No sport offers more allure and repulsion than the
inviting and abrasive world of boxing. Starting on the mean streets of
1950s Chicago, this collection of essays moves into a close reflection of
the boxing world up through the glitz of today's boxing circuit.
For Ted Sares, boxing is more than a sparring match
between two combatants violently punching each other. Its is
a visceral experience that reaches in all directions, from his childhood
memories of visiting the Chicago rings with his father to today's
all-out-fight demeanor of Juan Manuel Marquez and Manny Pacquiao. At the
same time tender and brutal, triumphant and tragic, in the end these pages
are about the last man standing and the hope for fair judgment between the
victor and the defeated.
Boxing Is My Sanctuary is a
collection of essays that explores both sides of a sport that is colored
with paradox. Between the violent and affectionate, the barbaric and the
civilized. Sares finds a ringside refuge in the midst of the sights,
sounds, and smells that define boxing.
About the Author
Theodore Roland Sares holds a PhD in business
administration. Upon retiring from the corporate world, he became a boxing
historian and advocate for boxing reform. Sares lives with his wife Holly,
in northern New Hampshire.
