The Arc of Boxing

Mike Silver is an internationally respect boxing historian whose many articles on boxing have appeared in the New York Times, Ring magazine, Boxing Monthly and ESPN and Boxing.com websites. He is a former boxing promoter and Inspector with the New York State Athletic Commission. The Arc of Boxing has received two awards for journalism from the American Association for the Improvement of Boxing and the Boston Veteran Boxers’ Association. The author is a member of IBRO (International Boxing Research Organization) and writes for its quarterly journal.

Table of Contents



Acknowledgments     

Foreword by Budd Schulberg     

Preface     

Panel of Experts     



1. Origins     

2. The Golden Age     

3. The Incredible Shrinking Sport     

4. Paying Their Dues     

5. Cooking the Books: Boxing’s Nutty Knockout Numbers     

6. Where Have You Gone Charlie Goldman?     

7. Boxing’s Missing Links     

8. The Good, the Bad, and the Inconsistent     

9. Fistic Forensics: Two Fights Analyzed     

10. Too Much Amateur     

11. The Dominance Factor, Part One: Roy Jones, Jr., and Bernard Hopkins     

12. The Dominance Factor, Part Two: Roberto Duran, Pernell Whitaker, Floyd Mayweather, Jr.     

13. The Bigger They Are—The Harder They Fall     

14. Boxing’s Snake Oil Salesmen     

15. Boxing’s Death by Alphabet     



Epilogue     

Appendix: Statistics for Reigning Champions     

Chapter Notes     

Bibliography     

Index