Title: Strong boy
Description: "Approaching 19th-century sports and boxing with a 21st-century perspective, Strong Boy brings to life a man--John L. Sullivan--who was the gold standard of boxing for more than a decade; who had a big ego, big mouth, and bigger appetites; who ate and drank with reckless abandon; whose womanizing, drunken escapades, and constant presence on the police blotter were a godsend to the burgeoning newspaper industry; whose image was once the most recognizable in America. He was our nation's first sports hero, and his name was not Babe Ruth"--
Subjects: Boxers (Sports), Biography, SPORTS & RECREATION / Boxing, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Sports, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, Sullivan, john lawrence, 1858-1918
Places: United States
People: John Lawrence Sullivan (1858-1918)