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Author |
: James Curl |
Publisher |
: McFarland |
Total Pages |
: 241 |
Release |
: 2014-01-10 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780786489633 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0786489634 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (33 Downloads) |
Synopsis Jersey Joe Walcott by : James Curl
Born into extreme poverty in 1914, Jersey Joe Walcott began boxing at the age of 16 to help feed his hungry family. After ten years, without proper training and with little to show for his efforts beyond some frightful beatings, Walcott quit the ring. A chance meeting with a fight promoter who recognized the potential in his iron chin and hard punch turned Walcott's fortunes around, launching one of the greatest comebacks in boxing history. This biography details Walcott's youth, his dismal early career, and his legendary climb to become the heavyweight champion of the world at age 37, at the time the oldest man ever to win the coveted title. Along the way, he battled some of the most feared champions of his day, including Joe Louis, Ezzard Charles, and Rocky Marciano. With numerous period photographs and a foreword from Walcott's grandson, this work provides an intimate look at one of the grittiest, most determined boxers of the 20th century.
Author |
: William Dettloff |
Publisher |
: McFarland |
Total Pages |
: 232 |
Release |
: 2015-05-23 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781476619477 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1476619476 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (77 Downloads) |
Synopsis Ezzard Charles by : William Dettloff
Greatness is often overlooked in its own time. For Ezzard Charles--one of boxing's most skilled practitioners, with a record of 93-25-1 (52 KO)--recognition took decades. Named by The Ring magazine as the greatest light heavyweight of all time, Charles was frustrated in his attempts to get a shot at the 175-pound title, and as World Heavyweight Champion (1949-1951) struggled to win the respect of boxing fans captivated by Joe Louis' power and charisma. This first-ever biography of "The Cincinnati Cobra" covers his early life in a small country town and his career in the glamorously dirty business of prizefighting in the 1950s, one of the sport's Golden Ages. Charles' fights with Louis, Jersey Joe Walcott, Rocky Marciano and his three wins over the legendary Archie Moore are detailed.
Author |
: William Gildea |
Publisher |
: Macmillan |
Total Pages |
: 257 |
Release |
: 2012-06-19 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780374280970 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0374280975 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (70 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Longest Fight by : William Gildea
The dramatic, little-known story of Joe Gans, an early African-American sports hero and the welterweight champion of the world. Though he is largely unknown today, this book will change that with its emphasis on one key fight in 1906.
Author |
: Ruby Goldstein |
Publisher |
: New York : Funk & Wagnalls |
Total Pages |
: 242 |
Release |
: 1959 |
ISBN-10 |
: UCAL:$B712696 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (96 Downloads) |
Synopsis Third Man in the Ring by : Ruby Goldstein
Author |
: Paul Beston |
Publisher |
: Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages |
: 374 |
Release |
: 2017-09-08 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781442272903 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1442272902 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (03 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Boxing Kings by : Paul Beston
For much of the twentieth century, boxing was one of America’s most popular sports, and the heavyweight champions were figures known to all. Their exploits were reported regularly in the newspapers—often outside the sports pages—and their fame and wealth dwarfed those of other athletes. Long after their heyday, these icons continue to be synonymous with the “sweet science.” In The Boxing Kings: When American Heavyweights Ruled the Ring, Paul Beston profiles these larger-than-life men who held a central place in American culture. Among the figures covered are John L. Sullivan, who made the heavyweight championship a commercial property; Jack Johnson, who became the first black man to claim the title; Jack Dempsey, a sporting symbol of the Roaring Twenties; Joe Louis, whose contributions to racial tolerance and social progress transcended even his greatness in the ring; Rocky Marciano, who became an embodiment of the American Dream; Muhammad Ali, who took on the U.S. government and revolutionized professional sports with his showmanship; and Mike Tyson, a hard-punching dynamo who typified the modern celebrity. This gallery of flawed but sympathetic men also includes comics, dandies, bookworms, divas, ex-cons, workingmen, and even a tough-guy-turned-preacher. As the heavyweight title passed from one claimant to another, their stories opened a window into the larger history of the United States. Boxing fans, sports historians, and those interested in U.S. race relations as it intersects with sports will find this book a fascinating exploration into how engrained boxing once was in America’s social and cultural fabric.
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: |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 48 |
Release |
: 1948 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:76804999 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (99 Downloads) |
Synopsis Joe Louis Vs. Jersey Joe Walcott for the Heavyweight Championship of the World by :
Author |
: Ken Brooks |
Publisher |
: McFarland |
Total Pages |
: 271 |
Release |
: 2015-12-11 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781476620237 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1476620237 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (37 Downloads) |
Synopsis Ingemar Johansson by : Ken Brooks
Ingemar Johansson's right hand--dubbed "The Hammer of Thor"--was the most fearsome in boxing, and Johansson's three fights with Floyd Patterson rank among the sport's classic rivalries. Yet most fans know little about the Swedish playboy who won the world heavyweight championship with a shocking third round knockout of Patterson and held it for six days short of a year (1959-1960). During his reign, the raffish "Ingo" hit fashionable nightspots on two continents, romanced Elizabeth Taylor, and refused to kowtow to the mobsters who controlled boxing. This first-ever biography of Johansson chronicles his fistic triumphs as a Goteborg teen prodigy, his humiliating disqualification for "cowardice" at the 1952 Olympics, his storybook romances with Birgit Lundgren and Edna Alsterlund and his post-career life and tragic early dementia.
Author |
: Everett M. Skehan |
Publisher |
: Robson Books Limited |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 1998-10 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0860512347 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780860512349 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (47 Downloads) |
Synopsis Rocky Marciano by : Everett M. Skehan
The sensational and dramatic story of one of boxing's greatest fighters.
Author |
: Howard Sackler |
Publisher |
: Samuel French, Inc. |
Total Pages |
: 140 |
Release |
: 1968 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0573609608 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780573609602 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (08 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Great White Hope by : Howard Sackler
"[The dramatist] has used his hero, a fighter based on the first Black heavyweight champion of the world, Jack Johnson ... as a symbol in part of Black aspiration"--Back cover.
Author |
: Floyd Patterson |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 280 |
Release |
: 1962 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015066016281 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (81 Downloads) |
Synopsis Victory Over Myself by : Floyd Patterson
The autobiography of a man, unable to read or write at the age of ten, who became the heavyweight champion of the world.