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When the Heavyweight Title Mattered

Author : John G. Robertson
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476637318
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book When the Heavyweight Title Mattered written by John G. Robertson and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2019-05-30 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world heavyweight boxing championship once transcended the sport, conferring global renown. This book gives detailed coverage to five legendary championship bouts that captivated audiences worldwide. Coaxed out of retirement by the press, former champ James J. Jeffries challenged black titleholder Jack Johnson--universally despised by white audiences--in 1910, in hopes of returning the title to the white race. In 1921, dapper World War I hero and light-heavyweight champion Georges Carpentier hoped to upset heavyweight champ Jack Dempsey, widely considered a draft-dodger, in a fight that garnered the first "million dollar gate." In perhaps the most politically charged bout ever, "Brown Bomber" Joe Louis, popular with both white and black America, faced Nazi Germany's Max Schmeling--the first ever to win the title by disqualification--at a sold-out Yankee stadium in 1938. A relentless brawler, undefeated Rocky Marciano in 1952 sought to bludgeon the title away from the more experienced and savvier Joe Walcott, at 38 the oldest heavyweight champ in history. In a monumental clash of two undefeated world champions, Muhammad Ali--on the comeback trail after his title was stripped from him for refusing to be drafted during the Vietnam War--squared off with titleholder Joe Frazier in 1971.

When the Heavyweight Title Mattered

Author : John G. Robertson
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 147667857X
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book When the Heavyweight Title Mattered written by John G. Robertson and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2019-05-28 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world heavyweight boxing championship once transcended the sport, conferring global renown. This book gives detailed coverage to five legendary championship bouts that captivated audiences worldwide. Coaxed out of retirement by the press, former champ James J. Jeffries challenged black titleholder Jack Johnson--universally despised by white audiences--in 1910, in hopes of returning the title to the white race. In 1921, dapper World War I hero and light-heavyweight champion Georges Carpentier hoped to upset heavyweight champ Jack Dempsey, widely considered a draft-dodger, in a fight that garnered the first "million dollar gate." In perhaps the most politically charged bout ever, "Brown Bomber" Joe Louis, popular with both white and black America, faced Nazi Germany's Max Schmeling--the first ever to win the title by disqualification--at a sold-out Yankee stadium in 1938. A relentless brawler, undefeated Rocky Marciano in 1952 sought to bludgeon the title away from the more experienced and savvier Joe Walcott, at 38 the oldest heavyweight champ in history. In a monumental clash of two undefeated world champions, Muhammad Ali--on the comeback trail after his title was stripped from him for refusing to be drafted during the Vietnam War--squared off with titleholder Joe Frazier in 1971.

Boxing Still Matters

Author : Bo Brumble
Publisher : Page Publishing Inc
ISBN 13 : 1662479581
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (624 download)

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Download or read book Boxing Still Matters written by Bo Brumble and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2023-01-18 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Boxing Still Matters is a fact-based history of professional boxing from 1981 to 2021, the years immediately following the time span covered in When Boxing Mattered, the author's first book, which focused on 1880-1980. The book utilizes a decade-by-decade approach and features the big names of the four decades covered. Marquee names, Larry Holmes, the Klitschko brothers, Mike Tyson, Anthony Joshua, Tyson Fury, Lennox Lewis, George Foreman, Evander Holyfield, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Sugar Ray Leonard, Thomas Hearns, Alexis Arguello, Aaron Pryor, Julio Cesar Chavez, Bernard Hopkins, Oscar De La Hoya, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Manny Pacquiao, Canelo Alvarez, and Vasiliy Lomachenko are all covered and accompanied by historical photographs.

When Boxing Mattered

Author : Bo Brumble
Publisher : Page Publishing Inc
ISBN 13 : 166243152X
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (624 download)

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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.

Ring of Hate: Joe Louis Vs. Max Schmeling

Author : Patrick Myler
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1628723343
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (287 download)

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Download or read book Ring of Hate: Joe Louis Vs. Max Schmeling written by Patrick Myler and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-11-11 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive book (The Ring) on one of the greatest sports events of the twentieth century, the heavyweight championship bout between Germany's Max Schmeling and America's "Brown Bomber," Joe Louis. More than the world heavyweight championship was at stake when Joe Louis fought Max Schmeling on June 22, 1938. In a world on the brink of war, the fight was depicted as a contest between nations, races, and political ideologies, the symbol of a much vaster struggle. Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels boasted that the Aryan Schmeling would crush his "inferior" black opponent. President Roosevelt told Louis, his guest at the White House, that "America needs muscles like yours to beat Germany." For Louis, this was also his chance to avenge the only loss in his brilliant career-by a knockout-to the same Max Schmeling two years earlier. Recreating the drama of their momentous bout, the author traces the lives of both fighters before and after the fight, including Schmeling's efforts in Nazi Germany to protect Jewish friends and the two boxers' surprising friendship in the postwar years. In Ring of Hate Myler tells the story of two decent men, drawn together by boxing and divided by the cruel demands of competing nations. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Sports Publishing imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in sports—books about baseball, pro football, college football, pro and college basketball, hockey, or soccer, we have a book about your sport or your team. Whether you are a New York Yankees fan or hail from Red Sox nation; whether you are a die-hard Green Bay Packers or Dallas Cowboys fan; whether you root for the Kentucky Wildcats, Louisville Cardinals, UCLA Bruins, or Kansas Jayhawks; whether you route for the Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, or Los Angeles Kings; we have a book for you. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

The Heavyweight Championship

Author : Nat Fleischer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book The Heavyweight Championship written by Nat Fleischer and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Sport Matters

Author : Eric Dunning
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134870140
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (348 download)

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Download or read book Sport Matters written by Eric Dunning and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-04-03 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1999 North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Annual Book Award Sport Matters offers a comprehensive introduction to the study of modern sport from a sociological perspective. It covers such topics as the history of sport, the development of ideas of 'fair play', sport and the emotions, the professionalization of sport, race-relations and sport and sport and gender. Unique in its cross-cultural analysis, it uses examples from around the globe, including sports spectator violence in North America, the growth of international soccer and the role of sport in the European identity.

