简介： ThisepicstoryoftheriseofthreeofthemostsuccessfulboxersofourtimechallengestheperceptionoftheAmericanDreamthroughtheintimatelypersonallifetrajectoriesofEvanderHolyfield,BernardHopkinsandMikeTyson.Muchlikemoderndaygladiators,ourprotagonistscomefromthebottomrungsofsociety,choosingthepathofboxingor"thepoorman'ssport,"asalastresort,andanalternativetomuchbleakeroptionssuchasprisonor,worseyet,death.Followingthesefighters'pathsfromsuccesstoself-discovery,theyrecounttheirbattleswhileilluminatingourcountry'smostcriticalsocialissues,includingthestrugglewithpoverty,racialinequality,brokenhomes,drugandalcoholabuse,violenceandthefailuresofoureducationalandprisonsystems.CHAMPSunearthstheuniqueresilienceofthesemeninthefaceoflife'smostdifficultobstacles-frompersonalfinancetosustainedbraininjury-andhighlightshowoursocietyandtheirindustryexaltstheir...