AN Illustrated History Of Boxing

by Fleischer, Nat; Andre, Sam; Collins, Nigel; Rafael, Dan

• ISBN13: 9780806522012
• ISBN10: 0806522011
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-01-11
• Publisher: Citadel

Summary

Updated by Nigel Collins, author of "Boxing Babylon", this classic "bible of boxing" has been continuously in print since 1959. Here in one stunning volume is the vast panorama of the "sweet science", from bare-knuckle fighting through the rise of Lennox Lewis. Photos throughout.

Table of Contents

Introduction	7	(1)
The Heavyweights	8	(180)
Pugilism's First Heroes	8	(5)
Period of Double-Crosses	13	(5)
First Jewish Champion	18	(5)
The Transition Period	23	(3)
The Negro Invasion	26	(13)
America Takes Up the Sport	39	(4)
Battles of Champions	43	(5)
England Loses Prestige	48	(4)
The End of an Era	52	(5)
John L.'s Entrance and Exit	57	(14)
Science Replaces Force	71	(7)
Lanky Bob Fitzsimmons	78	(4)
Jeffries, the Iron Man	82	(8)
Johnson, Ring Marvel	90	(5)
Dempsey and the Fabulous Twenties	95	(20)
The Crown Goes Overseas	115	(12)
Era of the Brown Bomber	127	(30)
Era of Big TV Money	157	(3)
Ali, Master Showman	160	(23)
Self-Destructing `Iron Mike` Tyson	183	(2)
The Cruiserweights	185	(3)
The Light Heavyweights	188	(27)
The Super-Middleweights	212	(3)
The Middleweights	215	(46)
The Light-Middleweights	256	(5)
The Welterweights	261	(30)
The Light-Welterweights	286	(5)
The Lightweights	291	(45)
The Junior Lightweights	331	(5)
The Featherweights	336	(31)
The Light-Featherweights	363	(4)
The Bantamweights	367	(25)
The Light-Bantamweights	388	(4)
The Flyweights	392	(20)
The Light-Flyweights	407	(3)
The Mini Flyweight or Strawweight Champions	410	(2)
Update For the 1997 Edition	412	(23)
Update For the 2001 Edition	435	(20)
Index	455