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Lords of the Ring: The Triumph and Tragedy of College Boxing's Greatest Team
Doug Moe
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Hardcover. Revives the exciting era - now largely forgotten - when college boxing attracted huge crowds and flashy headlines, outdrawing the professional bouts. The book tells the story of Wisconsin boxing, based on dozens of interviews and of newspaper microfilm, boxing records, and memorabilia. Num Pages: 300 pages, 44 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBNW; WSTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
Lords of the Ring revives the exciting era - now largely forgotten - when college boxing attracted huge crowds and flashy headlines, outdrawing the professional bouts. On the same night in 1940 when Joe Louis defended his heavy-weight crown before 11,000 fans in New York's Madison Square Garden, collegiate boxers battled before 15,000 fans in Madison...Wisconsin. Under legendary coach John Walsh, the most successful coach in the history of American collegiate boxing, University of Wisconsin boxers won 8 NCAA team championships and 38 individual titles from 1933 to 1960. Badger boxers included heroes like Woody Swancutt, who later helped initiate ... Read more
Lords of the Ring revives the exciting era - now largely forgotten - when college boxing attracted huge crowds and flashy headlines, outdrawing the professional bouts. On the same night in 1940 when Joe Louis defended his heavy-weight crown before 11,000 fans in New York's Madison Square Garden, collegiate boxers battled before 15,000 fans in Madison...Wisconsin. Under legendary coach John Walsh, the most successful coach in the history of American collegiate boxing, University of Wisconsin boxers won 8 NCAA team championships and 38 individual titles from 1933 to 1960. Badger boxers included heroes like Woody Swancutt, who later helped initiate ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
300
Place of Publication
Wisconsin, United States
ISBN
9780299204204
SKU
V9780299204204
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About Doug Moe
Doug Moe is a daily columnist for the Capital Times in Madison, Wisconsin. He is the author of The World of Mike Royko, which was a Chicago Tribune Choice Selection of the Year.
Reviews for Lords of the Ring: The Triumph and Tragedy of College Boxing's Greatest Team
A wonderful book that brings back to life those last bittersweet days of collegiate boxing. As a native Madisonian who witnessed the match that ended Charlie Mohr's life, I'm grateful that here, finally, is the true, unvarnished story. - David Maraniss, author of They Marched into Sunlight ""A story of exhilaration and heartbreak.... It probably reads like a Greek tragedy ... Read more