Overview
"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 flamboyant Jack Johnson, deemed such a threat to white society that film of his defeat of former champion and ""Great White Hope"" Jim Jeffries was banned across much of the country. Photographs, period drawings, cartoons, and fight posters enhance the biographies. Round-by-round coverage of select historic fights is included, as is a foreword by Hall-of-Fame boxing announcer Al Bernstein."
Full Product Details
Author: Colleen Aycock , Mark Scott
Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint: McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 17.80cm
, Height: 1.50cm
, Length: 25.40cm
Weight: 0.544kg
ISBN: 9781476679808
ISBN 10: 1476679800
Pages: 302
Publication Date: 27 August 2021
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand 
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Foreword by Al Bernstein Introduction 1. Tom Molineaux: From Slave to American Heavyweight Champion BILL CALOGERO 2. George Godfrey: First Colored Heavyweight Champion TONY TRIEM 3. Peter Jackson: Heavyweight Champion of Australia BOB PETERSEN 4. George Dixon: World Bantamweight and Featherweight Champion MIKE GLENN 5. Bobby Dobbs: Lightweight Challenger and Father of Boxing in Germany KEVIN SMITH 6. Joe Gans: World Lightweight Champion COLLEEN AYCOCK 7. Dave Holly: “Challenger of the World” DOUGLAS CAVANAUGH 8. Joe Walcott, the Barbados Demon: World Welterweight Champion MICHAEL J. SCHMIDT 9. “Dixie Kid” Aaron Brown: World Welterweight Champion CATHY VAN INGEN 10. Jack Blackburn: From Lightweight Challenger to Trainer of Heavyweight Champions JOSEPH BOURELLY 11. Sam Langford: Heavyweight Champion of Australia, Canada, England, and Mexico CLAY MOYLE 12. Joe Jennette and Sam McVey: Colored Heavyweight Champions ALEXANDER PIERPAOLI 13. Jack Johnson: World Heavyweight Champion MARK SCOTT 14. Speedball Hayden: U.S. Army Middleweight Champion CHRIS COZZONE 15. Battling Siki: World Light- Heavyweight Champion PETER BENSON Appendix: The Great Fights, Round- By- Round George Godfrey vs. Peter Jackson (August 25, 1888) George Dixon vs. Jack Skelly (September 6, 1892) Joe Gans vs. Oscar “Battling” Nelson (September 3, 1906) Joe Jennette vs. Sam McVey (April 17, 1909) Jack Johnson vs. James J. Jeffries ( July 4, 1910) Bibliography About the Contributors Index
Reviews
"""A definite must read...excellent""--Examiner.com"
A definite must read...excellent --Examiner.com A meticulously researched and compelling look at fifteen of the most famous and talented boxers of the turn of the century and after...wonderful...each essay is wonderfully informative and unique chronicling the rise and sometimes-tragic fall of the boxers. The respect these champions deserve is long in coming as is the recognition. This collection of essays pays these men there due and provides the reader a look at how America once treated its superior fighters. This one is not to be missed --doghouseboxing.com A well-conceived and valuable work --Boxing Monthly Extremely well written and chronicled...painstakingly researched, by writers who show a heartfelt passion for their subjects...a must --Ring Memorabilia Splendid.... Much research obviously went into the writing of the essays and they definitely accomplish their goals of informing the reader about these men. The book, itself, is a beautiful piece of work --Cyber Boxing Zone
“Extremely well written and chronicled...painstakingly researched, by writers who show a heartfelt passion for their subjects...a must”—Ring Memorabilia “Splendid.... Much research obviously went into the writing of the essays and they definitely accomplish their goals of informing the reader about these men. The book, itself, is a beautiful piece of work”—Cyber Boxing Zone “A meticulously researched and compelling look at fifteen of the most famous and talented boxers of the turn of the century and after...wonderful...each essay is wonderfully informative and unique chronicling the rise and sometimes-tragic fall of the boxers. The respect these champions deserve is long in coming as is the recognition. This collection of essays pays these men there due and provides the reader a look at how America once treated its superior fighters. This one is not to be missed”—doghouseboxing.com “A well-conceived and valuable work”—Boxing Monthly “A definite must read...excellent”—Examiner.com
Author Information
Colleen Aycock, co-editor for the International Boxing Research Organization, was named to the New Mexico Boxing Hall of Fame and is the author, co-author or co-editor of five books on boxing. She lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Mark Scott, a novelist and former Golden Gloves boxer, lives in Austin, Texas. He is a contributor to other publications on the history of boxing.
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