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  • The First Black Boxing Champions
    Colleen Aycock
    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...
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  • The Magnificent Max Baer
    Colleen Aycock / David W. Wallace
    Boxing might not have survived the 1930s if not for Max Baer. A contender for every heavyweight championship 1932-1941, California’s 'Glamour Boy' brought back the 'million-dollar gate' not seen since the 1920s. His radio voice sold millions of Gillette razor blades; his leading-man appeal made him a heartthrob in The Prizefighter and the Lady (1933). The film was banned in Na...
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  • Tex Rickard
    Colleen Aycock / Mark Scott
    Whether opening saloons, raising cattle, or promoting sporting events, George Lewis 'Tex' Rickard (1870-1929) possessed a drive to be the best. After an early career as a cowboy and Texas sheriff, Rickard pioneered the largest ranch in South America, built a series of profitable saloons in the Klondike and Nevada gold rushes, and turned boxing into a million-dollar sport. As...
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    51,36 €

  • Joe Gans
    Colleen Aycock / Mark Scott
    Joe Gans captured the world lightweight title in 1902, becoming the first black American world title holder in any sport. Gans was a master strategist and tactician, and one of the earliest practitioners of 'scientific' boxing. As a black champion reigning during the Jim Crow era, he endured physical assaults, a stolen title, bankruptcy, and numerous attempts to destroy his ...
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    42,58 €