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 the earliest practitioners of "scientific" boxing. As a black champion reigning during the Jim Crow era, he endured physical assaults, a stolen title, bankruptcy, and numerous attempts to destroy his reputation. Four short years after successfully defending his title in the 42-round "Greatest Fight of the Century," Joe Gans was dead of tuberculosis. This biography features original round-by-round ringside telegraph reports of his most famous and controversial fights, a complete fight history, photographs, and early newspaper drawings and cartoons.

Joe Gans: A Biography of the First African American World Boxing Champion

Biographies & Memoirs

Mark Scott

Colleen Aycock

Community & Culture

McFarland Company

<p>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 African American world champion; to the flamboyant Jack Johnson, deemed such a threat to white society that film of his defeat of former champion and "Great White Hope" Jim Jeffries was banned across much of the country. Photographs, period drawings, cartoons, and fight posters enhance the biographies. Round-by-round coverage of select historic fights is included, as is a foreword by Hall-of-Fame boxing announcer Al Bernstein.</p>

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

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Tex Rickard Boxing's Greatest Promoter

McFarland

Authors Colleen Aycock and Mark Scott have collected their best fiction from the world of boxing, 21 leather-slamming, action-packed short stories, into one affordable book. Stephen Johnson, Denver Boxing Examiner, Examiner.com, writes, “Their latest collaboration…is a fantastic fictional compilation of professional and amateur boxing stories, providing an enjoyable read for both boxers and those who have wondered what it’s like competing in that 20-foot square canvas… “For the Memories,” (is) "a bone-chilling read of what many boxers (and their families) face following a boxing career where most are never more than a foot note.” Tony Triem, boxing historian and former boxer, says, “Colleen Aycock and Mark Scott write a book, all fiction that takes you into the fight, where you can hear the crowds roar and the bells ring, feel the adrenaline rush and your heart pound. A must-have book--it doesn’t matter if you’re a fight fan or not!”

Boxing Short Stories

Sports & Outdoors

Individual Sports

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

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