The Fixer

by Steve Bunce

Ray Lester is a fixer in the boxing business. He makes fights happen. He builds a bridge and guides boxers across to the negotiating table. Ray Lester is good at his job. Then one morning a girl arrives at Ray's door and asks him for help finding her father, an old-school Vegas crooner called Eddie Lights. Ray travels with his questions to Sin City, along with 30,000 other Brits with their Union Jacks on the way to watch Hatton take on Mayweather. But before long, the boys in leather jackets from back east on his tail and Ray finds himself embroiled in a murderous plot. So begins a journey into the murky world of deals, fights and fighters. It is a world beyond the glitz, glamour and glory, where men like Ray Lester operate. It is a world where the fixer is king.

240 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2010

Reviews

[Andrew Vachss · Rating 5 out of 5]

I can't tell you how many times I have barked about Chandler-clones whose knowledge of the Life is light years away from anything they've actually experienced--like virgins writing sex scenes. Finally, with Steve Bunce's THE FIXER, we have a book that nails the bull's-eye beyond dispute. Bunce knows boxing as only a player can, and he brings all of that into a Chandler-style work that works. Do not pass this one up.

[Billy Ferguson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Enjoyable story with many twists and turns that will keep you gripped.

And while I found the story to be good, it is the anecdotes that steal the show; anecdotes that shed light on a side of the sport that we rarely see and know little about.

[Simon Burke · Rating 2 out of 5]

He knows his boxing and I love the anecdotes he throws in. Book falls apart when Vegas is left behind and the anecdotes stop.