Irish Thunder was my nickname in middle school for obvious reasons, so I had to read this book. It's about the great Micky Ward and his asshole brother Dickie. I was shocked when the book turned out to be really good. It was written by Bob Halloran, the weekend sports anchor on Channel 5 in Boston. I guess if you only work on the weekends you have a lot of extra time to do research for a book. Tons of interviews, inside access and great fight descriptions. Halloran only sold 10,000 hard copies of the book when it came out a few years ago...so it's only available in paperback. I'm guessing "The Fighter" hasn't hurt sales. If you like boxing, pick up this book.
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Irish Thunder
Irish Thunder was my nickname in middle school for obvious reasons, so I had to read this book. It's about the great Micky Ward and his asshole brother Dickie. I was shocked when the book turned out to be really good. It was written by Bob Halloran, the weekend sports anchor on Channel 5 in Boston. I guess if you only work on the weekends you have a lot of extra time to do research for a book. Tons of interviews, inside access and great fight descriptions. Halloran only sold 10,000 hard copies of the book when it came out a few years ago...so it's only available in paperback. I'm guessing "The Fighter" hasn't hurt sales. If you like boxing, pick up this book.
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