For many years, as a boxing writer, when people have told me about "professionals" in W.C. for many years, I fully appreciate it now. Heinz is the best boxing book of all time and one of the greatest novels of all time. There is even an introduction to the iconic Elmore Leonard, who believes Heinz is one of his mentor.
This book was written in 1958 and is basically a life in a warrior training camp called Eddie Brown. After a long boxing career, he finally won the title of world champion. His hard-skinned manager, Doc Carroll, has been boxing, but Eddie Brown is the last hit of Doc in the sports Doc, so it's obviously annoying. Eddie seems to like everyone, and Doc doesn't trust anyone, which makes some interesting words about the internal workings of sports run by scammers and thieves since the early 20th century.
The book was written from the third-person perspective of sports journalist Frank Hughes, who joined Eddie in a training camp to try to capture the essence of boxer life as he prepares for the most important moments of his life. Frank was nothing more than a fly on the wall, trying to help Eddie and Dr., but at the same time retaining a separation that would make his magazine article fair and true.
Professionals are read by boxing enthusiasts, but those who don't care about the sport can enjoy the book and know firmly that WC Heinz has a slimy movement that didn't change much when he wrote the book 52 years ago. The observation is correct.
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