Boxing Kings - When American Heavyweights Ruled the Ring

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.

Table des matières

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
Index
About the Author

A propos de l'auteur

Paul Beston is managing editor of City Journal, published by the Manhattan Institute. His writing has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, City Journal, Real Clear Sports, The American Spectator, The American Conservative, The Christian Science Monitor, The Millions, and The New York Journal of Books, as well as on the boxing website The Sweet Science.

Résumé

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.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Paul Beston, Beston Paul
• Edition: Rowman and Littlefield
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 31.01.2021
• EAN: 9781538145630
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-4563-0
• Pages: 374
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Politique, société, économie > Biographies, autobiographies; Livres de conseils > Sport > Sports de combat, auto-défense; 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