The Last Man Standing
Author: Barry Michael
ISBN: 9781760798574
Publisher: New Holland Publishers
Year first published: 01 Dec 2025
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback / softback
When Barry Michael stepped into the ring to fightLester Ellis for the International Boxing FederationWorld Super Featherweight Championship on 12July 1985, it was a fight that the world of boxinghad been looking forward to with an anticipationthat few other Australian fights had ever inspired.Big money, big egos and big careers were on theline.It was not just going to be tough; it was going tobe brutal. It was going to be personal.And it was going to make boxing history.This is Barry Michaels “tell as much as I can withoutgetting sued” autobiography, in which the formerworld champion lets us in and gives us aninsider’s look into the reality of the pro-fighter’sworld – from the day-to-day grind of training, tothe way the sport is organized and run, to whatactually goes on in the mind and body of afighter before, during and after each fight – andall the moments in between.Only now can some of Australian boxing’s highestmoments, and darkest secrets be revealed.
ISBN: 9781760798574
Publisher: New Holland Publishers
Year first published: 01 Dec 2025
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback / softback
When Barry Michael stepped into the ring to fightLester Ellis for the International Boxing FederationWorld Super Featherweight Championship on 12July 1985, it was a fight that the world of boxinghad been looking forward to with an anticipationthat few other Australian fights had ever inspired.Big money, big egos and big careers were on theline.It was not just going to be tough; it was going tobe brutal. It was going to be personal.And it was going to make boxing history.This is Barry Michaels “tell as much as I can withoutgetting sued” autobiography, in which the formerworld champion lets us in and gives us aninsider’s look into the reality of the pro-fighter’sworld – from the day-to-day grind of training, tothe way the sport is organized and run, to whatactually goes on in the mind and body of afighter before, during and after each fight – andall the moments in between.Only now can some of Australian boxing’s highestmoments, and darkest secrets be revealed.
