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F.X. Toole

Born

in Long Beach, CA, The United States

July 30, 1930

Died

September 02, 2002

Website

http://www.fxtoole.com/

Genre

Sports, Boxing

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F. X. Toole was the pseudonym of Jerry Boyd (1930–2002), a boxing trainer and author whose work inspired the award-winning film Million Dollar Baby. In 1988, Boyd began writing about boxing, using the pseudonym F. X. Toole to keep his hobby secret from his colleagues in the boxing world. One of his stories caught the eye of a literary agent, who sold Rope Burns, a collection of Boyd’s stories, in 2000. Boyd died two years later, but before he passed he wrote the posthumously published Pound for Pound (2006) and sold the film rights to his story “Million $$$ Baby.” Clint Eastwood’s adaptation, Million Dollar Baby, won four Academy Awards, including the Oscar for Best Picture.

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Average rating: 4.07 · 6,854 ratings · 334 reviews · 9 distinct works • Similar authors

	Million Dollar Baby 4.09 avg rating — 5,708 ratings — published 2000 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Best American Noir of the Century (The Best American Series) by James Ellroy (editor), Otto Penzler (Goodreads Author) (editor), Mickey Spillane 4.10 avg rating — 1,669 ratings — published 2010 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pound for Pound 3.98 avg rating — 364 ratings — published 2006 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Best American Mystery Stories 2002 by James Ellroy (Editor / Contributor), Otto Penzler (Goodreads Author) (Editor / Contributor), John Biguenet (Contributor) 3.55 avg rating — 175 ratings — published 2002 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dark Side by Roberto Santachiara (Editor), James Crumley, Jeffery Deaver (Goodreads Author) 3.26 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 2006	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shadow Boxers: Sweat, Sacrifice & the Will to Survive in American Boxing Gyms by Jim Lommasson (Photographer), Joe Frazier (Foreword), Bert Randolph Sugar (Introduction) 4.47 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2005 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	De sueur et de sang by F.X. Toole, Emmanuelle Aronson (Translator), Philippe Aronson (Translator) 4.50 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Murder on the Ropes: A Collection of Original Boxing Mysteries by Otto Penzler (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Edward D. Hoch (Contributor), Clark Howard (Contributor) 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2001 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Champions: Geschichten aus dem Ring. 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“I just hope he went someplace where he could find a little peace... somewhere between nowhere and goodbye...”
― F.X. Toole, Million Dollar Baby

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“It’s not something he can do anything about, being a bleeder, anymore than a guy with a glass jaw can do something about not having whiskers.”
― F.X. Toole

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“The old white man didn't look into your eyes, he looked clear through your eyes, and straight to the inside of the back of your head. 'Instead of runnin from pain, which is the natural thing in life, in boxing you step to it, get me?”
― F.X. Toole

tags: boxing, life

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