From the underworld to the church and back, Fighting For Something – The Lives of Unlicensed Boxers – is a collection of photographs in the ring and behind the scenes with unflinchingly honest interviews with the men and women who risk their lives for a few hundred pounds a fight.
Fighting For Something gives boxing’s unheard fighters a voice to tell the world what makes them fight – with legends such as Roy Shaw, Earnie Shavers and Alan Mortlock sharing their memories
About the Author
Rick Senley
rickpicks
London, England
Shortlisted for last year's Travel Photographer of the Year, I take pics of and write about everyone from villains to boxers, soldiers to whores, bullfighters, musicians and travelling gypsies. I hate celebrities and large dogs.
I have travelled across South America, Asia and Europe; from London to Hong Kong by boat, bus and train, I have been shot at in Georgia, molested in a Turkish bath and bitten by an insect in Australia.
I went to university in Italy, Leicester and Hungary and unsuccessfully tried to escape from a police station when working as a teacher in Greece.
I also won second prize (20p) in a village photography competition in Suffolk but the voting was allegedly rigged.
I am happiest when I am anywhere but London (a weekly complaint can be read here:http://www.london-ers.com/author/ricksenley), where I grew up and grew bored and where I am finishing two novels and producing my own music.
I can swear in Norwegian and own a zither.
Publish Date March 28, 2011
Dimensions Standard Landscape 200 pgs
Standard Paper
Category Sports & Adventure
Tags boxing, unlicensed, sport, violence, fighting, combat, dangerous, bloody, underworld, religion, criminal, photography
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