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Iron Ambition

My Life with Cus D'Amato

by Mike Tyson, Larry Sloman ...

Narrated by Adam Lazarre-White ...

Unabridged

19 hours

From the former heavyweight champion and New York Times bestselling author comes a powerful look at the life and leadership lessons of Cus D’Amato, the legendary boxing trainer and Mike Tyson’s surrogate father.“[Iron Ambition] spells out D'Amato's techniques for building a champion from scratch.” – Wall Street JournalWhen Cus D’Amato first saw thirteen-year-old Mike Tyson spar in the ring, he ... Read more

$27.50 USD

From the former heavyweight champion and New York Times bestselling author comes a powerful look at the life and leadership lessons of Cus D’Amato, the legendary boxing trainer and Mike Tyson’s surrogate father.“[Iron Ambition] spells out D'Amato's techniques for building a champion from scratch.” – Wall Street JournalWhen Cus D’Amato first saw thirteen-year-old Mike Tyson spar in the ring, he
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Behind the Mask

Winner of the Telegraph Sports Book of the Year

by Tyson Fury ...

Narrated by Tyson Fury, Jake Wood ...

Unabridged

5 hours 56 min

THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION, IN HIS OWN WORDSRead by Pound for Pound podcast's Jake Wood, with an introduction read by Tyson Fury.The UK's bestselling boxing book since records began. Shortlisted for the 2020 Sports Biography of the Year.The extraordinary story of the rise and fall and rise again of Tyson Fury...THE GYPSY KING.A Manchester lad f... ... Read more

$17.45 USD

THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION, IN HIS OWN WORDSRead by Pound for Pound podcast's Jake Wood, with an introduction read by Tyson Fury.The UK's bestselling boxing book since records began. Shortlisted for the 2020 Sports Biography of the Year.The extraordinary story of the rise and fall and rise again of Tyson Fury...THE GYPSY KING.A Manchester lad f...
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Fighting For My Life

A Memoir About a Mother’s Loss and Grief

by Mia St. John, Elaine Aradillas ...

Narrated by Mia St. John ...

Unabridged

4 hours 17 min

Mia St. John has always been on top of her game. A five-time world champion boxer known as The Knockout because of her ability to level any opponent charging toward her, Mia spent two decades in the spotlight transforming her body into the ultimate fighting machine. But what most people don't know is that outside the ring, she was battling a lifetime of demons while struggling to keep her family ... Read more

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Mia St. John has always been on top of her game. A five-time world champion boxer known as The Knockout because of her ability to level any opponent charging toward her, Mia spent two decades in the spotlight transforming her body into the ultimate fighting machine. But what most people don't know is that outside the ring, she was battling a lifetime of demons while struggling to keep her family
... Read more
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The Sweet Science

by A. J. Liebling ...

Narrated by Grover Gardner ...

Unabridged

8 hours 41 min

This collection of A. J. Liebling's classic New Yorker pieces on the "sweet science of bruising" brings vividly to life the boxing world as it once was. It depicts the great events of boxing's American heyday, including Sugar Ray Robinson's dramatic comeback, Rocky Marciano's rise to prominence, and Joe Louis's unfortunate decline. Liebling never fails to find the human story behind the fight, and ... Read more

$16.95 USD

This collection of A. J. Liebling's classic New Yorker pieces on the "sweet science of bruising" brings vividly to life the boxing world as it once was. It depicts the great events of boxing's American heyday, including Sugar Ray Robinson's dramatic comeback, Rocky Marciano's rise to prominence, and Joe Louis's unfortunate decline. Liebling never fails to find the human story behind the fight, and
... Read more
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I Am Duran

My Autobiography

by Roberto Duran ...

Narrated by Henry Levya ...

Unabridged

7 hours 36 min

They called him “Manos de Piedra”—Hands of Stone—and he was one of the greatest boxers of all time. Now Roberto Durán tells his unbelievable story: from the streets of Panama to being crowned one of the “Four Kings,” along with Hearns, Leonard, and Hagler, as he blazed a trail through the Golden Age of Boxing.Born into abject poverty, barely able to read or write, Durán quickly realized that his ... Read more

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They called him “Manos de Piedra”—Hands of Stone—and he was one of the greatest boxers of all time. Now Roberto Durán tells his unbelievable story: from the streets of Panama to being crowned one of the “Four Kings,” along with Hearns, Leonard, and Hagler, as he blazed a trail through the Golden Age of Boxing.Born into abject poverty, barely able to read or write, Durán quickly realized that his
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Fighter

by Andy Lee ...

