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The boxing kings : when American heavyweights ruled the ring / Paul Beston.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Beston, Paul, 1966- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Boxers (Sports)--United States--Biography.
- Boxers (Sports).
- African American boxers.
- United States.
- African American boxers--Biography.
- Boxing--United States--History.
- Boxing.
- History.
- SPORTS & RECREATION / Boxing.
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Sports.
- Local Subjects:
- SPORTS & RECREATION / Boxing.
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Sports.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 357 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2017]
- Summary:
- For much of the twentieth century, boxing was one of Americas most popular sports. This book details the illustrious history of the heavyweight title in the days when Americans reigned supreme and tells the stories of legendary champions such as John L. Sullivan, Jack Johnson, Jack Dempsey, Joe Louis, and Muhammad Ali.
- Contents:
- 1 Progenitor 1
- 2 Pariah 27
- 3 The Million-Dollar Hobo 53
- 4 The Substitutes 79
- 5 Black Moses 97
- 6 The Last White King 125
- 7 Freudian Floyd, the Swede, and Sonny 149
- 8 The Butterfly 173
- 9 The Greatest and a Golden Era 201
- 10 Bloom in the Shadows 233
- 11 Kid Dynamite 255
- 12 End of the Line 283.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Beston, Paul, 1966- Boxing kings
- ISBN:
- 9781442272897
- 1442272899
- OCLC:
- 973920465
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