Böcker av John Wight

Following the fortunes of four successful Edinburgh professionals in the mid-thirties - Brian, Gareth, Gerry and Callum. In the run-up to the 2008 financial and economic crash, theirs are lives devoted to shopping, sex, and status. Seeking meaning in that which is meaningless, when the new financial reality engulfs them they are forced to confront some hard truths about who and what they truly are.

What is it about boxing that charms and bewitches us? John Wight looks for the answer as he delves into the world of beautiful brutality. Showing that boxing is fundamentally tied to the human condition, he pulls back the curtains of his own masculinity to reveal the insecurities, life experiences and vulnerabilities that first drew him to the sport and have informed his engagement with it over a 20-year period. While relating his experiences in boxing gyms on both sides of the Atlantic, Wight reflects on the sport's origins, analysing some of its most memorable moments and characters. Through Wight's compelling memoirs we encounter some of modern boxing's most fascinating figures, among them Freddie Roach, Manny Pacquiao, James Toney and Scotland's IBF junior-welterweight world titlist Josh Taylor. Straddling the line between nobility and barbarity, boxing operates on a different moral and spiritual plane than other sports. This Boxing Game explores why and how.