Philadelphia fighters : the golden era of greatness Lew Freedman

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Freedman, Lew.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Boxing--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History.

Boxing.

Boxing--New Jersey--Atlantic City--History.

Boxers (Sports)--United States--Biography.

Boxers (Sports).

Physical Description:

ix, 173 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Camino Books, Inc., [2015]

Summary:

Philadelphia Fighters chronicles the golden era of American boxing in the pugilistic Quaker City, where top contenders settled and where many great fighters grew up during the epic period from the 1950s through the 1980s. Among the boxing figures remembered by the author are boxing writer J. Russell Peltz, Len Matthews, Joe Frazier, Bennie Briscoe, Cyclone Hart, Jeff Chandler, Bobby Watts, Willie Monroe, Curtis Parker, Larry Holmes, Matthew Saad Muhammad, Thomas Hearns, Dwight Muhammad Qawi, Marvin Hagler and Roberto Duran.

Contents:

1. The Philadelphia fighter

2. Smokin' Joe Frazier

3. The promoter

4. Curtis Parker

5. Matthew Saad Muhammad

6. Jeff Chandler

7. The Fletcher Brothers

8. Randy "Rex" Cobb

9. Michael Spinks

10. Dwight Muhammad Qawi

11. Larry Holmes

12. The famous come to Atlantc Citt

13. Journeymen, hopefuls and dreamers

14. Joe Frazier, father; Marvis Frazier, son

15. Fists still fly.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781933822655

1933822651

OCLC:

883510933