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Looking for a Fight: A Memoir by Lynn Snowden Picket

Nov 24, 2000 - © Michelle Troutman

of them -- former heavyweight contender Jerry Quarry: dementia, Muhammed Ali: Parkinson's disease -- "Muhammed Ali and his family and handlers contend that his Parkinson's disease has nothing to do with his time in the ring, even though boxers are afflicted with it (and with multiple sclerosis and Alzheimer's) in far greater numbers than the general population."

Picket's bold study of boxing provides a riveting look at the realities and the risks involved in the sport of hard knocks.

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