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When the Heavyweight Title Mattered
- Five Championship Fights That Captivated the World, 1910-1971
Engelsk Paperback
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When the Heavyweight Title Mattered
- Five Championship Fights That Captivated the World, 1910-1971
Engelsk Paperback

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The world heavyweight boxing championship once transcended the sport, conferring global renown. This book gives detailed coverage to five legendary championship bouts that captivated audiences worldwide.

Coaxed out of retirement by the press, former champ James J. Jeffries challenged black titleholder Jack Johnson--universally despised by white audiences--in 1910, in hopes of returning the title to the white race.

In 1921, dapper World War I hero and light-heavyweight champion Georges Carpentier hoped to upset heavyweight champ Jack Dempsey, widely considered a draft-dodger, in a fight that garnered the first "million dollar gate."

In perhaps the most politically charged bout ever, "Brown Bomber" Joe Louis, popular with both white and black America, faced Nazi Germany''s Max Schmeling--the first ever to win the title by disqualification--at a sold-out Yankee stadium in 1938.

A relentless brawler, undefeated Rocky Marciano in 1952 sought to bludgeon the title away from the more experienced and savvier Joe Walcott, at 38 the oldest heavyweight champ in history.

In a monumental clash of two undefeated world champions, Muhammad Ali--on the comeback trail after his title was stripped from him for refusing to be drafted during the Vietnam War--squared off with titleholder Joe Frazier in 1971.

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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
223
ISBN-13:
9781476678573
Indbinding:
Paperback
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ISBN-10:
147667857X
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Udg. Dato:
11 jun 2019
Længde:
11mm
Bredde:
152mm
Højde:
229mm
Forlag:
McFarland & Co Inc
Oplagsdato:
11 jun 2019
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