The Boxing Kings

Author : Paul Beston
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442272902
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book The Boxing Kings written by Paul Beston and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-09-08 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Doing Things Right in Matters of the Heart

Author : John Ensor
Publisher : Crossway
ISBN 13 : 1433519593
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (335 download)

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Download or read book Doing Things Right in Matters of the Heart written by John Ensor and published by Crossway. This book was released on 2007-04-04 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a radical, biblical alternative to much of what is taught and practiced today regarding relationships. Doing Things Right in Matters of the Heart presents a bold plan for escaping the swift currents of contemporary patterns of hooking up, shacking up, and breaking up. It draws a compelling vision of complementarity between the sexes. It instructs men on what to do and informs women on what to look for in their mutual pursuit of a healthy, tender, long-term relationship.

Sports Matters

Author : John Bloom
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 0814798829
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (147 download)

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Download or read book Sports Matters written by John Bloom and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2002-09 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sports Matters brings critical attention to the centrality of race within the politics and pleasures of the massive sports culture that developed in the U.S. during the past century and a half.

Heavyweight Boxing in the 1970s

Author : Joe Ryan
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 078649249X
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Heavyweight Boxing in the 1970s written by Joe Ryan and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2013-03-29 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work covers the individuals and events of what most consider to be the greatest era in boxing history. The first chapter compares the 1970s to all other eras, from the early 1900s and Jack Johnson to the present day and the Klitschko brothers, proving through an established set of criteria that the '70s stand above all other eras. The second chapter focuses on the tumultuous 1960s and the circumstances that led to the blossoming of unprecedented competition. The remaining ten chapters cover the years 1970 through 1979, revisiting the people and the rivalries of an era that produced Ali, Frazier, Foreman, Norton and Holmes, boxers known to people who didn't even follow the sport.

When Boxing Was, Like, Ridiculously Racist

Author : Ian Carey
Publisher : eBookIt.com
ISBN 13 : 1456613154
Total Pages : 47 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (566 download)

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Download or read book When Boxing Was, Like, Ridiculously Racist written by Ian Carey and published by eBookIt.com. This book was released on 2013-02 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of the lineage of Boxing's World Heavyweight Championship from 1882-1915 and how it explains a cultural attitude toward race and identity in that era. The first true national and international sports celebrities were boxers in the late 1800s. Soon after the abolishment of slavery in the United States the first World Champions of the sport were crowned. As the Champion of the World these boxing heavyweights were held on a pedestal of athletic dominance, and in the eyes of some white Americans, and many of those in the boxing community, these champions had to be white, anything else would challenge the belief of white Anglo-saxon superiority that many white Americans were clinging to at the time. It is the story of the symbol of the World Champion during that period and what it meant in society. It's also a story about a bunch of tough, bad-ass guys from over a hundred years ago that used to beat each other up.

The Heavyweight Champions

Author : John Durant
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781258820794
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (27 download)

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Download or read book The Heavyweight Champions written by John Durant and published by . This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Don't Tell Me I Can't

Author : Larry Holmes
Publisher : Page Publishing Inc
ISBN 13 : 1647014298
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book Don't Tell Me I Can't written by Larry Holmes and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2020-09-11 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Larry Holmes is a boxing legend and often ranked by boxing historians as one of the best fighters to ever lace up the gloves. He held the heavyweight title for nearly eight years during what many fans and scribes consider the Golden Era of the sport. He fought his way to the pinnacle of success despite (and because of) unscrupulous promoters, crooked officials, naysayers, and the shark-infested waters of boxing's movers and shakers. But he kept on winning. This is his story. Unfiltered and raw. It's told with the help of business associates, competitors, broadcasters, friends, and family. This is Larry Holmes's tell-all view of his career and the boxing world. His observations, opinions, and insights bring you into the ring for his most noted fights (Norton, Ali, Cooney, Shavers, and Tyson) and shares with the reader what he thinks and how he feels. This book is a must-have for boxing fans.

The World Colored Heavyweight Championship, 1876-1937

Author : Mark Allen Baker
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476677654
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book The World Colored Heavyweight Championship, 1876-1937 written by Mark Allen Baker and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2020-08-31 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For six decades the World Colored Heavyweight Championship was a useful tool of racial oppression--the existence of the title far more important to the white public than its succession of champions. It took some extraordinary individuals, most notably Jack Johnson, to challenge "the color line" in the ring, although the title and the black fighters who contended for it continued until the reign of Joe Louis a generation later. This history traces the advent and demise of the Championship, the stories of the 28 professional athletes who won it, and the demarcation of the color line both in and out of the ring.

Ezzard Charles

Author : William Dettloff
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476619476
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Ezzard Charles written by William Dettloff and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-05-23 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Muhammad Ali, Heavyweight Champion

Author : Jack Rummel
Publisher : Chelsea House Pub
ISBN 13 : 9780791083307
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (833 download)

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Download or read book Muhammad Ali, Heavyweight Champion written by Jack Rummel and published by Chelsea House Pub. This book was released on 2004-09-01 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles the life of the heavyweight boxing champion, from his early years to his draft resistance through his astounding boxing career which established him as one of the greatest fighters of all time.