Four Kings, by George Kimball

Leonard, Hagler, Hearns, Duran and the Last Great Era of Boxing.

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Episode Transcript

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Welcome to the WBZ Book Club.I'm Jordan rich tremendous pace in the first
round. Blood coming from the faceof moment handler, can't tell you where
it's coming from. We'll see bothguys. We'll definitely be winded in the
next round. Sports writer George Kimballpenned a book a few years back called
Four Kings, Leonard Hagler, Hearns, Duran and the Last Great Era of
Boxing. These were charismatic figures boxerswith unique combinations of speed, power,

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and agility. As the book suggests, they all came up together in the
nineteen eighties and became royalty during thelast Golden Age of boxing. There were
heated rivalries among the four who ultimatelyengaged together in nine Bouts. The author
tells the story of their lives,as well as blow by blow accounts of
their most famous matches. An indepth and fascinating account of some of the

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greatest boxers in a generation. FourKings, Leonard Hagler, Hearns, Duran
and the Last Great Era of Boxingby George Kimball. The Book Club WZ
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