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One punch from the promised land : Leon Spinks, Michael Spinks, and the myth of the heavyweight title

Title
One punch from the promised land : Leon Spinks, Michael Spinks, and the myth of the heavyweight title / John Florio and Ouisie Shapiro.
Author
Florio, John, 1960-
Publication
Guilford, Connecticut : Lyons Press, [2013]

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Additional Authors
Shapiro, Ouisie.
Description
279 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
"The story of the first brothers to capture the world heavyweight title, Leon and Michael Spinks, who fought their way out of the projects, took on the biggest names in boxing (including Ali and Tyson), and made millions of dollars ... But one brother would find himself strung-out, back in the projects"--
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • collective biographies.
  • Biographies.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN
  • 9780762783007
  • 0762783001
LCCN
2013017846
OCLC
  • ocn853435848
  • 853435848
  • SCSB-1759001
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library