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Standing Eight: The Inspiring Story of Jesus El Matador Chavez, Who Became Lightweight Champion of the World Paperback - 2007

by Adam Pitluk

The inspiring, true story of Jesus "El Matador" Chavez reveals how the fighter overcame enormous obstacles, including a prison sentence and deportation twice to Mexico, to become Lightweight Champion of the World. of photos.


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Gabriel Sandoval was born in 1972 in the Mexican town of Hidalgo del Parral, where the revolutionary Pancho Villa had been tracked, killed, and buried.

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  • Title Standing Eight: The Inspiring Story of Jesus El Matador Chavez, Who Became Lightweight Champion of the World
  • Author Adam Pitluk
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 272
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Da Capo Press
  • Date 2007-04-10
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780306815355 / 0306815354
  • Weight 0.78 lbs (0.35 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.67 x 5.76 x 0.7 in (22.02 x 14.63 x 1.78 cm)
  • Reading level 1060
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 21st Century
    • Chronological Period: 1950-1999
  • Library of Congress subjects Chavez, Jesus, Boxers (Sports) - Mexico
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

About the author

Adam Pitluk is a contributor to Time magazine and is the author of Standing Eight. He spent most of the 1990s living along various rivers in Missouri and now lives in Dallas, Texas.
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