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Hitters, dancers and ring magicians
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Kelly Richard Nicholson |
"Covering the years 1890 to 1910, this volume profiles the boxers who were acting during boxing's "Golden Age," focusing on Lavigne, Fitzsimmons, Walcott, Gans, McGovern, Langford, and Ketchel. Each … |
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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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Counterpunch
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Ira Berkow |
"Spanning the period between 1967 and 2005, this compilation includes 84 of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ira Berkow's columns on boxing. Readers will meet some of the greatest names in the sport's h… |
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The noble art of heavyweight boxing
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Ralph Oates |
A knockout trip through the history of this popular sport, from the last thrilling bareknuckle contest in 1889 between champion John L. Sullivan and challenger Jake Kilrain, right through to modern t… |
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This bloody Mary is the last thing I own
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Jonathan Rendall |
Fittingly, it is in Las Vegas, boxing's capital, that author Jonathan Rendall, a young British boxing enthusiast, reflects on his own exit from the boxing scene. What unfolds is the true story of his… |
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Beyond Glory
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David Margolick |
Nothing in the annals of sports has aroused more passion than the heavyweight fights in New York in 1936 and 1938 between Joe Louis and Max Schmeling -- bouts that symbolized the hopes, hatreds, and … |
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Muay Thai basics
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Christoph Delp |
"Focuses on the history and development of Muay Thai as well as providing step-by-step technique and training instructions"--Provided by publisher. |
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Boxing's heavyweight champions
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Richard Rainbolt |
Biographies of ten heavyweight prize fighters: John L. Sullivan, Jim Corbett, Robert Fitzsimmons, Jim Jeffries, Jack Johnson, Jack Dempsey, Gene Tunney, Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano, and Muhammad Ali. |
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