Joe Gans

2008-10-31 Sports & Recreation

Author : Colleen Aycock
Release : 2008-10-31
Genre : Sports & Recreation
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Book Rating : 947/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Joe Gans by : Colleen Aycock

Download or read book Joe Gans written by Colleen Aycock. This book was released on 2008-10-31. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 reputation. Four short years after successfully defending his title in the 42-round "Greatest Fight of the Century," Joe Gans was dead of tuberculosis. This biography features original round-by-round ringside telegraph reports of his most famous and controversial fights, a complete fight history, photographs, and early newspaper drawings and cartoons.

Joe Gans

2014-11-21 Sports & Recreation

Author : Colleen Aycock
Release : 2014-11-21
Genre : Sports & Recreation
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Book Rating : 364/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Joe Gans written by Colleen Aycock. This book was released on 2014-11-21. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 reputation. Four short years after successfully defending his title in the 42-round "Greatest Fight of the Century," Joe Gans was dead of tuberculosis. This biography features original round-by-round ringside telegraph reports of his most famous and controversial fights, a complete fight history, photographs, and early newspaper drawings and cartoons.

The Longest Fight

2012-06-19 Biography & Autobiography

Author : William Gildea
Release : 2012-06-19
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 975/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book The Longest Fight written by William Gildea. This book was released on 2012-06-19. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dramatic, little-known story of Joe Gans, an early African-American sports hero and the welterweight champion of the world. Though he is largely unknown today, this book will change that with its emphasis on one key fight in 1906.

Battling Nelson, the Durable Dane

2016-12-09 Sports & Recreation

Author : Mark Allen Baker
Release : 2016-12-09
Genre : Sports & Recreation
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Download or read book Battling Nelson, the Durable Dane written by Mark Allen Baker. This book was released on 2016-12-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oscar “Battling” 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.

Joe Gans

1952

Author : Joe Gans
Release : 1952
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