Joe Gans
A Biography of the First African American World Boxing Champion
Mark Scott author Colleen Aycock author
Format:Paperback
Publisher:McFarland & Co Inc
Published:31st Oct '08
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
Joe Gans captured the world lightweight title in 1902, becoming the first black American world title holder in any sport. Gans was a master strategist and tactician, and one of the earliest practitioners of "scientific" boxing. As a black champion reigning during the Jim Crow era, he endured physical assaults, a stolen title, bankruptcy, and numerous attempts to destroy his reputation. Four short years after successfully defending his title in the 42-round "Greatest Fight of the Century," Joe Gans was dead of tuberculosis.
This biography features original round-by-round ringside telegraph reports of his most famous and controversial fights, a complete fight history, photographs, and early newspaper drawings and cartoons.
“wonderful...expertly crafted...it is quite simply one of the most engrossing boxing books I have ever read...highly recommend[ed]”—BoxingTalk; “compelling and informative...a first-rate account of the life and times of Gans...a wonderful book, which rightly gives Joe Gans the respect and admiration he so richly deserves”—Examiner.com; “Colleen Aycock and Mark Scott, and McFarland, deserve our warm thanks in spotlighting the short, but singular, career of one of America’s least well-known athletes, a lightweight boxer named Joe Gans…[who] became the first black American world-title holder in any sport.”—Journal of Sport History; “finally! Someone has written a book about boxing’s first African American world champion...marvelous...well written...very enjoyable and educational...highly recommend”—International Boxing Research Organization; “the most thorough and meticulously researched volume on this fighter to date...a must-have...interesting and informative...very detailed”—Cyber Boxing Zone; “probably nobody knows more about Joe Gans than Aycock”—Albuquerque Journal and Mas New Mexico.
ISBN: 9780786439942
Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
Weight: 399g
294 pages