A Warrior's Heart: The True Story of Life Before and Beyond The Fighter

About this book

With the success of the critically-acclaimed Academy Award-winning film The Fighter the world stood up and cheered for the inspiring true story of Micky Warda heart-and-soul warrior who overcame the odds to make history in the ring. But that was only part of the tale Now in his own words Irish Micky Ward tells his inspirational life story as only he can. From his first bout at the age of seven Micky Ward was known first and foremost for giving as good as he got and for leaving absolutely everything he had in the ring. When he fought quitting was never an option. It was that indomitable spirit that would allow him to survive battle against and overcome the harsh realities that he faced every day of his life. For it was outside the ring that Wards heart would be most needed from witnessing his idolized older half-brother Dicky fall from grace to dealing with his wildly dysfunctionalif frighteningly loyalfamily to the darkest of secrets that he has never revealed until now and the numerous setbacks and defeats that would have stopped a lesser man. Micky Ward has remained a fighter through and throughboth as a professional boxer and as a man who finally found his greatest strength in friendship family and faith in himself From the rough streets of Lowell Massachusetts to the blood and sweat of the international fight game to the bright lights and adulation of Hollywood this is the rousing moving tragic and humorous story of the one and only Micky Ward.