{"product_id":"the-big-fight-isbn-9780452298040","title":"The Big Fight","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn his \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ebestselling memoir, one of America’s greatest boxing legends faces his single greatest competitor: himself\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Champions come and go, but to be legendary you got to have heart, more heart than the next man, more than anyone in the world. Ray's heart was bigger than all the rest. He would never stop fighting.”\u003cb\u003e—Muhammad Ali\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Washington,  D.C., during the 1970s, a black man could get into the newspapers in one of two ways: crime—or boxing. “Sugar” Ray Leonard chose to fight. After winning a gold medal at the 1976 Olympics, Ray wanted to call it quits and go to college, but his family’s financial needs made him go pro. Boxing history was made. All the while, another, darker Ray—one overwhelmed by depression, rage, drug addiction, sexual abuse, and greed—battled for dominance. In \u003ci\u003eThe Big Fight\u003c\/i\u003e, Ray comes to terms with both these men and shares a brutally honest and remarkably inspiring portrait of the rise, fall, and ultimate redemption of a true fighter—inside and outside the ring.“The intelligence and self-reflection that helped Sugar Ray become one of the greatest fighters of his generation, have also stood him in good stead outside the arena.\"—\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Champions come and go, but to be legendary you got to have heart, more  heart than the next man, more than anyone in the world. Ray's heart was  bigger than all the rest. He would never stop fighting.”—\u003cb\u003eMuhammad Ali\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eSugar Ray Leonard\u003c\/b\u003e worked as a boxing analyst for ABC and HBO  after retiring from the ring. He lives with his wife and two children in  California.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Arkush\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning sportswriter and has written thirteen books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Last Season\u003c\/i\u003e with Phil Jackson, \u003ci\u003eThe Big Fight\u003c\/i\u003e with Sugar Ray Leonard, \u003ci\u003e\"Rush!\"\u003c\/i\u003e the bestselling unauthorized biography of Rush Limbaugh, and \u003ci\u003eFairways and Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e. Arkush lives in Oak View, California, with his wife, Pauletta.My eyes never lie. There they are, open wide, in the mirror of the  dressing room at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Those eyes would reveal  which of the two dueling personalities would enter the ring as I took on  the most intimidating opponent of my career: Marvin Hagler . . . Would  it be Sugar Ray Leonard, true American hero since capturing the gold  medal in Montreal more than a decade earlier? Sugar Ray was resilient,  fearless, unwilling to accept failure. The smile and innocence of a  child would be gone, replaced in the ring by a man filled with rage he  did not understand . . . Or would it be Ray Leonard, the part-time boxer  at the age of thirty whose best was well behind him, his days and  nights wasted on fights which never made the headlines, fights he lost  over and over, to alcohol and cocaine abuse and depression?","brand":"Plume","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300538634469,"sku":"NP9780452298040","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780452298040.jpg?v=1767738369","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-big-fight-isbn-9780452298040","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}