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Joe Gans: A Biography of the First African American World Boxing Champion
Colleen Aycock
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Description for Joe Gans: A Biography of the First African American World Boxing Champion
Paperback. Joe Gans captured the world lightweight title in 1902, becoming the first black American world title holder in any sport. This biography features round-by-round ringside telegraph reports of his most famous and controversial fights, a complete fight history, photographs, and early newspaper cartoons depicting boxers. Num Pages: 286 pages, photos, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: BGS; WSTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
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 of 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.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
McFarland & Co Inc
Condition
New
Number of Pages
294
Place of Publication
Jefferson, NC, United States
ISBN
9780786439942
SKU
V9780786439942
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-1
About Colleen Aycock
Colleen Aycock, co-editor for the International Boxing Research Organization, was named to the New Mexico Boxing Hall of Fame and is the author, co-author or co-editor of five books on boxing. She lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Mark Scott, a novelist and former Golden Gloves boxer, lives in Austin, Texas. He is a contributor to other publications on the history of boxing.
Reviews for Joe Gans: A Biography of the First African American World Boxing Champion
“wonderful...expertly crafted...it is quite simply one of the most engrossing boxing books I have ever read...highly recommend[ed]”—BoxingTalk; “compelling and informative...a first-rate account of the life and times of Gans...a wonderful book, which rightly gives Joe Gans the respect and admiration he so richly deserves”—Examiner.com; “Colleen Aycock and Mark Scott, and McFarland, deserve our warm thanks in spotlighting the short, but singular, career of one of America’s least well-known athletes, a lightweight boxer named Joe Gans…[who] became the first black American world-title holder in any sport.”—Journal of Sport History; “finally! Someone has written a book about boxing’s first African American world champion...marvelous...well written...very enjoyable and educational...highly recommend”—International Boxing Research Organization; “the most thorough and meticulously researched volume on this fighter to date...a must-have...interesting and informative...very detailed”—Cyber Boxing Zone; “probably nobody knows more about Joe Gans than Aycock”—Albuquerque Journal and Mas New Mexico.