Rings: On the Life and Family of a Southern Fighter

by Randolph Bates

A biography of black southern boxer Collis Phillips chronicles the triumphs and tragedies of one man as he struggles against racism, poverty, and family problems to make his dreams come true. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374250472
• ISBN13: 9780374250478
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
• Length: 421 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Great book

I'm an amateur boxer and expected this book to be the average run-of-the-mill boxing book with a hero and was very suprised to find that it was more than that. It's a book that delves deep into the background of Collis Phillips, an ex-fighter who came up from being a nobody to becoming a professional boxer. The author tells the story of collis' life and struggles coming up as a black fighter in segregated america in the early 1930s. A great book and a wonderful read.