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Melanie
Lloyd [author]
Melanie Lloyd
became a boxing fan in late November 1986, when she saw
Mike Tyson win his first World Title against Trevor
Berbick. After that, her life was never the same
again. Since then, through writing her Sweet
Fighting Man books Melanie has become the best known
female boxing writer in Britain today. By her own
admission, she is practically married to boxing.
She is passionate about the sport and those who
participate in it, and she has a way of getting her
interview subjects to open their hearts. Perhaps
that is down to the woman’s touch; who knows? She
is currently working on Sweet Fighting Man - Volume III,
so watch this space!
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Hello and welcome to my website. Since writing
Sweet Fighting Man, and the subsequent Volume II
(published October 2007), it seems that the concept has
really caught on. The purpose of my books is to
give the reader an insight into what boxing is all
about, from the World champions to the journeymen who
play a big part in keeping the sport alive today.
Inside, you
will find profiles of the boxers included in both books,
some excerpts from each chapter, together with exclusive
pictures of the launches and some personal anecdotes on
the creation of the Sweet Fighting Man series. I
would also like to take this opportunity to share with
you some of my experiences of life in the boxing world,
and what a wonderful world it is!
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"I endorse the right for women to become fight
writers. They bring a freshness to interviews which
entice answers that we mere males might struggle to
extract from hardened professionals who, in trade terms,
would cleverly duck and dive. I know most of the
interviewees in 'Sweet Fighting Man'. They are brought
to life by Melanie's enthusiastic and subtle insistence
and with regular fight reporting, she knows a left hook
from a coat hook. This to me is the first bell of a
promising journalistic career - on the safe side of the
ropes!"
Reg Gutteridge OBE
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