Standing Eight

The Inspiring Story of Jesus "El Matador" Chavez

By: Adam Pitluk

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Paperback | 10 April 2007 | Edition Number 1

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"Standing Eight" is the stirring account of the life of current IBF Lightweight Champion of the world, Jesus Chavez. Born in 1972, Gabriel Sandoval, Jesus' real name, grew up in the impoverished city of Delicias, Mexico. At seven, he swam across the Rio Grande with his mother and younger sister to join his father, an illegal worker in Chicago. There Gabriel learned both English and boxing, eventually winning three Gold Glove championships. After serving jail time for robbery and being deported to Mexico twice as an illegal, he returned to the U.S. and now resides in Austin, Texas, where he plans to defend his title in November 2006.

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"Standing Eight is an uncomplicated read and offers an undemanding insight into the complications of one Mexican fighter's life in the US. And if the author's prose is often adulatory, even melodramatic, it is presumably because he has a subject matter that at times verges on the unbelievable." The Independent - Sports Book of the Week"

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Prologue	p. ix
Shining City Upon a Hill	p. 1
West Side	p. 21
Promises	p. 37
Stateville	p. 49
Stranger in a Strange Land	p. 68
House of Lord	p. 87
King of Britannia	p. 102
Terri	p. 117
Viva Mexico	p. 134
We're up Here, and They Just Don't Know	p. 155
Just a Camera	p. 168
Homecoming	p. 175
El Terrible	p. 202
"The Fight Could Go Either Way"	p. 221
Interviews and Bibliography	p. 233
Acknowledgments	p. 239
About the Author	p. 242
Index	p. 243
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Standing Eight

The Inspiring Story of Jesus "El Matador" Chavez

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