How To Box
by Joe Louis

Joe Louis’s How to Box will teach you to deliver a knockout punch, step by step. The legendary heavyweight champion thoroughly covers all aspects of boxing in this well-written, definitive guide. Louis’s sense of fair play, good sportsmanship, and dedicated training will both instruct and inspire.

Description

Beginning with mental discipline, Louis moves through:

• Mental discipline
• Basic training and equipment
• Stance, punching, and footwork
• Working with a punching bag
• Methods of training
• Various strategic punches

Generously illustrated with diagrams and action photos, here is everything needed to learn how to excel in the ring.

Historical Context

One of the greatest boxers of all time, Joe Louis was in the ring before and during World War II. Some of his famous bouts became symbolic of the larger global conflict at hand; because of this he was the first Black American to be widely recognized as a national hero, playing a key role in the eventual integration of professional sports.

Edition Features

Also included in this edition are listings of Louis’s Heavyweight Title Defenses and championships in every weight class. How to Box concisely presents the best boxing techniques along with a slice of sporting history.

Why Read This Book?

Whether you are a sports fan, want a great workout, or plan to competitively enter the ring one day, this book by the man who famously said:

“You can run, but you can’t hide,”

is must reading.