Irish Thunder: The Hard Life and Times of Micky Ward
Oct 2010 · Sold by Simon and Schuster
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The story behind the Major Motion Picture The Fighter, starring Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale, Irish Thunder is about a boxer from a boxing family and a boxing town, but it is not a boxing book. It is about the human spirit, blind loyalty, self-preservation and self-destruction. Micky’s dramatic victories inside the ring are recounted in detail, but it is his victory outside the ring that will leave the reader inspired.
The story behind the Major Motion Picture The Fighter, starring Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale, Irish Thunder is about a boxer from a boxing family and a boxing town, but it is not a boxing book. It is about the human spirit, blind loyalty, self-preservation and self-destruction. Micky’s dramat...
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Bob Halloran was a technical consultant on the major motion picture The Fighter, after having written Irish Thunder. He is a well-known and well-respected television journalist in Boston. He is currently the weekend news and sports anchor at the number one rated news station in the Boston market, WCVB-TV, Channel 5. Prior to that, he was an ESPN anchor and columnist for espn.com for three years. He has been working as a news and sports anchor in New England for over 20 years, having made extended stops on Cape Cod, Rhode Island, and a combined seven years in Boston. He is a weekly columnist for The Metro newspaper in Boston, and a frequent guest on 890 ESPN Radio in Boston.
Bob Halloran was a technical consultant on the major motion picture The Fighter, after having written Irish Thunder. He is a well-known and well-respected television journalist in Boston. He is currently the weekend news and sports anchor at the number one rated news station in the Boston market,...
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