Glen Sharp is an analyst and editor at the California Energy Commission and lives in West Sacramento.

Table of Contents

Preface

1.Athletics, My Father and Me-A Love Triangle

[...] Growing Dream

3.Capitol Gym

[...] Golden Gloves

5.Training at the PAL-Spring 1979

6.Becoming a Good Student

7.Discovered by Bobo Olson

8.Boxing Is Economics Theory Expressed in the Flesh

9.Throwing a Punch and Hitting a Ball

10.George Benton's Shoulder Shell

11.Meeting Yaqui López

[...] López, Ernest Hemingway and José Ortega y Gasset

13.Boxing as a Martial Art

[...] Sparring Before First Professional Fight

15.Locker Room Preparation for First Professional Fight

[...] Undefeated Contender

[...] in the Gym

18.Losing My Second Fight

19.A Broken Nose and a Breaking Dream

20.Training with Yaqui at Lake Tahoe

21.Sylvester Stallone, Lee Canalito and Vinnie Curto

22.Jessie Burnett's Version of the Shoulder Shell

23.Learning Why I Was Not a ­World-Ranked Contender

24.Training at Tahoe Again

25.Another Loss

26.Leaving Boxing

27.A Lost Soul Tries to Find Where He Failed

28.Boxing, Zen in the Art of Archery and an Introduction to Literature

[...] Conley and the Washington Neighborhood Center

30.Marriage and Healing Some of My Gaps

31.Becoming a "Smart Slugger"

32.Requiem for a ­Light-Heavyweight: The End of a Dream

Index