Irish Thunder: The Hard Life and Times of Micky Ward

US: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2007. Hardcover. Very Good/Very good. Light green paper boards, slight fading to spine corners. Pictorial dustjacket shows only the slightest edgewear. Inscribed by the author on front fly to previous owner. (Business card laid in may provide clue to whom.) Unmarked otherwise. Binding is firm and tight. 8vo. BOOK INFO: The story behind the Major Motion Picture The Fighter, starring Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale: boxer Micky Ward's unlikely road to becoming a world champion. 'Irish' Micky Ward was always the underdog, one able to stage a stunning comeback late in a fight. After a fifteen-year pro career followed by a string of defeats and three years of retirement, the Lowell, Massachusetts, native defeated Arturo Gatti in 2002, capturing the world light welterweight title. The grueling comeback battle made Ward famous. In Irish Thunder, Halloran recounts Ward's rise to hero status, his rivalry with his imprisoned brother, and the negotiations, betrayals, and drugs that shaped a wild youth who ultimately became a nationally respected boxer. This is a story about a boxer from a boxing family and a boxing town, and it is a wrenching account of life in blue-collar America. Ward's dramatic victories inside the ring are recounted in gripping detail, but it is his victory outside the ring that inspires. Ward, Micky, Boxers (Sports)--United States--Biography, Irish American boxers--Biography