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Joe Gans: A Biography of the First African American World Boxing Champion
Paperback
ISBN13: 9780786439942
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: Oct 31 2008
Pages: 294
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.80 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
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.
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