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In This Corner... Boxing BooksPowerful figures such as Muhammad Ali, Joe Louis, Mike Tyson and Jack Johnson, the world’s first black heavyweight champion, have made an impact both inside and outside the ring, and have inspired many writers. Ali – the ultimate boxing icon - has captured the imagination of authors more than any other fighter thanks to his incredible record of winning the heavyweight crown on three separate occasions and his conversion of Islam and refusal to be drafted into the US army at the height of the Vietnam War. From 'Raging Bull' Jake La Motta and Sugar Ray Robinson to Sugar Ray Leonard and Marvin Hagler, the array of fascinating figures goes on and on. |
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The story of Randolph Turpin is in the classic mould of rags to riches but then, regrettably, back to rags again. Author Jack Birtley saw Turpin fight as a boy and later became a family friend - always his admirer. He spent over three years researching in order to write this book and the result is not simply a biography of a man who fought - almost literally - out of the slums of Leamington, but an analysis ... a reason why Turpin went up in the ranks of boxers, and came down so tragically ending his life with suicide. All Editions: The Tragedy of Randolph Turpin
Here is Jake LaMotta discussing his career as a hoodlum; Floyd Patterson on growing up in the ghetto; Gunboat Smith on the Jack Johnson era; Jack Dempsey on the Willard fight and the Tunney ”long count”; Rocky Graziano on showbiz; and dozens of others—including Sugar Ray Robinson, Willie Pastrano, José Torres, Carmen Basilio, Joe Louis, Willie Pep, and Archie Moore—on boxers, racketeers, drugs, payoffs, managers. All Editions: In This Corner... !: Forty World Champions Tell Their Stories
Hailed by Muhammad Ali as "the king, the master, my idol," Sugar Ray Robinson was the greatest boxer America had seen since Joe Louis and is considered by many today to be, pound for pound, the best boxer the sport has ever known. Pound for Pound is not only a definitive portrait of an emotionally complex man and his family, it is also a portrait of Harlem at the apex of its creativity, a time when Miles Davis was playing at Minton's, Langston Hughes was writing his divine poetry, and a boy from Georgia originally named Walker Smith Jr. would take on the moniker "Sugar."
In this captivating and complex portrait of an American sports legend, Russell Sullivan confirms Rocky Marciano's place as a symbol and cultural icon of his era. As much as he embodied the wholesome, rags-to-riches patriotism of a true American hero, he also reflected the racial and ethnic tensions festering behind the country's benevolent facade. |
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Publishing C 1927. First edition. Introductory articles by Ed. Smith, "Tad," Damon Runyan, and Mrs. Jack Johnson. Slight browning at the edges of the pages else a fine copy in an attractive, very good dustwrapper with several old internal repairs. This copy boldly Signed by Johnson. Johnson's tenure as the first African-American World Heavyweight Champion, and the larger-than-life nature of both his triumphs and travails, were a source of pride for African-Americans early in the 20th Century. All Editions: Jack Johnson - In the Ring - and Out
Bobbs-Merrill, 1916. First Edition. HC 12mo in brick red cloth, gilt titles. About Near Fine/no jacket. Minor spotting to front board, trace soil to spine, hint of edgewear, small ink notation rear pastedown. Very bright, tight, square, o/w unmarked. No jacket but laid-in is what appears to be flap from the DJ with 2 photos of Frank Moran training for a bout and a young Jim Corbett, later the undisputed heavyweight champion as was John L. Sullivan, both of whom were managed by Brady (who was also a play producer, with Corbett and Jim Jeffries in the cast). 227pp, illustrated w/ many b/w vintage photos including the Marquess of Queensbury, John L. Sullivan, Tom Sharkey and Broadway producer David Belasco. All Editions: The Fighting Man
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