Publisher's Synopsis
Getting paid to be hit is one thing. Getting killed is something else. Duffy Dombrowski is an upstate New York social worker and professional sparring partner. He s just accepted a dream job: chief sparring partner for Russian heavyweight contender Boris Rusakov in Las Vegas! In Sin City with his obstinate basset hound and four buddies, however, Duffy learns that Vegas and Boris have a dark side, and before he knows it, his trip turns into a nightmare. Treated like a piece of meat by Boris s Russian mafia backers, Duffy befriends a crew of Mexican boxers at the gym. And when he saves one of their sisters from Boris s clutches, the ensuing fistfight leaves Duffy at a perilous brink. Now the Russian mafia s chasing Duffy, a serial killer s on the loose, and only with help from a surprising source does Duffy have a fighter s chance of coming out alive."
