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The Heavyweights
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Author : Bob Mee
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
The Heavyweights written by Bob Mee and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Heavyweight boxers have always had a special appeal. From the last great bare-knuckle champion, John L. Sullivan, to the modern giants such as Tyson and Lewis, this is the definitive history of the heavyweight fighter. Dozens of books have been written about the champions, but this is the first time the doings, and sometimes undoings, of the main men of the heavyweight division--champions, challengers, and pretenders alike--have been placed side by side in one book.
Heavyweights
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Author : Jordan Horowitz
language : en
Publisher: Random House Disney
Release Date : 1995
Heavyweights written by Jordan Horowitz and has been published by Random House Disney this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
Thirteen-year-old Gerry Gardner is looking forward to the best summer ever--until he finds out his parents have enrolled him in a camp for overweight kids. He soon finds out the camp isn't as bad as he expected. The good times end when a fitness freak takes over, and it's time for Gerry and his friends to fight back. Illustrated with color stills from the movie.
The Boxing Kings
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Author : Paul Beston
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2017-09-08
The Boxing Kings written by Paul Beston and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-08 with Sports & Recreation categories.
For much of the twentieth century, boxing was one of America’s most popular sports, and the heavyweight champions were figures known to all. Their exploits were reported regularly in the newspapers—often outside the sports pages—and their fame and wealth dwarfed those of other athletes. Long after their heyday, these icons continue to be synonymous with the “sweet science.” In The Boxing Kings: When American Heavyweights Ruled the Ring, Paul Beston profiles these larger-than-life men who held a central place in American culture. Among the figures covered are John L. Sullivan, who made the heavyweight championship a commercial property; Jack Johnson, who became the first black man to claim the title; Jack Dempsey, a sporting symbol of the Roaring Twenties; Joe Louis, whose contributions to racial tolerance and social progress transcended even his greatness in the ring; Rocky Marciano, who became an embodiment of the American Dream; Muhammad Ali, who took on the U.S. government and revolutionized professional sports with his showmanship; and Mike Tyson, a hard-punching dynamo who typified the modern celebrity. This gallery of flawed but sympathetic men also includes comics, dandies, bookworms, divas, ex-cons, workingmen, and even a tough-guy-turned-preacher. As the heavyweight title passed from one claimant to another, their stories opened a window into the larger history of the United States. Boxing fans, sports historians, and those interested in U.S. race relations as it intersects with sports will find this book a fascinating exploration into how engrained boxing once was in America’s social and cultural fabric.
The Great Heavyweights
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Author : Henry Cooper
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1978
The Great Heavyweights written by Henry Cooper and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978 with Boxers (Sports) categories.
Once There Were Giants
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Author : Jerry Izenberg
language : en
Publisher: Skyhorse
Release Date : 2017-02-07
Once There Were Giants written by Jerry Izenberg and has been published by Skyhorse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-02-07 with Sports & Recreation categories.
A celebration and memorial of the greatest era of heavyweight fighters from 1962 to 1997, as witnessed ringside by an International Boxing Hall of Fame sportswriter. Once upon a time, of all the memories made in ballparks and arenas from California to New York, there was nothing to rival that magic moment that could grab a heavyweight fight crowd by its collective jugular vein and trigger a tsunami of raw emotion before a single punch had even been thrown. That’s the way it was when the heavyweight giants danced in the boxing ring during the golden eras of the greats Ali, Frazier, Holmes, and Spinks, to name a few. There will never again be a heavyweight cycle like the one that began when Sonny Liston stopped Floyd Patterson and ended when Mike Tyson bit a slice out of Evander Holyfield’s ear; when no ersatz drama, smoke, mirrors, and noise followed a fighter’s entry into the ring; when the crowds knew that these men were not actors on a stage but rather giants in a ring with a single purpose—to fight other giants. By the ringside, acclaimed sportswriter Jerry Izenberg watched history as it was being made during those legendary days, witnessing fights like the Thrilla in Manila and the Rumble in the Jungle and preserving them in punchy yet tremendous prose. Delivering both his eyewitness accounts and revelatory back stories of this greatest era of heavyweight boxing, Izenberg invites readers to a place of recollection. Once There Were Giants is his memorial to this extraordinary time, the likes of which we shall never see again.
