DOWN BUT NOT OUT 20 Legendary Comebacks in Sports History

20 Inspiring True Stories of the Greatest Sporting Turnarounds of All Time

von Matt Robson

170 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

The result looked certain. The crowd knew it. The commentators knew it. Sometimes even the opposition seemed to know it.

Then everything changed.

Muhammad Ali was supposed to be overwhelmed by George Foreman in Kinshasa. Liverpool were 3-0 down to AC Milan at half-time in Istanbul. The Atlanta Falcons led the Super Bowl 28-3. The Boston Red Sox were three games down to the Yankees. Emirates Team New Zealand stood one victory from the America's Cup with an 8-1 lead.

They all lost.

DOWN BUT NOT OUT tells the remarkable true stories behind twenty of sport's greatest reversals, from football, boxing and Formula One to baseball, basketball, tennis, golf, rugby, sailing, snooker, ice hockey, NASCAR and MMA.

But these are more than famous scorelines and highlight-reel finishes.

Discover how Rafael Nadal changed the shape of a match he appeared certain to lose. How Jenson Button went from last place to victory in one of Formula One's wildest races. How Dennis Taylor recovered from 8-0 down in a World Championship final. How Buffalo turned 35-3 into one of the most extraordinary afternoons in NFL history. And how a 45-year-old George Foreman waited nine rounds for the single mistake that could make him heavyweight champion again.

Each story reconstructs the contest from the moment the advantage was built to the decision, tactical adjustment, mistake or extraordinary performance that began to tear it apart.

No invented drama. No motivational speeches. Just twenty extraordinary contests and the moments that turned certain defeat into unforgettable victory.

Because in sport, the result is never certain until there is no time left to change it.

• Reihe: Independently published
• ISBN: 9798176848342
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.09.2026
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Independently published