Boxing Kings - When American Heavyweights Ruled the Ring

Informationen zum Autor By Paul Beston Klappentext For much of the twentieth century, boxing was one of America's most popular sports. This book details the illustrious history of the heavyweight title in the days when Americans reigned supreme and tells the stories of legendary champions such as John L. Sullivan, Jack Johnson, Jack Dempsey, Joe Louis, and Muhammad Ali. Zusammenfassung For much of the twentieth century, boxing was one of America’s most popular sports. This book details the illustrious history of the heavyweight title in the days when Americans reigned supreme and tells the stories of legendary champions such as John L. Sullivan, Jack Johnson, Jack Dempsey, Joe Louis, and Muhammad Ali. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Introduction: The Lineage Chapter One: Progenitor Chapter Two: Pariah Chapter Three: The Million-Dollar Hobo Chapter Four: The Substitutes Chapter Five: Black Moses Chapter Six: The Last White King Chapter Seven: Freudian Floyd, the Swede, and Sonny Chapter Eight: The Butterfly Chapter Nine: The Greatest and a Golden Era Chapter Ten: Bloom in the Shadows Chapter Eleven: Kid Dynamite Chapter Twelve: End of the Line Epilogue: A Funeral Bibliography IndexAbout the Author

Product details

• Authors: Paul Beston, Beston Paul
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.09.2017
• EAN: 9781442272897
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-7289-7
• No. of pages: 374
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > Martial arts, self-defence; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; USA, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Sports, SPORTS & RECREATION / History, SPORTS & RECREATION / Boxing, history of sport, Biography: sport, Boxing, United States of America, USA, sport history;sweet science;the Great White Hope