BOXING
A WORLDWIDE RECORD
OF BOUTS AND BOXERS
By Herb Goldman
About the Book
This major reference book covers the history, records and lore of boxing. Introductory chapters give a brief history of boxing, a time line of boxing history, an overview of boxing demographics, and a list of ancient Greek boxing champions. Following sections offer an introduction to bare knuckles boxing and entries that cover bare knuckles and transitional fighters’ careers and statistics. The main body of the work presents alphabetical entries of Queensberry Rules-era (1895-present) fighters, with over 2,600 entries. Each entry includes dates of birth and death, place of birth, nicknames, a list of fights, and career statistics.
Part I, the longest section, presents alphabetical entries of bare knuckle boxers, and the transitional and Queensberry Rules eras (with more than 2,600 fighters from the latter). Each entry includes dates of birth and death, place of birth, nicknames, a list of fights, and career statistics. Part II covers non-boxers, including referees, promoters, publicists, managers, trainers, cut men, announcers and others. Part III contains records of world title bouts from 1878 through 2010. Part IV lists various records and champions, both amateur and professional, including the all-time leaders in many statistical categories. Part V describes the organization of the sport, tracing the history of weight divisions, world titles and halls of fame. Part VI is an overview of boxing in history and culture (champions of ancient Greece, equipment, gymnasiums, radio and television, literature, drama, the arts, etc.). An appendix offers a timeline of boxing and a bibliography concludes the work.
About the Author
Herbert G. Goldman is a former editor of The Ring, Boxing Illustrated and Boxing Digest, and the award-winning author of several books. A theatrical researcher for Packard Humanities Institute, he lives in New York.
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