Is there not something heroic in the single-minded pursuit of the maximally developed human body? Jon Hotten's superb book offers some answers

When it isn’t alarming, [it’s] merely amazing... Balanced, respectful, non-judgmental and rendered in an admirably muscular, entirely fat-free prose

A compelling and often alarming through the darker side of gym culture

A compelling piece of reportage

Like a hardboiled detective story... The first must-buy book on its subject

A flawless and singular account of fights that remain potent and important decades after the final bell . . . Four Kings will, unquestionably, be ranked as a classic boxing book that will take future generations back to those smoky, raucous ringside nights in Vegas

Fight fans wanting a good read on their summer holidays should grab a copy

Certainly the best value of any book out there at the minute as well as being comfortably among the best . . . probably the best boxing book since Kevin Mitchell's War, Baby

A born storyteller, [Kimball] throws in enough yarns and anecdotes to fill three or four books