Dangerous: An Intimate Journey into the Heart of Boxing - Softcover

"The author is an incredible writer and this book is great whether you're into boxing or not." --The Sun

"Thought-provoking and well-written." --Thomas Hauser, author of Muhammad Ali: His Life And Times, TheSweetScience.com

"A really special book. One of the most fascinating and unusual books ever to have been written about boxing. This is a book about a journey, about self-worth, about family and roots and finding, or trying to find answers that might have always been slightly out of reach. The writing style is incredibly personal. Opened my eyes to a completely new world of boxing." --MyLittleBookBlog.com

"This remarkable book grabs you by the throat from the first page and holds you tight to an emotional ending. Highly individual and thought-provoking book - excellent, and certainly a departure from almost anything else you can find in the genre. A great return to form for Ian Probert, and one hopes it is not another 25 years before his next work." --BoxingNewsOnline.net

A quarter of a century ago journalist and author Ian Probert decided never to write about boxing again. His decision was prompted by the injuries sustained by boxer Michael Watson during his world title fight with Chris Eubank. Now, in common with so many fighters, Probert is making an inevitable comeback. Dangerous sees Probert return to the scene of an obsession that has gripped him from childhood. In the course of numerous meetings with a number of leading figures in the fight game, including Herol Graham, Steve Collins, Michael Watson, Nigel Benn, Ambrose Mendy, Rod Douglas, Frank Buglioni, Kellie Maloney, Glen McCrory and Jim McDonnell among others, Probert takes a look at how lives have changed, developed and even unravelled during the time he has been away from the sport. From an illuminating and honest encounter with transgender fight manager Kellie Maloney to an emotional reunion with Watson himself, Probert discovers just how much the sport has changed during his absence. The end result is one of the most fascinating and unusual books ever to have been written about boxing.