{"product_id":"9781682262399","title":"The Universal Sport: Two Years inside Boxing","description":"Readers, writers, and critics alike look forward to each new collection of Thomas Hauser's articles about today's boxing scene. Reviewing these books, \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e has proclaimed, \"Many journalists have written fine boxing pieces, but none has written as extensively or as memorably as Thomas Hauser. . . . Hauser remains the current champion of boxing. . . . He is a treasure.\"  Hauser's newest collection meets this high standard. \u003ci\u003eThe Universal Sport\u003c\/i\u003e features Hauser's coverage of 2021 and 2022 in boxing. As always, Hauser chronicles the big fights and gives readers a behind-the-scenes look at boxing's biggest stars. He offers a cogent look the rise of women's boxing and shines a penetrating light on the murky world of illegal performance enhancing drugs and financial corruption at the sport's highest levels. He explores how boxing has become a tool in the high-stakes world of \"sportswashing\" by Saudi Arabia and a flash point for discussions about Russia's brutal invasion of Ukraine. The book culminates in a memorable four-part essay on the craft of writing coupled with reflections on Hauser's own induction into the International Boxing Hall of Fame.","brand":"University of Arkansas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46408028684529,"sku":"9781682262399","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9781682262399_p0.jpg?v=1765096744","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781682262399","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}