A Warrior’s Heart: The True Story of Life Before and After the Fighter

Micky Ward

In putting down on paper the story of his hardscrabble life, Lowell boxer Micky Ward tells a tale of glorious victories punctuated by heart-breaking defeats, both in and out of the ring. It’s a story that could have ended badly, but it did not, thanks to the tremendous courage and character that is revealed in this autobiography.

Ward’s three epic battles with Arturo Gatti have gone down in boxing lore as some of the greatest matches of all time. His early years, leading up to the Gotti fights, have been told in the hit Hollywood movie, The Fighter. Actor Mark Wahlberg, who played Ward in the movie, has written the Foreword to A Warrior’s Heart, in which he expresses his admiration for Ward, as an athlete, and as a humble, determined and ultimately as a courageous young man.

Berkley / Penguin Press / March 2012 / $25.95