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1) Pacman: behind the scenes with Manny Pacquiao : the greatest pound-for-pound fighter in the world
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Examines the life of Manny "PacMan" Pacquiao, the smallest yet strongest fighter in the UFC and boxing.
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Presents the life and career of Mexican boxer Jesus Chavez focusing on his family, immigration to America, training, his street gang, prison years, and forced return to Mexico. Discusses his illegal entry into the United States where once again he began boxing winning the Super Featherweight Championship in 1997. Later he was deported a second time and after a four year's court case became an American citizen and continued boxing.
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A biography of trailblazing African American boxer Joe Louis who held the heavyweight boxing championship for eleven years. Traces Louis's rise from poverty in the segregated South to eventual American hero in the 1930s and 1940s. Includes an account of his 1938 defeat of Hitler's champion, Max Schmeling.
6) The boxer: 5
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"A MATCHUP FOR THE AGES! And the lightweight world champion is…Yu! With one weight division conquered, K sets his protégé’s sights on the next target: junior welterweight. This inevitably pits Yu against Yuto Takeda, a tenacious boxer who earned his belt through nothing but hard work―the antithesis to Yu’s natural talent. Will Yuto prove to be the first force powerful enough to derail Yu’s unstoppable path of...
8) Muhammad Ali
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"Learn how iconic sports figure Muhammad Ali became a boxing champion, a gold-medal Olympian, and a civil rights activist"--Page 4 of cover.