Narrated by Aidan Kelly ...

Unabridged

8 hours 4 min

A lyrical and poignant memoir from former world boxing champion and Irish Olympian Andy Lee who brawled his way to the top of the world’s most unforgiving sport.Outside of the ring, boxing legend Andy Lee was the Irish Traveller in England. The English cousin in Ireland. The white boy in Detroit. But inside the ring he was only ever one thing: a fighter.In 2005, at the age of twenty, Andy Lee left ... Read more

$24.99 USD

A lyrical and poignant memoir from former world boxing champion and Irish Olympian Andy Lee who brawled his way to the top of the world’s most unforgiving sport.Outside of the ring, boxing legend Andy Lee was the Irish Traveller in England. The English cousin in Ireland. The white boy in Detroit. But inside the ring he was only ever one thing: a fighter.In 2005, at the age of twenty, Andy Lee left
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A Warrior's Heart

The True Story of Life Before and Beyond The Fighter

by Micky Ward, Joe Layden ...

Narrated by Micky Ward, Bill Lobley ...

Unabridged

8 hours 24 min

With the success of the critically-acclaimed, Academy Award-winning film “The Fighter,” the world stood up and cheered for the inspiring true story of Micky Ward—a heart-and-soul warrior who overcame the odds to make history in the ring. But that was only part of the tale…Now, in his own words, “Irish” Micky Ward tells his inspirational life story as only he can.From his first bout at the age of ... Read more

$17.50 USD

With the success of the critically-acclaimed, Academy Award-winning film “The Fighter,” the world stood up and cheered for the inspiring true story of Micky Ward—a heart-and-soul warrior who overcame the odds to make history in the ring. But that was only part of the tale…Now, in his own words, “Irish” Micky Ward tells his inspirational life story as only he can.From his first bout at the age of
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100 års boksning i USA - 1980'erne

by Simon Østergaard Chievitz, Jonas Sølberg ...

Narrated by Simon Østergaard Chievitz, Jonas Sølberg ...

Series Audiobook 9 - 100 års boksning
Unabridged

39 min

1980’erne. Når virkeligheden ikke skriver tilstrækkelige historier, træder USA’s ideologiske fiktionsmaskine til. I en tid hvor Den Kolde Krig raser både fysisk og psykisk, bringer Sylvester Stallone med Rocky-filmene det drama til boksning, som virkelighedens mester Larry Holmes aldrig formår. Tag med på en rejse gennem USA’s store århundrede og mærk blodet, sveden og tårerne, der har været med ... Read more

$6.98 USD

1980’erne. Når virkeligheden ikke skriver tilstrækkelige historier, træder USA’s ideologiske fiktionsmaskine til. I en tid hvor Den Kolde Krig raser både fysisk og psykisk, bringer Sylvester Stallone med Rocky-filmene det drama til boksning, som virkelighedens mester Larry Holmes aldrig formår. Tag med på en rejse gennem USA’s store århundrede og mærk blodet, sveden og tårerne, der har været med
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La edad de oro del campeón

La historia de un boxeador

by Iron Hayes ...

Narrated by Iron Hayes, Laura Torres ...

Unabridged

33 min

Chicago, 1905. Un niño nace en los arrabales, entre gritos de obreros y sombras de luchadores callejeros. Su nombre es Tony Veiga, y desde pequeño aprende que en la vida no hay reglas: solo resistencia, golpes y la fuerza para levantarse.Desde las peleas clandestinas hasta los reflectores del Madison Square Garden, Tony se convertirá en campeón del mundo… pero también en un hombre roto por su ... Read more

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Chicago, 1905. Un niño nace en los arrabales, entre gritos de obreros y sombras de luchadores callejeros. Su nombre es Tony Veiga, y desde pequeño aprende que en la vida no hay reglas: solo resistencia, golpes y la fuerza para levantarse.Desde las peleas clandestinas hasta los reflectores del Madison Square Garden, Tony se convertirá en campeón del mundo… pero también en un hombre roto por su
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Macho Time

The Meteoric Rise and Tragic Fall of Hector Camacho

by Christian Giudice ...

Narrated by Timothy Andrés Pabon ...

