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First Black Boxing Champions
Essays on Fighters of the 1800s to the 1920s
Av Scott Mark Scott, Aycock Colleen Aycock
E-bok, 2014
332 kr
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This volume presents fifteen chapters of biography of African American and black champions and challengers of the early prize ring. They range from Tom Molineaux, a slave who won freedom and fame in the ring in the early 1800s; to Joe Gans, the first African American world champion; to the …
Tex Rickard
Boxing''s Greatest Promoter
Av Scott Mark Scott, Aycock Colleen Aycock
E-bok, 2014
364 kr
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Whether opening saloons, raising cattle, or promoting sporting events, George Lewis "Tex" Rickard (1870-1929) possessed a drive to be the best. After an early career as a cowboy and Texas sheriff, Rickard pioneered the largest ranch in South America, built a series of profitable saloons in the …
Joe Gans
A Biography of the First African American World Boxing Champion
Av Scott Mark Scott, Aycock Colleen Aycock
E-bok, 2014
303 kr
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Joe Gans captured the world lightweight title in 1902, becoming the first black American world title holder in any sport. Gans was a master strategist and tactician, and one of the earliest practitioners of "scientific" boxing. As a black champion reigning during the Jim Crow era, he endured …
Magnificent Max Baer
The Life of the Heavyweight Champion and Film Star
Av Wallace David W. Wallace, Aycock Colleen Aycock
E-bok, 2018
382 kr
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Boxing might not have survived the 1930s if not for Max Baer. A contender for every heavyweight championship 1932-1941, California''s "Glamour Boy" brought back the "million-dollar gate" not seen since the 1920s. His radio voice sold millions of Gillette razor blades; his leading-man appeal made …
