| And
the New . . .
An Inside Look at Another Year in Boxing
Thomas Hauser
Captures
a remarkable year in boxing: 2011
"If
there’s an award for boxing journalism Hauser hasn’t
won, it’s probably not worth winning. Hauser has covered
the sport for more than 30 years, and, of course, he reports
on the fights themselves, but, like the late, great Jim Murray,
he realizes the people are the story. So he’ll provide
the blow-by-blow, but never without context. For example,
in this latest review of a year in boxing—drawn from
blog posts and other online coverage—he reports on an
October 2011 fight in which Sergio Martínez defended
his middleweight title against Darren Baker. Martínez
has been “Fighter of the Year,” so, for Hauser,
the real story was Martínez’ inability to break
into the big money of pay-per-view cable. Why? Connections,
of course. Throughout his writings, Hauser champions the deserving
fighters who get shut out because they lack support in the
right places. In his annual reviews, he also always profiles
a past great. This time it’s Henry Armstrong, who fought
in the late thirties and early forties and simultaneously
held three titles. For years, Hauser has supplied the best
of boxing journalism, and here he’s done it again."
—Wes Lukowsky, Booklist, Sept. 1 2012
Thomas
Hauser’s recording of the contemporary boxing scene
has become the sport’s most eagerly anticipated written
work. Here’s what readers are saying about And the
New . . .
“Masterful,
as always . . . Awesome writing.”
“On
a scale of one to ten, Hauser rates one hundred.”
“The
most accurate, honest, and insightful writing about boxing
that I’ve ever read.”
“Thomas
Hauser is in a league of his own.”
“It
doesn’t get any better than this. Another five-star
article from Hauser.”
“Brilliant,
enlightening, and wonderful. This is what boxing writing should
be.”
“Another
great article from a truly great writer.”
Booklist
says that Thomas Hauser is “the most respected boxing
journalist working today and perhaps the best ever.”
Robert Lipsyte calls him “the best boxing writer of
our time.”
And
the New . . . is the latest compilation of Hauser’s
classic writing. It brings readers into the dressing room
with fighters like Manny Pacquiao and Sergio Martinez in the
moments before the year’s biggest fights. Hauser’s
award-winning investigative journalism exposes the inner workings
of HBO Sports and the economic realities that drive boxing
today. There’s a look back in time at the incomparable
Henry Armstrong, and much more.
Thomas
Hauser is the author of forty-three books.
His first work,
Missing, was made into an Academy Award–winning
film. He later
authored Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times, the definitive
biography of the most famous fighter ever. In 2004, the Boxing
Writers Association of America honored Hauser with the Nat
Fleischer Award for Career
Excellence in Boxing Journalism.
September
6 x 9 • 222 pages
$24.95 paper • 978-1-55728-986-5
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