Stayton Bonner is a former senior editor at Rolling Stone. His journalism has appeared in publications including GQ, Esquire, and Outside. Champion of the Underworld, the 2016 Men's Journal article that was the basis for this book, was nominated for the Dan Jenkins Medal for Excellence in Sportswriting. This is his first book.
A remarkable story of triumph and heartbreak. -- Don Winslow, #1 internationally bestselling author of The Cartel Yes, this a knockout of a book. But it's also an exercise in nuance and grace and slick maneuvering. Inasmuch as bareknuckle fights go to the judges' scorecards, this gets a unanimous decision. -- Jon Wertheim, Sports Illustrated writer, 60 Minutes correspondent, and author of Glory Days: The Summer of 1984 and the 90 Days That Changed Sports and Culture Forever