Unabridged

11 hours 2 min

Raised in 1970s Spanish Harlem, Hector Camacho lived a life as fast as his fists flew in the ring. Handsome, flamboyant, and outspoken, Camacho electrified the boxing scene of the 1980s and, shouting his mantra "Macho Time!", beat some of the greatest fighters of his generation.His fast-lane life caught up with him eventually—and tragically—when he was shot dead outside a nightclub in Puerto Rico ... Read more

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Raised in 1970s Spanish Harlem, Hector Camacho lived a life as fast as his fists flew in the ring. Handsome, flamboyant, and outspoken, Camacho electrified the boxing scene of the 1980s and, shouting his mantra "Macho Time!", beat some of the greatest fighters of his generation.His fast-lane life caught up with him eventually—and tragically—when he was shot dead outside a nightclub in Puerto Rico
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Manos de Piedra

A Biography of Roberto Durán

by Frank Foster ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Mike G ...

Unabridged

1 hour 34 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.There are not many boxing stories that have happy endings. Roberto Duran's seems to be one. Now in his sixties, he has both his faculties and an intact body. He still has money; his wife of more than four decades and his family are his greatest joys. He lives in a country that worships him.For a fighter who personified the face of evil in the ring, he ... Read more

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.There are not many boxing stories that have happy endings. Roberto Duran's seems to be one. Now in his sixties, he has both his faculties and an intact body. He still has money; his wife of more than four decades and his family are his greatest joys. He lives in a country that worships him.For a fighter who personified the face of evil in the ring, he
... Read more
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Flame of Pure Fire, A

Jack Dempsey and the Roaring '20s

by Roger Kahn ...

Narrated by Kevin Yon ...

Unabridged

17 hours 6 min

Jack Dempsey was perfectly suited to the time in which he fought, the time when the United States first felt the throb of its own overwhelming power. For eight years and two months after World War I, Dempsey, with his fierce good looks and matchless dedication to the kill, was heavyweight champion of the world. A Flame of Pure Fire is the extraordinary story of a man and a country growing to ... Read more

$44.99 USD

Jack Dempsey was perfectly suited to the time in which he fought, the time when the United States first felt the throb of its own overwhelming power. For eight years and two months after World War I, Dempsey, with his fierce good looks and matchless dedication to the kill, was heavyweight champion of the world. A Flame of Pure Fire is the extraordinary story of a man and a country growing to
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Heavyweight

Black Boxers and the Fight for Representation

by Jordana Moore Saggese ...

Narrated by L. Malaika Cooper ...

Unabridged

10 hours 32 min

In Heavyweight, Jordana Moore Saggese examines images of Black heavyweight boxers to map the visual terrain of racist ideology in the United States, paying particular attention to the intersecting discourses of Blackness, masculinity, and sport. Looking closely at the "shadow archive" of portrayals across fine art, vernacular imagery, and public media at the turn of the twentieth century, she ... Read more

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In Heavyweight, Jordana Moore Saggese examines images of Black heavyweight boxers to map the visual terrain of racist ideology in the United States, paying particular attention to the intersecting discourses of Blackness, masculinity, and sport. Looking closely at the "shadow archive" of portrayals across fine art, vernacular imagery, and public media at the turn of the twentieth century, she
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Basic Wing Chun Training

Wing Chun For Street Fighting and Self Defense

by Sam Fury ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Matt G ...

Series Audiobook 3 - Self-Defense
Unabridged

1 hour 27 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Teach Yourself Wing Chun Adapted for the Streets!This is Wing Chun martial arts training as modern self-defense.It starts with Wing Chun techniques for beginners and advances up to sticky hands (Wing Chun Chi Sao).Anyone interested in martial arts will learn from these Wing Chun training techniques. Those who will benefit most are:People who are ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Teach Yourself Wing Chun Adapted for the Streets!This is Wing Chun martial arts training as modern self-defense.It starts with Wing Chun techniques for beginners and advances up to sticky hands (Wing Chun Chi Sao).Anyone interested in martial arts will learn from these Wing Chun training techniques. Those who will benefit most are:People who are
... Read more
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Believe

Boxing, Olympics and my life outside the ring

by Nicola Adams, OBE ...

Narrated by Ms Emma Swan ...

