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Joe Gans
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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… |
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The First Black Boxing Champions
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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 … |
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Joe Louis, my champion
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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… |
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The Champ
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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… |
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Iron ambition
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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 … |
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Black Jack
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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.
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Approaching Ali
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Davis Miller |
"The single most intimate look at Muhammad Ali's life after boxing, told through the story of an unexpected friendship,"--Amazon.com. |
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Iron ambition
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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 … |
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The Royale
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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 … |
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Joe Louis
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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. |
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The Contender
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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… |
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