Blow by Blow

by Keith Thomas Walker

Synopsis

Alonzo Ingram takes the boxing world by storm. With a title fight on the horizon, he’s poised to give his family the lifestyle they’ve dreamed about. In the meantime, it’s hard to keep a roof over their heads. Strapped for cash, he goes to work for a notorious crime boss, and trouble soon follows him to the people he loves. Lonzo struggles to hold it together for the biggest fight of his career. When his fiancée’s first love returns from the war, he realizes his most important battle might not take place in the ring.

Excerpt

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“What’s up, shorty?”

She shrugged. “Nothing. What’s up with you – besides the fact that you don’t know how to spar?”

He chuckled. He had a nice smile and beautiful brown eyes. “How you figure that?”

“You not supposed to hit your sparring partner in the face like that,” Nisha said, “unless you wanna spar by yourself from now on.”

“Huh.” Lonzo smirked. “Like you know something about it.”

“I know a lot about it. What you think, I’m just some hoochie who came in here to see some hot guys?” That was pretty close to the truth, but Lonzo didn’t know that. “My daddy was a fighter. I probably know more about boxing than you.”

He grinned. “Oh yeah? Who’s your daddy?”

Nisha liked the way he said that. She had her first sexual fantasy about him right then. Who’s your daddy? Ohuh! You baby! “Walter’s my daddy,” she said.

Lonzo’s eyes widened, and he straightened his posture. “For real? Ay, yo, your pops is the real deal. He a legend. He fought all kinds of greats back in the day. I wanna be like him when I grow up. Real talk. Except I’m gonna be a champion – no disrespect.”

“It’s cool,” Nisha said. “I saw your fight the other day. You’re 3-0. You got a long way to go before you can fight for the title.”

“You saw me fight?” Lonzo said and smiled brightly. “I wish I woulda knowed that. I wouldn’t have hit my sparring partner in the mouth, if I knew you already seen me fight.”

She giggled. “So, you did that for me?”

He shrugged. “If I was a peacock, I’d show you my feathers. But I ain’t got no feathers. I got these.” He held up his fists.

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Release date: July 9, 2019

Publisher: KeithWalkerBooks

Print pages: 277