Unabridged

4 hours 32 min

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Believe by Nicola Adams, read by Emma Swan.At London 2012, Nicola Adams made history. The flyweight boxer - nicknamed the smiling assassin - becamethe first ever woman to win an Olympic Gold medal for boxing. In Rio 2016, with the nation cheering her on, she did it all over again.Growing up in Leeds, Nicola stumbled into boxing in ... Read more

$12.08 USD

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Believe by Nicola Adams, read by Emma Swan.At London 2012, Nicola Adams made history. The flyweight boxer - nicknamed the smiling assassin - becamethe first ever woman to win an Olympic Gold medal for boxing. In Rio 2016, with the nation cheering her on, she did it all over again.Growing up in Leeds, Nicola stumbled into boxing in
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Devotion

Now a Netflix limited series

by Marco Missiroli ...

Narrated by Emma Carter ...

Unabridged

8 hours 26 min

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER, NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES'Erotically charged... this intimate and ultimately moving analysis of desire and the long-term legacy of betrayal deserves to be read: completely absorbing'DAILY MAIL'An absolute scorcher'EVENING STANDARD'A gripping novel exploring the tensions in an apparently idyllic marriage'FINANCIAL TI... ... Read more

$24.99 USD

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER, NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES'Erotically charged... this intimate and ultimately moving analysis of desire and the long-term legacy of betrayal deserves to be read: completely absorbing'DAILY MAIL'An absolute scorcher'EVENING STANDARD'A gripping novel exploring the tensions in an apparently idyllic marriage'FINANCIAL TI...
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Baddest Man

The Making of Mike Tyson

by Mark Kriegel ...

Narrated by Mark Kriegel ...

Unabridged

13 hours 10 min

"The most nuanced, most human portrait of Tyson ever created." —Greg Bishop, Sports Illustrated.From the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author whose coverage of Mike Tyson and his inner circle dates back to the 1980s, a magnificent noir epic about fame, race, greed, criminality, trauma, and the creation of the most feared and mesmerizing fighter in boxing history.On an evening that defined ... Read more

$24.00 USD

"The most nuanced, most human portrait of Tyson ever created." —Greg Bishop, Sports Illustrated.From the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author whose coverage of Mike Tyson and his inner circle dates back to the 1980s, a magnificent noir epic about fame, race, greed, criminality, trauma, and the creation of the most feared and mesmerizing fighter in boxing history.On an evening that defined
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Fight, The

by Norman Mailer ...

Narrated by Arthur Morey ...

Unabridged

6 hours 57 min

In 1974 in Kinshasa, Zaïre, two African American boxers were paid five million dollars apiece to fight each other. One was Muhammad Ali, the aging but irrepressible “professor of boxing.” The other was George Foreman, who was as taciturn as Ali was voluble. Observing them was Norman Mailer, a commentator of unparalleled energy, acumen, and audacity. Whether he is analyzing the fighters’ moves, ... Read more

$35.99 USD

In 1974 in Kinshasa, Zaïre, two African American boxers were paid five million dollars apiece to fight each other. One was Muhammad Ali, the aging but irrepressible “professor of boxing.” The other was George Foreman, who was as taciturn as Ali was voluble. Observing them was Norman Mailer, a commentator of unparalleled energy, acumen, and audacity. Whether he is analyzing the fighters’ moves,
... Read more
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Harry Haft

Survivor of Auschwitz, Challenger of Rocky Marciano

by Alan Scott Haft ...

Narrated by Price Waldman ...

Series series Religion, Theology and the Holocaust
Unabridged

5 hours 15 min

Alan Scott Haft provides the first-hand testimony of his father, Harry Haft, a holocaust victim with a singular story of endurance, desperation, and unrequited love. Harry Haft was a sixteen-year-old Polish Jew when he entered a concentration camp in 1944. Forced to fight other Jews in bare-knuckle bouts for the perverse entertainment of SS officers, Harry quickly learned that his own survival ... Read more

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Alan Scott Haft provides the first-hand testimony of his father, Harry Haft, a holocaust victim with a singular story of endurance, desperation, and unrequited love. Harry Haft was a sixteen-year-old Polish Jew when he entered a concentration camp in 1944. Forced to fight other Jews in bare-knuckle bouts for the perverse entertainment of SS officers, Harry quickly learned that his own survival
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The Murder of Sonny Liston

Las Vegas, Heroin, and Heavyweights

by Shaun Assael ...

Narrated by R. C. Bray ...

