The First Black Boxing Champions

Essays on Fighters of the 188s to the 1920s

Colleen Aycock, Mark Scott (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

302 Seiten

2011
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-4991-0 (ISBN)

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This volume presents 15 detailed biographies of some of the first African-American and black champions and challengers of the early prize ring, 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.

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.

Colleen Aycock's father was a professional fighter during the Depression. She lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Mark Scott, a novelist and former Golden Glove boxer, lives in Austin, Texas

Erscheint lt. Verlag	28.2.2011
Vorwort	Al Bernstein
Zusatzinfo	100 photographs
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Kampfsport / Selbstverteidigung
ISBN-10	0-7864-4991-8 / 0786449918
ISBN-13	978-0-7864-4991-0 / 9780786449910
Zustand	Neuware