - I recommend reading it in addition to reading Bad Intentions: The Mike Tyson Story by Peter Heller - this book picks up pretty much where Heller's book leaves off - it picks up at Tyson's release from the Indiana Prison and ends at the Holyfield ear biting.The beginning and end are very clear in it's dealing with Tyson and notably charismatic and captivating - I especially liked the perception and analysis of Tyson's career.The middle came up a bit short, but was readable and mostly dealt with the business side of things - the business side of Las Vegas, hotels, Don King and the business of boxing - Tyson is in there - just not as much as in Heller's book.A necessary book for the Tyson fan - and it's an interesting read - On it's own - I'd give A Savage Business: The Comeback and Comedown of Mike Tyson 3.5 stars (out of 5) - however - as a companion to Bad Intentions: The Mike Tyson Story - I'd give it a 4.Also (just so you know) - Iron Mike: A Mike Tyson Reader (by Daniel O'Conner) is another awesome book!
Boxing Is For Desperate Young Men
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
Guys pretty desperate-i.e.,poor,hungry,uneducated, and with an abundance of brawn become boxers. This book is an entertaining story of one success story. While Mike Tyson is not always an ideal role model, he has succeeded in a physically dangerous business that takes brawn and smarts.
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