Unabridged

6 hours 42 min

On January 5, 1971, Sonny Liston was found dead in his home—of an apparent heroin overdose. But no one close to Liston believed that his death was accidental. Digging deep into a life that Liston tried hard to hide, Shaun Assael treats the boxer's death as a cold case. The result is a riveting whodunit that evokes a glorious and grimy era of Las Vegas.Elvis Presley was playing two shows a night at ... Read more

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On January 5, 1971, Sonny Liston was found dead in his home—of an apparent heroin overdose. But no one close to Liston believed that his death was accidental. Digging deep into a life that Liston tried hard to hide, Shaun Assael treats the boxer's death as a cold case. The result is a riveting whodunit that evokes a glorious and grimy era of Las Vegas.Elvis Presley was playing two shows a night at
... Read more
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Strong Boy

The Life and Times of John L. Sullivan, America’s First Sports Hero

by Christopher Klein ...

Narrated by Joe Barrett ...

Unabridged

11 hours 54 min

"I can lick any son-of-a-bitch in the world."So boasted John L. Sullivan, the first modern heavyweight boxing champion of the world, a man who was the gold standard of American sports for more than a decade and the first athlete to earn more than a million dollars. He had a big ego, a big mouth, and even bigger appetites. His womanizing, drunken escapades, and chronic police-blotter presence were ... Read more

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"I can lick any son-of-a-bitch in the world."So boasted John L. Sullivan, the first modern heavyweight boxing champion of the world, a man who was the gold standard of American sports for more than a decade and the first athlete to earn more than a million dollars. He had a big ego, a big mouth, and even bigger appetites. His womanizing, drunken escapades, and chronic police-blotter presence were
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The Champ & The Chump

A heart-warming, hilarious true story about fighting and family

by James McNicholas ...

Narrated by James McNicholas ...

Unabridged

9 hours 8 min

A heart-warming, hilarious true story about fighting and family, based on the acclaimed stage show. For fans of books by Dave Gorman, James Acaster and Danny Wallace, along with boxing tales from the likes of Tyson Fury and Ricky Hatton.The ChampTerry Downes - known as 'The Paddington Express' - was a world champion boxer, US Marine, gangsters' favourite and latter-day film star and businessman ... Read more

$24.99 USD

A heart-warming, hilarious true story about fighting and family, based on the acclaimed stage show. For fans of books by Dave Gorman, James Acaster and Danny Wallace, along with boxing tales from the likes of Tyson Fury and Ricky Hatton.The ChampTerry Downes - known as 'The Paddington Express' - was a world champion boxer, US Marine, gangsters' favourite and latter-day film star and businessman
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Sting Like a Bee

Muhammad Ali vs. the United States of America, 1966-1971

by Leigh Montville ...

Narrated by JD Jackson ...

Unabridged

14 hours 31 min

An insightful portrait of Muhammad Ali from the New York Times bestselling author of At the Altar of Speed and The Big Bam. It centers on the cultural and political implications of Ali's refusal of service in the military—and the key moments in a life that was as high profile and transformative as any in the twentieth century.With the death of Muhammad Ali in June, 2016, the media and America in ... Read more

$22.50 USD

An insightful portrait of Muhammad Ali from the New York Times bestselling author of At the Altar of Speed and The Big Bam. It centers on the cultural and political implications of Ali's refusal of service in the military—and the key moments in a life that was as high profile and transformative as any in the twentieth century.With the death of Muhammad Ali in June, 2016, the media and America in
... Read more
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Der Prager Wagen und die WM '98

by Biniak ...

Narrated by Roland Geiger ...

Series Audiobook 6 - Für Köln! Der Hooligan-Kodex
Unabridged

2 hours 24 min

Es gibt einen Kodex unter Hooligans? Absolut! Auch wenn man dies als Außenstehender gar nicht vermuten sollte, so lässt uns der "Biniak" an seinen Erlebnissen mit den Cologne Streetfighters teilhaben und beweist: Hooligans - zumindest die meisten - sind eigentlich ganz nette Kerle. So lernen wir aber nicht nur die Hooligan-Szene selbst kennen, sondern auch die wiederkehrend anwesenden Polizisten, ... Read more

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Es gibt einen Kodex unter Hooligans? Absolut! Auch wenn man dies als Außenstehender gar nicht vermuten sollte, so lässt uns der "Biniak" an seinen Erlebnissen mit den Cologne Streetfighters teilhaben und beweist: Hooligans - zumindest die meisten - sind eigentlich ganz nette Kerle. So lernen wir aber nicht nur die Hooligan-Szene selbst kennen, sondern auch die wiederkehrend anwesenden Polizisten,
... Read more

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