The noble art of heavyweight boxing
By: Ralph Oates
Publisher: Robert Hale; The Crowood Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780719817434
Subjects: Boxing; History; Boxers (Sports)
Description: 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 times, covering key fights and boxing greats such as Joe Louis, Muhammad Ali, Rocky Marciano, Joe Frazier, George Foreman, Lennox Lewis, and many, many more. Illustrated with contemporary photographs and packed with fascinating true details about the personalities and boughts, this book will be a winner with every sports fan and boxing enthusiast.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: From bareknuckles to Marquess of Queensberry Rules; title: Between the wars; title: the Post-war years; title: The era of Muhammad Ali; title: The golden age of heavyweight boxing; title: Mike Tyson's reign; title: Lennox Lewis : king of the world; title: Heavyweight boxing in the twenty-first century.