The Fighting Times Of Abe Attell
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The Fighting Times Of Abe Attell
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Author : Mark Allen Baker
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2017-11-30
The Fighting Times Of Abe Attell written by Mark Allen Baker and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-30 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Abraham Washington Attell (1883-1970) was among the cleverest, most scientific professional boxers ever to enter the ring. The native San Franciscan fought 172 times--with 127 wins, 51 by knockout--and successfully defended his World Featherweight Champion title 18 times between 1906 and 1912, defeating challengers who included Johnny Kilbane and Battling Nelson. Abe's success inspired his brothers Caesar and Monte to take up the sport--Abe and Monte both held simultaneous world titles for a time. This first ever biography covers Attell's life and career. Growing up poor and Jewish in an predominantly Irish neighborhood, he faced his share of adversity and anti-Semitism. He was charged for alleged involvement in the 1919 Black Sox Scandal. The charges were dropped but Attell was branded for the remainder of his life.
The Fighting Times Of Abe Attell
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Author : Mark Allen Baker
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2017-11-28
The Fighting Times Of Abe Attell written by Mark Allen Baker and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-28 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Abraham Washington Attell (1883-1970) was among the cleverest, most scientific professional boxers ever to enter the ring. The native San Franciscan fought 172 times--with 127 wins, 51 by knockout--and successfully defended his World Featherweight Champion title 18 times between 1906 and 1912, defeating challengers who included Johnny Kilbane and Battling Nelson. Abe's success inspired his brothers Caesar and Monte to take up the sport--Abe and Monte both held simultaneous world titles for a time. This first ever biography covers Attell's life and career. Growing up poor and Jewish in an predominantly Irish neighborhood, he faced his share of adversity and anti-Semitism. He was charged for alleged involvement in the 1919 Black Sox Scandal. The charges were dropped but Attell was branded for the remainder of his life.
Johnny Kilbane
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Author : Mark Allen Baker
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2024-05-17
Johnny Kilbane written by Mark Allen Baker and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-05-17 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Holding the world featherweight boxing championship for more than 11 years, Johnny Kilbane's name became synonymous with the title. His accepted record of 51-4-7, with 78 no decisions and two no contests (25 victories by way of knockout), put him in elite company with other members of the International Boxing Hall of Fame. In October 1917--while still World Featherweight Champion--Johnny Kilbane became a lieutenant in the U.S. Army to serve in World War I. Following his career as fighter, he turned to adjudication and transformed himself into a talented and prolific boxing referee. He did so while juggling other responsibilities such as operating a gym, serving in the Ohio Senate, or acting as Clerk of the Cleveland Municipal Court. As dedicated to public service as he was to pugilism, he gained the respect of his peers and his constituents and was admired for his commitment to family. This is his biography.
Sam Langford
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Author : Clay Moyle
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012-12
Sam Langford written by Clay Moyle and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Standing no more than 5' 7" tall, Sam Langford was one of the 20th century's greatest fighters. In 1951, the great featherweight champion Abe Attell was asked if Sugar Ray Robinson was the best of all time, either as a welterweight or middleweight. He named Stanley Ketchel as the greatest welterweight he'd ever seen and said that, as for the middleweights, he'd take Sam Langford, "the greatest of them all at that poundage." Remarkably, the man Attell felt was the greatest middleweight fighter in history fought and defeated many of the leading heavyweight contenders of his day. Over time, he matured physically and grew into a light heavyweight, then began fighting heavyweights on a regular basis, but he was almost always the much smaller of the two combatants. Nat Fleischer, founding editor of The Ring magazine, called Sam one of the hardest punchers of all time, and ranked the little man seventh among his personal all-time favorites "Sam was endowed with everything. He possessed strength, agility, cleverness, hitting power, a good thinking cap, and an abundance of courage He feared no one. But he had the fatal gift of being too good, and that's why he often had to give away weight in early days and make agreements with opponents. Many of those who agreed to fight him, especially of his own race, wanted an assurance that he would be merciful or insisted on a bout of not more than six rounds." Other leading sportswriters of that era had even higher opinions of Sam. Hype Igoe, well known boxing writer for the New York Journal, proclaimed Sam the greatest fighter, pound-for-pound, who ever lived. Joe Williams, respected sports columnist of the New York World Telegram wrote that Langford was probably the best the ring ever saw, and the great Grantland Rice described Sam as "about the best fighting man I've ever watched." At the time of Sam's induction into the Boxing Hall of Fame (October 1955) he was the only non-champion accorded the honor. Many ring experts considered Sam the greatest pound-for-pound fighter in the history of boxing Under different circumstances he might have been a champion at five different weights: lightweight; welterweight, middleweight; light heavyweight; and heavyweight. Blind and penniless at the end of his life, Sam lived quietly in a private nursing home But when one visitor expressed sympathy for his circumstances, Sam replied, "Don't nobody need to feel sorry for old Sam. I had plenty of good times. I been all over the world. I fought maybe 600 fights, and every one was a pleasure " With 98 photographs and illustrations, primarily from private collections.
Sports Pages Of The Los Angeles Times
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Author : Bill Shirley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1983
Sports Pages Of The Los Angeles Times written by Bill Shirley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with Photography categories.
The Best Of Grantland Rice
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Author : Grantland Rice
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1963
The Best Of Grantland Rice written by Grantland Rice and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1963 with Sports stories categories.
The New York Times Encyclopedia Of Sports Boxing
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Author : Gene Brown
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1979
The New York Times Encyclopedia Of Sports Boxing written by Gene Brown and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with Sports categories.
Traces the history of various indoor and outdoor sports as presented in articles appearing in the "New York Times."
The Text Book Of Boxing
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Author : Jim Driscoll
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008-05-01
The Text Book Of Boxing written by Jim Driscoll and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-05-01 with Sports & Recreation categories.
"The Text Book of Boxing" is one of the most important boxing books of all time. First published in 1914 and written by England's finest fighter, "The Text Book of Boxing" is a master class in the manly art of pugilism. This boxing manual contains over 40 photographs and detailed instructions on the proper execution of boxing techniques for both offense and defense. ***** This deluxe edition contains a newspaper report of the 1909 fight between Jim Driscoll and Abe Attell. ***** "Peerless" Jim Driscoll was born in Cardiff, Wales in 1881 and began his boxing career in 1901. He is considered by many to be the best pound-for-pound fighter of all time. During his illustrious boxing career, he earned the title of featherweight champion of the world and won the coveted Lonsdale Belt. ***** "Driscoll was the king of all boxers. From Driscoll, by a close study of his ways, I learned the wisdom of always leading with the left hand; he taught me much about stance, and how to time my blows so that they would have all the weight of my body behind them." Georges Carpentier
Western States Jewish Historical Quarterly
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1974
Western States Jewish Historical Quarterly written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1974 with Jewish historians categories.
The Philippine Republic
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1923
The Philippine Republic written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1923 with Philippines categories.