The First Black Boxing Champions
Essays on Fighters of the 1800s to the 1920s
Edited by
Colleen
Aycock
and Mark Scott
Foreword by Al Bernstein ISBN
978-0-7864-4991-0
photos, bibliography, index
hardcover
(7 x 10)
2010
Not Yet Published, Available Fall/Winter 2010
Description
This volume presents fifteen detailed biographical essays of some of the first African American and black champions and challengers of the early prize ring. Boxers covered range from Tom Molineaux, a slave who won freedom and fame in the ring in the early 1800s; to Joe Gans, the first African American world champion; to the flamboyant Jack Johnson, deemed such a threat to white society that film of his defeat of former champion and "Great White Hope" Jim Jeffries was banned across much of the country. Photographs, period drawings, cartoons, and fight posters enhance the biographies. Round-by-round coverage of select historic fights is included, as is a foreword by Hall-of-Fame boxing announcer Al Bernstein.
About the Author
Colleen Aycock’s father was a professional fighter during the Depression. She lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She is a contributor to other publications on the history of boxing. Mark Scott>, a novelist and former Golden Gloves boxer, lives in Austin, Texas. He is a contributor to other publications on the history of boxing.
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