Thomas Hauser has become "must reading" in the boxing community, and his latest book demonstrates why. Boxing Is . . . brings together Hauser's 2009 articles from secondsout.com, in which Hauser illuminates the behind-the-scenes stories of some of the year's great fights, including Klitschko-Chagaev and Ortiz-Maidana, and fighters, including Will Rosinsky, Danny Jacobs, Manny Pacquiao, and Yuri Foreman. Hauser takes us from Manny Pacquiao's dressing room in the tense moments before 2009's biggest fight, to an in-depth portrait of the incomparable Sugar Ray Robinson, all the while continuing to show us why his annual collections, so avidly anticipated by fans and critics alike, have become, according to reviewer Bart Barry, "an essential part of boxing's official record and the chronicles of this era most likely to endure."