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Joe Gans: A Biography of the First African American World Boxing Champion

Joe Gans: A Biography of the First African American World Boxing Champion


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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.

Table of Contents:
Table of Contents Acknowledgments      Preface      1. A Marvel of the Ring      2. Battle Royal      3. Boxing in 1900 Baltimore      4. Ghosts in the House      5. Straight Hitting      6. Saving an Eye, Losing a Title      7. Fixed Fight in Chicago      8. Long Road Back      9. Bringing Home the Bacon      10. Defending the Championship: A Gentleman and a Gladiator      11. Stolen Title      12. Boxing Moves West      13. Forays at Welterweight      14. Epic Battle in the Nevada Desert      15. The White Plague      16. A Dream Deferred, a Dream Realized      17. Good Night, Sweet Prince: Fighting in the Shadow of Death      18. The Old Master’s Legacy      19. In the Words of Peers and Scholars      20. Final Rounds      Epilogue: Boxing’s Continued Popularity      Appendix: Ring Record      Chapter Notes      Works Cited      Index     

About the Author :
Colleen Aycock, co-editor for the International Boxing Research Organization, was named to the New Mexico Boxing Hall of Fame and is the author, co-author or co-editor of five books on boxing. She lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Mark Scott, a novelist and former Golden Gloves boxer, lives in Austin, Texas. He is a contributor to other publications on the history of boxing.

Review :
“wonderful...expertly crafted...it is quite simply one of the most engrossing boxing books I have ever read...highly recommend[ed]”—BoxingTalk; “compelling and informative...a first-rate account of the life and times of Gans...a wonderful book, which rightly gives Joe Gans the respect and admiration he so richly deserves”—Examiner.com; “Colleen Aycock and Mark Scott, and McFarland, deserve our warm thanks in spotlighting the short, but singular, career of one of America’s least well-known athletes, a lightweight boxer named Joe Gans…[who] became the first black American world-title holder in any sport.”—Journal of Sport History; “finally! Someone has written a book about boxing’s first African American world champion...marvelous...well written...very enjoyable and educational...highly recommend”—International Boxing Research Organization; “the most thorough and meticulously researched volume on this fighter to date...a must-have...interesting and informative...very detailed”—Cyber Boxing Zone; “probably nobody knows more about Joe Gans than Aycock”—Albuquerque Journal and Mas New Mexico.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780786439942
  • Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Co Inc
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 294
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: A Biography of the First African American World Boxing Champion
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0786439947
  • Publisher Date: 31 Oct 2008
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • No of Pages: 294
  • Spine Width: 15 mm
  • Weight: 399 gr


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