TY - BOOK AU - Edwards, Mike AU - Leitch, Peter Charles, AU - Betham, Monty, AU - Gifford, Phil, TI - Taking the punches: the life of legendary boxing promoter SN - 9781775541547 U1 - 796.83092 23 PY - 2020///. CY - Auckland, New Zealand PB - HarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand), KW - Edwards, Mike KW - Matchmakers (Boxing) KW - New Zealand KW - Biography KW - Boxing trainers KW - Boxing KW - History KW - Australia KW - Biographies N1 - Forewords written by: Sir Peter Leitch and Monty Betham Jnr; Introduction written by: Phil Gifford N2 - "From an Otahuhu boxing gym in the 1960s through to the height of modern era, enter a world of showmen and superstars, brawlers and shysters: Taking the punches is about the cut-throat world of boxing in New Zealand and Australia, from legendary trainer and promoter Mike Edwards"--Back cover ER -