Halloran, Bob.

Irish thunder : the hard life & times of Micky Ward / Irish thunder : the hard life and times of Micky Ward. Bob Halloran. - 1st Lyons Press pbk. ed. - 347 pages ; 23 cm.

Includes index.

Halloran, a sportswriter and technical consultant for the 2010 motion picture, The Fighter, portrays the boxer from Lowell, Mass., who became the 2002 world light welterweight champion-- "Irish" Micky Ward. "Recounts Ward's rise to hero status, his rivalry with his imprisoned brother, and the negotiations, betrayals, and drugs that shaped the wild youth who ultimately became a nationally respected boxer. Ward's dramatic victories inside the ring are depicted in gripping detail, but it is his victory outside the ring that inspires."

ISBN: 9780762769865 0762769866

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Subjects--Personal Names:
Ward, Micky.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Boxers (Sports)--United States--Biography.
Irish American boxers--Biography.

LC Class. No.: GV1132.W24 / H35 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 796.83092 B