Undisputed An Action Packed Fantasy Boxing Book Where The Greatest Heavyweights Go Head To Head
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Author : Bruce Anthony
language : en
Publisher: Bruce Anthony
Release Date : 2024-06-10
Undisputed An Action Packed Fantasy Boxing Book Where The Greatest Heavyweights Go Head To Head written by Bruce Anthony and has been published by Bruce Anthony this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-06-10 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
As seen in thrilling TikTok trailers comes an exciting fantasy league with twenty of the greatest heavyweight boxers in history colliding to see who’s the best ever. Readers are raving about Undisputed! ‘This is the best boxing book I’ve ever read’ ‘I was so immersed in the fights it felt like I was in the ring myself, once I put the book down couldn’t help shadow boxing with my cat…….the cat won’ 'If you like boxing or sport in general do yourself a favour and give this a read ' ……………………………………………………………………………… Ladies and gentlemen, it’s now time for the main event of book publishing. Steeped in history, the blue ribbon division has experienced some of the most awe-inspiring and exciting moments in sports. Today, in these very pages, we’ll pit the twenty greatest heavyweight boxers head-to-head to see who comes out on top. There will be no ducking tonight. Each warrior will fight the other in a fantasy league in some of the most exciting pugilistic combat to ever be written. Be witness to epic, non-stop action with 190 incredible fights, such as Muhammad Ali vs. Mike Tyson, Lennox Lewis vs. Riddick Bowe, George Foreman vs. Sonny Liston and Rocky Mariano vs. Joe Frazier. So let’s lace up those gloves and start the ring walks…
Heavyweights
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Author : Michele Paul
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000-01-01
Heavyweights written by Michele Paul and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-01-01 with Children's stories categories.
Heavyweights
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Author : Leo Marriott
language : en
Publisher: Chartwell Books
Release Date : 2017-09-03
Heavyweights written by Leo Marriott and has been published by Chartwell Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-03 with History categories.
Heavyweights examines the use of these massive weapons of war from stone-shot cannon to the atomic artillery of the 1950s.
A Brief History Of The Heavyweights 1881 2010
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Author : Tracy Callis
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013-01
A Brief History Of The Heavyweights 1881 2010 written by Tracy Callis and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The Heavyweight Championship has long been the most valued prize in all of sports. Famous names among the champions include John L. Sullivan, Jim Jeffries, Jack Johnson, Jack Dempsey, Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano, Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson, Vitali Klitschko and Wladimir Klitschko. A Brief History of the Heavyweights 1881-2010 traces the contests of these champions and other outstanding fighters of this weight class from the early bare knuckle days to the present. The author includes his rankings of the best boxers and bouts of different time periods in history as well as his all-time best rankings. The book is comprised of 308 pages, including numerous photographs, bout-by-bout lists of title contests, and an index. Tracy Callis is a member of the International Boxing Research Organization, the Director of Historical Research for The Cyber Boxing Zone, an internet boxing website, an Elector to the International Boxing Hall of Fame, and a member of the Advisory Board of the Boxing Hall of Fame - Luxor Hotel Las Vegas. He is also co-author of the books Philadelphia's Boxing Heritage 1876-1976 and Boxing in the Los Angeles Area 1880-2005.
The Murder Of Sonny Liston
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Author : Shaun Assael
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2016-10-18
The Murder Of Sonny Liston written by Shaun Assael and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-10-18 with Sports & Recreation categories.
The basis for SHOWTIME Sports Documentary Pariah: The Lives and Deaths of Sonny Liston A daring investigation into the mysterious death of Heavyweight Champion Sonny Liston, set against the dawn of the 1970s, when the mob was fighting to keep control of the Las Vegas Strip, Richard Nixon was launching America's first war on heroin, and boxing was in its glory days. On January 5, 1971, Sonny Liston was found dead in his home—of an apparent heroin overdose. But no one close to Liston believed that his death was accidental. Digging deep into a life that Liston tried hard to hide, investigative journalist Shaun Assael treats the boxer’s death as a cold case. The result is a page-turning whodunit that evokes a glorious and grimy era of Las Vegas. Elvis Presley was playing two shows a night at the International. Howard Hughes was running his empire from the penthouse suite of the Desert Inn. And middle America was flocking to the Strip, transforming it from an exclusive playground for the mob to a mecca for corporate dollars. But the city was also rotting from within. Heroin was pouring over the border from Mexico, and the segregated Westside was on the cusp of a race war. The cops, brutally violent, were barely holding it together. Driving through town with the top of his pink Cadillac down, Sonny Liston was the one celebrity who was unafraid to bridge the two sides of Las Vegas. Cashing in on his fading notoriety in the casinos, he was dealing drugs, working for a crime syndicate, and trying to break into Hollywood—all with a boxer’s faith that he could duck any threat, slip any punch. Heroin addiction was the only knockout blow he didn’t see coming. The Murder of Sonny Liston takes a fresh look at the legendary boxer, the town he called home, and one of America’s most enduring mysteries.