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Highlights
- Off The Ropes: The Ron Lyle Story has universal appeal for readers who want to understand what drives a man to travel a life arc that takes him from gang member, to prisoner for a crime he did not commit, to contending for a world championship fighting Muhammad Ali for 11 rounds, to accused and acquitted of a second murder, to a redeemed man who is a cherished member of the Denver community where he grew up.
- Author(s): Candace Toft
- 232 Pages
- Sports + Recreation, Boxing
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About the Book
Published for the 1st time in the U.S., this is the highly-anticipated new edition of the biography of legendary 1970s heavyweight Ron Lyle. Off The Ropes is not your typical boxing biography, covering the battles in the ring, but also tells an equally compelling personal tale. Features a new foreword by Boxing Hall of Fame member, Al Bernstein.Book Synopsis
Off The Ropes: The Ron Lyle Story has universal appeal for readers who want to understand what drives a man to travel a life arc that takes him from gang member, to prisoner for a crime he did not commit, to contending for a world championship fighting Muhammad Ali for 11 rounds, to accused and acquitted of a second murder, to a redeemed man who is a cherished member of the Denver community where he grew up.
Review Quotes
"In her deeply researched biography of Denver's rugged contender, Candace Toft shows that Lyle's battles inside the ring, though dramatic, were mere shadows compared with the harrowing but ultimately redemptive journey of his life. Off the Ropes is a reminder that boxers, like the rest of us, have to keep fighting, even when the bright lights have gone down and the crowds gone home." --Paul Beston, author of The Boxing Kings: When American Heavyweights Ruled the Ring
"Absorbing...Toft has done an admirable job of marshalling the facts of Lyle's often troubled, but strangely compelling life..." --John Exshaw, Boxing Monthly
"Ultimately, Candace Toft has crafted a story of hardship and triumph. This is a tale that shows how a man is defined not only by his losses, but by his many victories in life, as well as in the ring." --Bert Sugar, Author, My View from the Corner