Fighting Life: My Seven Decades in Boxing

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The legendary boxer pulls no punches in this tell-all memoir covering more than half a century in the sport—with a foreword by Evander Holyfield. For more than seventy years, Lou Duva has been a mainstay in the boxing world. With his craggy face and the bulbous nose of a boxer with questionable defensive skills, Duva is one of the most enduring images of the sport. In this intimate memoir, he discusses his long and storied career, and how he balanced family life and his work with nineteen different world champions. The son of Italian immigrants who landed at Ellis Island and lived in Paterson, New Jersey, Duva had the odds stacked against him. But Duva clawed his way out of poverty to reach the pinnacle of the boxing business, where he laid the foundation of Main Events Promotions—one of the most powerful boxing promotions companies. Lou Duva: A Fighting Life chronicles an amazing boxing career filled with ups and downs. From his training of champions including Evander Holyfield and Lennox Lewis to staging some of the biggest bouts in the history of boxing, to the notorious “Riot at the Garden,” Duva opens up about his Hall of Fame life.