Description: Sporting Blood is the highly-anticipated debut from multiple-award-winning boxing journalist, Carlos Acevedo.
Brief description: Carlos Acevedo, author of Sporting Blood: Tales From the Dark Side of Boxing (Hamilcar Publications (2020) and The Duke: The Life and Lies of Tommy Morrison (Hamilcar Publications 2022), was the founder of The Cruelest Sport and is a member of the Boxing Writers Association of America. His work has appeared in Inside HBO Boxing, Boxing News, Remezcla, Boxing Digest, and Hannibal Boxing. His stories A Darkness Made to Order and A Ghost Orbiting Forever both won first place awards from the BWAA. Acevedo is also a member of the International Boxing Research Organization.
Review Quotes:
"This book may cement [Acevedo's] status as one of today's best boxing journalists." -Kirkus Reviews
"This is powerful writing. Enjoy it." -Thomas Hauser, author of Ali: A Life, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award nominee
"Carlos Acevedo is the most original, perceptive, and best new writer in boxing. Sporting Blood is a vivid and gripping collection." -Donald McRae, writer for The Guardian and author of Dark Trade: Lost in Boxing
"Acevedo is a sensationally good writer with some brilliantly memorable turns of phrase. Each essay packs a mighty punch and resonated with me long after I read it. It is a great collection to dip in and out of, to take your time over, to reread and savour the writing and the imagery." -All Sports Book Reviews
"Carlos Acevedo's book of essays... finds a balance between the familiar and the less so for a read that goes by quickly and feels over too soon. Acevedo gets to show off the range of his talent in this collection, applying varying stylistic flourishes to each subject approached." -Boxing Scene
"Carlos Acevedo understands the sweet science. Just as a DJ knows how to keep the dance floor populated with bodies, Acevedo knows how to string words together to keep a reader turning pages deep into the night... Like a forensic psychologist profiling a deep psychological mystery, Acevedo explores the psyches of each boxer in these essays with deftness and compassion... This book is recommended for high school, public, and academic libraries." -Gavin J. Woltjer, Past President, Montana Library Association