FIGHT CARD: CAN’T MISS CONTENDER JUST WENT LIVE ON AMAZON. BEHIND THE JACK TUNNEY PSEUDONYM THIS MONTH IS KEVIN MICHAELS. FIGHT CARD: CAN’T MISS CONTENDER IS KEVIN’S SECOND FIGHT CARD FISTICUFF. THIS PUTS HIM IN GOOD COMPANY WITH DAVID FOSTER AND ERIC BEETNER, WHO HAVE BOTH WRITTEN TWO EPIC PUNCH-UPS IN THE FIGHT CARD SERIES.
WHILE FIGHT CARD: CAN’T MISS CONTENDER IS NOT A DIRECT SEQUEL TO KEVIN’S FIGHT CARD: HARD ROAD, THERE IS SOME MINOR CHARACTER CROSSOVER.
FIGHT CARD: CAN’T MISS
CONTENDER
St.
Louis, Missouri, 1958
Billy
Flood was the kind of boxer who had ‘can’t miss’ written all over him. He had the tools and talent to make him a
middleweight champion. But a few wrong
turns changed everything. Now, after a
hard three year stretch inside the Missouri State Penitentiary, Billy is
determined to get back in the ring and punch his way to the top. But, while
other fighters his age have risen through the ranks, Billy is back where he
started – fighting palookas, catchers, and tomato cans.
With
his past on his heels and his future filled with obstacles, Billy finds himself
backed into a corner by false friends and an unscrupulous promoter. He may get his shot at becoming a contender,
but will it cost him his future? Can’t
Miss Contender is another hard punching Fight Card tale ...
KEVIN MICHAELS
Writer,
surfer, badass, Kevin Michaels is everything New Jersey – Attitude, edginess,
and Bruce Springsteen songs. Author of the novels Lost Exit and Fight Card:
Hard Road, his short stories No Tears
For Crying, and Who’s got The Action
were both nominated for the prestigious Pushcart Prize.
