VIEWING BOXING FROM RINGSIDE

I now see Boxing history through a whole new lens. Boxing legends came alive before my eyes and I understood finally what brought them to the levels they attained. Listening to my parents talk about Joe Louis and remembering Cassius Clay/Ali from my own early adult years enhanced the information gleaned from these pages. New names were dangled before me and now I want to know more about them. Where was I when they fought for glory? What kind of lives did they lead? Now I am on a treasure hunt for answers to those questions. This book has whet my appetite for more. Carol Golden-Media Assistant, Marion, IA

Frank Lotierzo had an excellent amateur career and started his professional career undefeated before injuries cut it short. Since then, he has become boxing historian through study and reviewing fight films. His works has appeared in many boxing publications including Boxing Illustrated, K.O. magazine, Fight Game Magazine, Fightnews, Cyberboxingzone and Boxing Insider. In the past, he has co-host varied radio programs in the Atlantic City area and is presently host of "Toe to Toe" ESPN Radio 1490/1580 in Atlantic City, where he presently lives. Tom Donelson has been a freelance writer on wide variety of issues for the past two decades. His work has appeared in Kansas City Star, Cedar Rapid Gazette, Fort Wayne News-Sentinel, Fort Wayne Gazette, K.C. Jones, National Review, New York Press and Cyberboxingzone.com. Mr. Donelson has been a guest lecturer throughout the Midwest and presently resides in Marion, Iowa.