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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Joe Gans Joe Gans Colleen Aycock "Joe Gans captured the world lightweight title in 1902, becoming the first black American world title holder in any sport. This biography features original ringside telegraph reports of his most famo… OL13609123W
The First Black Boxing Champions The First Black Boxing Champions Colleen Aycock 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 … OL16458824W
Joe Louis, my champion Joe Louis, my champion Miller, William After listening to the radio broadcast of the heavyweight championship boxing fight of his hero, Joe Louis, a young African American boy realizes that he can emulate the boxer's persistence and striv… OL18436677W
The Champ The Champ Tonya Bolden Muhammad Ali is one of the world's best-known figures, and this incredible biography delves into precisely why. From his unlikely beginnings as a skinny, young Cassius Clay learning to box at a local… OL1969471W
Iron ambition Iron ambition Mike Tyson From the former heavyweight champion and New York Times bestselling memoirist, an intimate and revealing look at the life and leadership lessons of Cus D'Amato, the legendary boxing trainer and Mike … OL19720610W
Black Jack Black Jack Charles R. Smith Art and poetry combine to tell the story of boxer Jack Johnson, who became the first African-American world heavyweight boxing champion in the early part of the twentieth century. This is the story … OL19941097W
Approaching Ali Approaching Ali Davis Miller "The single most intimate look at Muhammad Ali's life after boxing, told through the story of an unexpected friendship,"--Amazon.com. OL20011732W
Iron ambition Iron ambition Mike Tyson "From the former heavyweight champion and New York Times-bestselling memoirist comes an intimate look at the life and leadership lessons of Cus D'Amato, the legendary boxing trainer and Mike Tyson's … OL20056063W
The Royale The Royale M. Ramirez "Jay 'The Sport' Jackson dreams of being the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world. But it's 1905 and, in the racially segregated world of boxing, his chances are as good as knocked out. When … OL20058160W
Joe Louis Joe Louis Campbell, Jim Discusses the life of the heavyweight boxing champion who became a symbol of success and determination not just for blacks but for all Americans. OL2618791W
The Contender The Contender Robert Lipsyte Before you can be a champion,you have to be a contender.Alfred Brooks is scared. He's a high school dropout and his grocery store job is leading nowhere. His best friend is sinking further and furthe… OL2704583W