Battling Nelson, the Durable Dane (eBook)

World Lightweight Champion, 1882-1954

Baker Mark Allen Baker (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2016
296 Seiten
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4766-2625-3 (ISBN)

Infos

Oscar "e;Battling"e; Nelson (1882-1954) was perhaps the toughest professional boxer ever to enter the ring. Although a Hall of Fame inductee, Nelson remains a lesser known great of boxing lore. From the beginning of his career at 14, the Danish immigrant presented himself as a man of integrity who never smoked, drank or took a dive. In the ring and in public, Battling Nelson crafted a Renaissance man image as a lightweight champion, reporter, entertainer, real estate mogul, entrepreneur and ladies' man. The first ever champion in his weight class to mount a comeback, he strove to break new ground (even if he wasn't always successful). This book tells the story of a ring legend whose endurance was second to none and whose trilogy with Joe Gans is one of the great rivalries in sports history.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 18.11.2016
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Kampfsport / Selbstverteidigung
• ISBN-10: 1-4766-2625-1 / 1476626251
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4766-2625-3 / 9781476626253