Billy Miske: The St. Paul Thunderbolt
Clay Moyle’s second biography is a worthy successor to his critically acclaimed biography of Sam langford.
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UnCrowned Champions
This magnificent book should be mandatory reading for anyone interested in boxing’s rich history.
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The First Black Boxing Champions: Essays on Fighters of the 1800s to the 1920s
The First Black Boxing Champions: Essays on Fighters of the 1800s to the 1920s, recently published by McFarland & Company, Inc., is a compilation of newly written, meticulously documented, biographical essays on some of the most intriguing fighters ever known, with over 100 photos and illustrations.
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Manly Art (They can run – but they can’t hide)
From award-winning sports journalist George Kimball comes this compilation of boxing-related commentary, criticism, reportage, and analysis representing the best of his work over the last decade.
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Charley Burley and The Black Murderers’ Row
By popular demand “Charley Burley and The Black Murderer’s Row is being re-released December 6, 2010.
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Hitters, Dancers and Ring Magicians
Nicholson explores an era when prizefighting was evolving into boxing.
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Dan Donnelly 1788 – 1820 Pugilist, Publican, Playboy
DAN DONNELLY 1788 – 1820 PUGILIST, PUBLICAN, PLAYBOY By Patrick Myler Product Description This book tells the remarkable story of an Irishman whose exploits in the bare-knuckle ring made him into an early 19th century folk hero. His victories over highly regarded English opponents came in the wake of several armed rebellions and were seen
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Tales from the Vault
One hundred of boxing’s greatest — but underrated and forgotten — classics are relived in a vivid and highly descriptive collection. Boxing history’s best brawls, shootouts, wars of attrition, sudden endings, controversies, upsets, comebacks and grudge matches are laid out over 10 chapters consisting of 10 fights each.
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