Lou Duva has been a boxing trainer for over fifty years and involved in the sport for seven decades. He has trained nineteen world champions, promoted boxing events in over twenty countries, and is a member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame. He's been involved with such champions as Evander Holyfield, Arturo Gatti, Hector "Macho" Camacho, and Lennox Lewis. Duva lives in Little Falls, New Jersey. Tim Smith is a former sportswriter for the New York Daily News and the New York Times. He has written about boxing, baseball, the NFL, and the NBA. He lives in Jackson, New Jersey.
“Lou would fight for you—literally. I’ve seen him go after other
fighters, trainers, referees ... basically anybody that was in his
way when he got mad.... I didn’t realize how important Lou was to
me in the corner until he wasn’t there anymore. Sometimes you don’t
appreciate people until after they’ve left.”
—Evander Holyfield, from his foreword
“A Fighting Life is an intimate and enjoyable read on the legendary
boxing trainer and manager Lou Duva. Coauthor Tim Smith does a
superb job in delivering firsthand accounts that capture Duva’s
Hall of Fame career, especially his partnerships with so many world
champions.
—Nunyo Demasio, coauthor of Parcells: A Football Life and former
Sports Illustrated staff writer
"Lou Duva is one of boxing's cherished figures, a kind of Bowery
Boys throwback to the 1930s."
—Los Angeles Times
"Relieve some of boxing’s biggest moments as told in firsthand
accounts by Hall of Fame trainer Lou Duva. . . . Duva became the
definable face of boxing with his bulldog features, that told of
toughness and dogged determination the same way Winston Churchill’s
did. Spans his entire seven decades in the sport (traveling six
continents to engage in fights) and, of course, how he got into and
out of boxing with a mix of love and melancholy."
—Marty Mulcahey, Undisputed Champion Network
"Duva is tenacious in the corner and a master motivator. He never
stops fighting for his fighters. And he goes to great lengths to be
with them."
—International Boxing Hall of Fame
Lou would fight for you—literally. I’ve seen him go after other
fighters, trainers, referees ... basically anybody that was in his
way when he got mad.... I didn’t realize how important Lou was to
me in the corner until he wasn’t there anymore. Sometimes you don’t
appreciate people until after they’ve left.”
Evander Holyfield, from his foreword
A Fighting Life is an intimate and enjoyable read on the legendary
boxing trainer and manager Lou Duva. Coauthor Tim Smith does a
superb job in delivering firsthand accounts that capture Duva’s
Hall of Fame career, especially his partnerships with so many world
champions.
Nunyo Demasio, coauthor of Parcells: A Football Life and former
Sports Illustrated staff writer
"Lou Duva is one of boxing's cherished figures, a kind of Bowery
Boys throwback to the 1930s."
Los Angeles Times
"Relieve some of boxing’s biggest moments as told in firsthand
accounts by Hall of Fame trainer Lou Duva. . . . Duva became the
definable face of boxing with his bulldog features, that told of
toughness and dogged determination the same way Winston Churchill’s
did. Spans his entire seven decades in the sport (traveling six
continents to engage in fights) and, of course, how he got into and
out of boxing with a mix of love and melancholy."
Marty Mulcahey, Undisputed Champion Network
"Duva is tenacious in the corner and a master motivator. He never
stops fighting for his fighters. And he goes to great lengths to be
with them."
International Boxing Hall of Fame
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