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Download or read book Dick Tiger Inc. written by Justina Ihetu and published by Urlink Print & Media, LLC. This book was released on 2023-03-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A boxing enigma and arguably the most successful athlete in Africa's sports history, Dick Tiger was a beacon of hope and inspiration in the defining moments of Nigeria's history. With a toughness hewn from his childhood in the rustic backwoods of Southeastern Nigeria he was able to transform his life through boxing, and transcended boxing by his activism seeking justice and equity for the oppressed in his homeland. He epitomized grace and strength of character in overcoming challenges, and although his stellar career and life had been compromised by his activism, his name and legacy remain synonymous with integrity and self-actualization. In this book history is brought back to life! Relive the fascinating course of Nigeria's bold efforts in hosting the first ever world championship event in Africa; and examine Dick Tiger's personal thoughts about the epic match in Ibadan and his involvement in the Biafra war. How did Tiger really feel about the Biafra war? Why was the match postponed so many times? Were the rain doctors hired by the Nigerian government effective? Read this epochal story to find answers to these questions and more! Battle cries, rain gods, mobs and protests, angst and exhilaration, and vivid photographs, all make this book gripping and enlightening; a must-read.
Download or read book Dick Tiger written by Adeyinka Makinde and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dick Tiger was perhaps the greatest fighter to come out of the African continent. Emerging from an environment devoid of substantive traditions in boxing, he would overcome a litany of obstacles before becoming a two-time undisputed world middleweight titlist and an undisputed light heavyweight champion. ?The Life and Times of a Boxing Immortal, ? the first comprehensive biography of Dick Tiger, puts the man in the context of his times. A migrant fighter to Liverpool, the repository of West African born fighters who kept the British game alive during the industry wide recession of the 1950s, Tiger later moved to America where he established a marquee value seldom attained by non-American fighters and where he played a prominent role as an ?in-house? fighter at the ?Mecca of Boxing, ? New York City's Madison Square Garden. His life also personified the hopes, aspirations and the tragedy of the Igbo ethnic group. An avowed apostle of Biafran secession from Nigeria, Tiger's support would cost him dearly. Here is Dick Tiger as never before explained: The ?blue collar? fighter, ageless ringman, commercial venturer, Nigerian patriot and Biafran rebel. From empty bottle trader to wealthy realtor, from Nigerian boxing booths to Madison Square Garden, from journeyman fighter to world championship fighter; ?The Life and Times of a Boxing Immortal? is a compelling study of human dignity in triumph and in tragedy.
Book Synopsis In Africa's Honor by : Justina Ihetu
Download or read book In Africa's Honor written by Justina Ihetu and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2012-03-26 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the era of the American Civil Rights Movement, and barely three years after Africas most populous nation celebrated her independence from colonial rule, the Nigerian government brought her full weight to bear in a world championship title boutthe first ever in Black Africa. The Dick Tiger vs. Gene Fullmer III fight, held in Liberty Stadium in Ibadan, Nigeria, on August 10, 1963, was a forerunner for all the big fights in the African continent. Westerners didnt believe that a newly independent African nation could dare muster the audacity, or financial backbone, to stage a world championship event. In Africas Honor chronicles this groundbreaking fight while narrating the details of Richard (Dick Tiger) Ihetus life in and out of the boxing ring. Presented as a play by Justina Ihetu, Dick Tigers daughter, and complete with archival photos, this drama showcases the patriotism and heroism of a boxer who had an inauspicious beginning. Ihetu provides insight into the wheeling and dealing behind the match, and she humanizes the principle playerslaying bare their innermost thoughts and anxieties to help form a deeper understanding of the character, and circumstances that reveal Africas promise, of unity, dignity, and honor.
Book Synopsis In Africa's Honor by : Justina Ihetu
Download or read book In Africa's Honor written by Justina Ihetu and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2012 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the era of the American Civil Rights Movement, and barely three years after Africa's most populous nation celebrated her independence from colonial rule, the Nigerian government brought her full weight to bear in a world championship title bout the first ever in Black Africa. The Dick Tiger vs. Gene Fullmer III fight, held in Liberty Stadium in Ibadan, Nigeria, on August 10, 1963, was a forerunner for all the big fights in the African continent. Westerners didn't believe that a newly independent African nation could dare muster the audacity, or financial backbone, to stage a world championship event. In Africa's Honor chronicles this groundbreaking fight while narrating the details of Richard (Dick Tiger) Ihetu's life in and out of the boxing ring. Presented as a play by Justina Ihetu, Dick Tiger's daughter, and complete with archival photos, this drama showcases the patriotism and heroism of a boxer who had an inauspicious beginning. Ihetu provides insight into the wheeling and dealing behind the match, and she humanizes the principle players laying bare their innermost thoughts and anxieties to help form a deeper understanding of the character, and circumstances that reveal Africa's promise, of unity, dignity, and honor.
