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Autor:
Colleen Aycock, David W. Wallace
Boxing might not have survived the 1930s if not for Max Baer. A contender for every heavyweight championship 1932-1941, California's'Glamour Boy'brought back the'million-dollar gate'not seen since the 1920s. His radio voice sold millions of Gillette
Autor:
Colleen Aycock
Publikováno v:
The Cambridge Companion to Boxing
Externí odkaz:
https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::229bcd47f7c20680096a9b446ad55aaa
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781107415355.028
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781107415355.028
Autor:
Colleen Aycock
Publikováno v:
The Cambridge Companion to Boxing
Externí odkaz:
https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::1686d0826f03a0003d784c8dd89793f3
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781107415355.007
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781107415355.007
Autor:
Colleen Aycock, Mark Scott
Whether opening saloons, raising cattle, or promoting sporting events, George Lewis'Tex'Rickard (1870-1929) possessed a drive to be the best. After an early career as a cowboy and Texas sheriff, Rickard pioneered the largest ranch in South America, b
Autor:
Colleen Aycock, Mark Scott
This volume presents fifteen chapters of biography of African American and black champions and challengers of the early prize ring. They range from Tom Molineaux, a slave who won freedom and fame in the ring in the early 1800s; to Joe Gans, the first
Autor:
Colleen Aycock, Mark Scott
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 reig