{"product_id":"off-the-ropes-the-ron-lyle-story-revised","title":"Off the Ropes: The Ron Lyle Story (Revised)","description":"\u003cp\u003ePaperback book by \u003cstrong\u003eCandace Toft\u003c\/strong\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eOverview\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOff the Ropes: The Ron Lyle Story\u003c\/em\u003e —Published for the first time in the United States, this is the highly-anticipated new edition of legendary seventies heavyweight Ron Lyle’s biography, by the late Candace Toft. Features a foreword by Showtime boxing analyst and International Boxing Hall of Fame member, Al Bernstein.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn a life as tough as his battles in the ring, Ron Lyle had already served hard time for second-degree murder before he started his amateur boxing career at the age of twenty-nine. After he turned pro, fans knew him as the man who had Muhammad Ali beat on the scorecards for ten rounds in a fight for the heavyweight title; as the man who fought George Foreman in a legendary brawl with four knockdowns that nearly saw Foreman knocked cold; and as the man who was arrested for murder a second time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOff the Ropes: The Ron Lyle Story\u003c\/em\u003e is not your typical boxing biography, exploring not only the greatest era of heavyweights in boxing history, but also telling an equally compelling personal tale.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003ePraise\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“[Ron Lyle’s] life was a remarkable one and the story of it worth re-telling, which makes the book’s new edition thoroughly welcome. Off The Ropes is absolutely recommended reading.”\u003cstrong\u003e―Gary Lucken, \u003cem\u003eBoxing Monthly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Toft adeptly shows this to be the legacy Ron Lyle left behind, one that stands shoulder-to-shoulder with a boxing legacy that is nothing short of remarkable.”\u003cstrong\u003e―Rafael Garcia, \u003cem\u003eThe Fight City\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Nobody ever hit me that hard. No question. I’ll remember that punch on my deathbed. A great puncher, a great guy.”\u003cstrong\u003e―Earnie Shavers\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCandace Toft sadly passed away on May 22, 2015.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe won her first award in 1999 for Best Personal Essay in University Publications, Western Region; the piece, entitled \u003cem\u003eNot Just Another Cancer Story\u003c\/em\u003e had been submitted on behalf of the National University periodical Insight and was later published in \u003cem\u003eCoping Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, under the title, \u003cem\u003eThe Love That Sees Me Through\u003c\/em\u003e. In 2000, her novel \u003cem\u003eA Mingled Yarn\u003c\/em\u003e won first runner-up in the San Diego Book Awards unpublished novel. In 2002 Candace won runner-up for poetry Chapbook with \u003cem\u003ePoems to My Mother\u003c\/em\u003e, and for \u003cem\u003eThe Trap\u003c\/em\u003e in the category of Novelist Grant Award. In 2004, she, along with her co-author, Gordon Ooley, won first place in San Diego Book Awards Unpublished novel category for \u003cem\u003eEmergence\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eDetails\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher: Hamilcar Publications; 2nd edition (October 31, 2018)\u003cbr\u003e Language: English\u003cbr\u003e Paperback: 232 pages\u003cbr\u003e ISBN-13: 978-1949590005\u003cbr\u003e Item Weight: 0.8 lb (0.37 kg)\u003cbr\u003e Dimensions: 6 x 9 x 0.5 inches (15.2 x 22.9 x 1.3 cm)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hamilcar Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48987947106526,"sku":"ufd1788665816996","price":12.77,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0790\/2966\/6014\/files\/off-the-ropes-the-ron-lyle-story-revised_1.webp?v=1788665820","url":"https:\/\/www.jorvinta.shop\/products\/off-the-ropes-the-ron-lyle-story-revised","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}