Prizefighting: An American History

ISBN-13: 9781476683676 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 274 str.

Arne K. Lang

Spis treści

• Preface 1
• 1. Noblemen and Knockabouts 5
• 2. Diffusion to America 15
• 3. The Queensberry Antiseptic 25
• 4. The Watershed Fight 30
• 5. The Boomtown Boxing Phenomenon 34
• 6. The War and the Walker Law 49
• 7. The Golden Era 55
• 8. Fighters' Writers 63
• 9. Boxing and Jews 73
• 10. Hard Times and Hoaxes 89
• 11. Boxing and Blacks 96
• 12. Marcianomics 121
• 13. Floyd and Sonny 132
• 14. Tank Town Boxing in Las Vegas 139
• 15. The Doctor Makes a House Call 144
• 16. Las Vegas: The Transition Years 147
• 17. The Rise and Fall of Ali 154
• 18. Parking Lot Extravaganzas 166
• 19. The Iron Mike Express 177
• 20. Buster Craps Out 185
• 21. Mariachi Salsa 188
• 22. El Gran Campeón de Culiacan 194
• 23. Iron Mike II: Another Vegas Implosion 199
• 24. The Golden Boy 211
• 25. Lennox the Lion 218
• 26. The Wise Old Owl 224
• 27. Atomic Salsa 230
• 28. The "X" Factor 234
• 29. Shifting Sands 245
• Chapter Notes 251
• Bibliography 257
• Index 261