Download or read book Jet written by and published by . This book was released on 1971-12-30 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The weekly source of African American political and entertainment news.
Download or read book Dick Tiger written by Damola Ifaturoti and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Dick Tiger The Life and Times of Africa's Most Accomplished World Boxing Champion by : 'Damola Ifaturoti
Download or read book Dick Tiger The Life and Times of Africa's Most Accomplished World Boxing Champion written by 'Damola Ifaturoti and published by Amv Publishing Services. This book was released on 2023-07-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a new edition of Dick Tiger: The Life and Times of Africa's Most Accomplished World Boxing Champion, the first full length biography of the Nigerian born, three-time world boxing champion originally published in 2002.
Download or read book Jersey Boy written by Adeyinka Makinde and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2010-06-02 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FINALLY, THE TRUE STORY of the Mafia’s execution of Jersey City legend Frankie DePaula can be told: -Was his world title bout with Bob Foster fixed by the Mob? -Did the Mob kill Pat Amato, his first manager, in order to pave the way for him to sign with their front man Gary Garafola? -How did he come to be involved in a notorious heist of $80,000 worth of electrolytic copper? -Was his dalliance with the step-daughter of a high-ranking mobster the reason for his shooting? -Or did the Mob kill him for giving up information on their involvement in the copper theft? Although Frankie appeared to some to be a true life exemplar of a character from Dead End; a wild and unreconstructed deviant headed for disaster, his life is set against the backdrop of the oftentimes dysfunctional environs of Jersey City, for long the seat of power of an administration dominated for decades by Mayoral potentate Frank Hague and maligned by the corruption of local politicians and the increasing influence of organized crime. PRAISE FOR JERSEY BOY “The author tells it like it was...Anyone who was around boxing in those days or has any knowledge of what the sport was like in the 1960s and early 1970s should read this book. It’s worth every penny.” ---J. Russell Peltz, IBHOF inductee and noted Boxing Historian & Archivist "A brilliant biography...Makinde brings it all to life through meticulous research, painstaking chapter notes and a smooth, lyrical writing style." ---Murray Greig, The Edmonton Sun "It's a cracking read" ---Steve Bunce, BBC Radio London Boxing Hour Show "Makinde writes in elegant yet precise prose" ---eastsideboxing.com "A book worthy of a Hollywood encore" ---maxboxing.com
Book Synopsis When Boxing Mattered by : Bo Brumble
Download or read book When Boxing Mattered written by Bo Brumble and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2021-12-01 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Boxing Mattered is a fact-based history of boxing covering the classic era from 1880 to 1980. Beginning with John L. Sullivan and the bare-knuckle beginnings of the modern sport, the author takes the reader through all the greats, and some of the not-so-greats, who make up the fascinating history of professional boxing. The book utilizes a decade-by-decade approach, focusing on the original eight weight divisions. All-timers Jack Johnson, Stanley Ketchel, Joe Gans, Barbados Joe Walcott, Jack Dempsey, Willie Pep, Sugar Ray Robinson, Rocky Marciano, Panama Al Brown, Archie Moore, and Muhammad Ali as well as many, many more are covered in detail, aided by historical photographs. The author also takes on the various sanctioning bodies that govern professional boxing and whom he feels have had a largely negative influence on the Sweet Science.
Book Synopsis The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2013 by : Sarah Janssen
Download or read book The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2013 written by Sarah Janssen and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-12-04 with total page 3033 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get thousands of facts right at your fingertips with this updated resource. The World Almanac® and Book of Facts is America's top-selling reference book of all time, with more than 82 million copies sold. Published annually since 1868, this compendium of information is the authoritative source for all your entertainment, reference, and learning needs. Praised as a “treasure trove of political, economic, scientific and educational statistics and information” by The Wall Street Journal, The World Almanac® contains thousands of facts that are unavailable publicly elsewhere—in fact, it has been featured as a category on Jeopardy! and is routinely used as a go-to, all-encompassing guide for aspiring game show contestants. The 2013 edition of The World Almanac® and Book of Facts will answer all of your trivia questions—from history and sports to geography, pop culture, and much more.
Author :Dr. D. K. Olukoya Publisher :Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries ISBN 13 :9782947555 Total Pages :134 pages Book Rating :4.7/5 (829 download)
Download or read book Holy Fever written by Dr. D. K. Olukoya and published by Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries. This book was released on 2016-04-25 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guaranteed.This book will change your life. God is looking for men and women who have been baptized with the Holy Ghost and fire. The most destructive thing to your salvation is to be contented remaining as you are. God is looking for Christians who are ready to be on fire and stir up trouble for the enemy.
