The First Black Boxing Champions

The First Black Boxing Champions Essays on Fighters of the 1800S to the 1920S

Hardback (28 Feb 2011)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Presents fifteen biographical essays of some of the first African American and black champions and challengers of the early prize ring. Boxers covered range from Tom Molineaux, a slave who won freedom and fame in the ring in the early 1800s to the flamboyant Jack Johnson. Photographs, period drawings, cartoons, and fight posters enhance the biographies. Round-by-round coverage of select historic fights is included.

Book information

ISBN: 9780786449910
Publisher: McFarland
Imprint: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Pub date:
DEWEY: 796.830922
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 294
Weight: 716g
Height: 255mm
Width: 184mm
Spine width: 22mm