Boxing in New Jersey, 1900-1999

2014-08-20 Sports & Recreation

Author : Robert F. Fernandez, Sr.
Release : 2014-08-20
Genre : Sports & Recreation
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Book Rating : 76X/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Boxing in New Jersey, 1900-1999 by : Robert F. Fernandez, Sr.

Download or read book Boxing in New Jersey, 1900-1999 written by Robert F. Fernandez, Sr.. This book was released on 2014-08-20. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For all hard-core boxing fans, this book introduces the reader to New Jersey stars of the 20th century--gladiators who fought in blood-soaked rings bringing entertainment to millions for little pay. They must not be forgotten. The book contains many little known facts about these fine men, all trying to punch out a living for their families in hard times. The author has followed the sport for 75 years and worked in all phases of it. Readers will learn of the hard work, dedication and respect developed by these fighters in the "sweet science."

Brick City Grudge Match

2023-01-17 Sports & Recreation

Author : Rod Honecker
Release : 2023-01-17
Genre : Sports & Recreation
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Download or read book Brick City Grudge Match written by Rod Honecker. This book was released on 2023-01-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On June 10, 1948, the eyes of the sporting world were focused on a minor league ballpark in Newark, New Jersey--the unlikely venue of a much-anticipated rubber match between the two men at the top of boxing's prestigious middleweight division, Tony Zale and Rocky Graziano. They had met in the ring twice before, each winning one bout. In their third fight, Zale, a clever and powerful puncher, hoped to regain his title from Graziano, a knock-out artist six years his junior. This book tells the story of the greatest middleweight trilogy of boxing's Golden Age, a championship battle Newark hoped would catalyze brighter days for a city rife with political corruption and organized crime and grappling with the beginning of deindustrialization.

Rocky Graziano

2018-03-08 Sports & Recreation

Author : Jeffrey Sussman
Release : 2018-03-08
Genre : Sports & Recreation
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Book Synopsis Rocky Graziano by : Jeffrey Sussman

Download or read book Rocky Graziano written by Jeffrey Sussman. This book was released on 2018-03-08. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rocky Graziano, juvenile delinquent, middleweight boxing champion, and comedic actor, was the last great fighter from the golden age of boxing, the era of Joe Louis, Jake LaMotta, and Sugar Ray Robinson. In Rocky Graziano: Fists, Fame, and Fortune, Jeffrey Sussman tells the rags-to-riches story of Tommy Rocco Barbella, who came to be known as Rocky Graziano. Raised by an abusive father, Graziano took to the streets and soon found himself in reformatories and prison cells. Drafted into the U.S. Army, Graziano went AWOL but was eventually caught, tried, and sent to prison for a year. After his release, Rocky went on to have one successful boxing match after another and quickly ascended up the pyramid of professional boxing. In one of the bloodiest battles in the history of the middleweight division, Rocky beat Tony Zale and became the middleweight champion of the world. Rocky retired from boxing after he lost his crown to Sugar Ray Robinson and went on to have a successful acting career in two acclaimed television series. Rich and famous, he was no longer the angry young man he once was. In his post-boxing life, Rocky became known for his good humor, witty remarks, and kindness and generosity to those in need. Rocky Graziano’s life is not only inspiring, it is also a story of redemption, of how boxing became the vehicle for saving a young man from a life of anger and crime and leading him into a life of happiness and honesty. The first biography of Graziano in over 60 years, this book will bring his story to a new generation of boxing fans and sports historians.

James J. Corbett

2017-07-06 Performing Arts

Author : Armond Fields
Release : 2017-07-06
Genre : Performing Arts
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Book Rating : 223/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book James J. Corbett written by Armond Fields. This book was released on 2017-07-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When he died in 1933, James J. "Gentleman Jim" Corbett was honored by two distinguished groups of people: the professional boxing public, who celebrated him as America's greatest boxing champion, and the world of popular theater admirers, who revered him as one of Broadway's top vaudeville headliners. Corbett was uniquely instrumental in making boxing and popular theater both justifiable commercial enterprises, to be enjoyed by all classes of people. He became America's first national sports hero and went on to formulate the theater world's star system. This is the first definitive biography of the man who knocked out heavyweight champion John L. Sullivan, and who also knocked out audiences who flocked to see him in vaudeville and silent pictures. The focus herein is on the real man, the influences on his life, and the social and commercial environment within which he functioned. The author reveals that Corbett was a complex, driven, enigmatic man whose dedicated participation in popular entertainment changed American social values and mores, and at the same time reinvented the notion of a national hero.

New Jersey Register

1999 Delegated legislation

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Release : 1999
Genre : Delegated legislation
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Download or read book New Jersey Register written by . This book was released on 1999. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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