Book Synopsis Between the Ropes at Madison Square Garden by : Mark Allen Baker
Download or read book Between the Ropes at Madison Square Garden written by Mark Allen Baker and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2019-07-01 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inside Madison Square Garden, the City Ring was the altar of pugilism from 1925 until 2007. Hosting countless championship fights, historic main events and memorable undercards, it was center stage of boxing history. The ring now rests at the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota, New York--its 132 assembled pieces memorializing a key facet of 20th century American life. While many books have been written about great fistic contests that took place at Madison Square Garden, this is the first to focus on its Holy Grail.
Download or read book CONFLICTED DESTINY written by Pete Amadi and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2013-09-12 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born in 1971 in the Igbo region of Nigeria, Pete Amadi left his impoverish family at the age of 17 after graduating from high school and after enduring a very thorny relationship with his Uncle to search for greener pasture. He traveled throughout West Africa, passing through some insurmountable and most difficult experiences every step of the way. He eventually ended up in Europe in 1992. Europe presented another unique set of challenges to him; hence his chaotic life continued there. In 1994 he gained admission to Abraham Balding College Tifton Georgia, USA and eventually migrated to America in December 1994. He later enlisted in the United Sated Marine Corps in 1996. After graduating from California State University in 2000, and receiving a promotion to rank of sergeant, he applied and was accepted to attend the Marine Corps officer candidate school. He was commissioned 2nd Lt on August 2001. He went on to command troops and served many tours of duty in more than four continents including a combat tour in Iraq. He also served as a military observer with the United Nations both in Liberia and Haiti. He is currently a Major in the United States Marine Corps (RES).
Book Synopsis The Cambridge Companion to Boxing by : Gerald Early
Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Boxing written by Gerald Early and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-01-24 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers accessible and informative essays about the social impact and historical importance of boxing around the globe.
Book Synopsis Last Night When I Was Young by : Geoffrey Littlefield
Download or read book Last Night When I Was Young written by Geoffrey Littlefield and published by Grosvenor House Publishing. This book was released on 2021-11-18 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Last Night When I Was Young saw me riding thoroughbred racehorses as if I were Doug Smith and Fred Winter. In the same vein, I played football as Jimmy Greaves did for Chelsea and I was a Test Match batsman emulating the great PBH May. I hit the biggest serve as Mike Sangster in the Davis Cup, as well as bobbing and weaving in the boxing ring exactly like my favourite Dick Tiger, the world middleweight champion. I was unstoppable behind the wheel of a racing car as Britain's first world champion Mike Hawthorn but on the speedway track I rode with stylish aplomb interpreting my hero, Ronnie "Mirac" Moore. Swinging a mashie niblick as Peter Alliss was no handicap. Rugby Union at Twickenham when my body swerve was very sharp - Richard Sharp. When the Olympics came around, I ran the race of my life both over long distances and over one lap hurdles respectively as Gordon Pirie and the great David Hemery. With eyes open, I loved watching the upright Dorothy Hyman dip and throw herself over the line whilst I fell in love with Mary Rand hitch-kicking her way into Olympic history. Fantasy is then mixed with fact. The jockeys' journeys from completing exacting apprenticeships to becoming champions on the Flat and the National Hunt. Smith riding two-year-olds on the edge in the One Thousand Guineas and the Two Thousand Guineas. Whereas Winter was jumping off the edge of the world in The Grand National. The trials and tribulations with the relative success of the 1960's Chelsea football team from Drake's ducklings morphing into Docherty's uncut diamonds. A fourteen-year-old boy from New Zealand leaves home to become the first speedway superstar. The fight of the week from the USA brings us a Nigerian boxer who confounds convention and fights his way to the top of two weight divisions. A classical English batsman, an amateur as such who set records as a captain and whose impact on Test cricket is second to one. Birdies and bogeys abound, yet our golfing hero is a true British legend. 152 miles per hour as a world record was a cannonball service that belonged to a British no.1 tennis star that left us far too early. The first British world motor racing champion whose play-boy antics on and off the track caused his untimely death. A brief yet scintillating career as England's fly-half sees a jaw-dropping piece of rugby played over and over - sixty years later. The hackles on the neck rise again through an Olympic television commentary that almost matches the magnitude of the performance and the world record that was set. All are sporting yesterday's, worthy of repeat, a young boy's memory listing every feat.
Book Synopsis Understanding "The Misunderstood Genius" by : Stephen Cutler
Download or read book Understanding "The Misunderstood Genius" written by Stephen Cutler and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-07-11 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The events in the life of a rebellious, lower middle-class, Brooklyn NY teenager from age 13 through present age of 78.You will experience a myriad of emotions during this reading - ranging from laughter, to tears, to anger, to resentment, to sadness, to contentment, and a measure of wonder on many different levels.You will discover that is possible to read about someone that you never knew and, in the process, have the feeling that it is about someone that you will finally get to know quite well.
Book Synopsis Index to the Final Rolls of Citizens and Freedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory by : United States. Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes
Download or read book Index to the Final Rolls of Citizens and Freedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory written by United States. Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
