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A long-overdue tribute to legendary African American sportswriter
and boxing cartoonist Ted Carroll. Ted Carroll was one of the
greatest American artists and sportswriters of the twentieth
century, most notably as a boxing cartoonist and journalist. As a
Black man working in an era when boxing was one of the few outlets
where Black athletes could achieve wealth, success, and
recognition, Carroll's commentary on the sport provides a profound
perspective on race and the history of boxing. In A Boxing Legacy:
The Life and Works of Writer and Cartoonist Ted Carroll, Ian
Phimister and David Patrick celebrate Carroll's extraordinary
achievements as a sports cartoonist, illustrator, painter, and
writer. Beginning with an introduction to Carroll's life and times,
Phimister and Patrick then dive into Carroll's work, reproducing 44
of his best articles contributed to The Ring magazine--the bible of
boxing. Arranged thematically, each section of articles includes an
overview discussing the selections and providing valuable
historical context. Included in the collection is the significant
series "The American Black Man in Boxing," which explores race,
sport, and society. Ted Carroll's insightful articles illuminate
the place of boxing in twentieth-century sport and society with
incredible skill and care. The first extended account of Ted
Carroll's life and works, and profusely illustrated with his
brilliant drawings, A Boxing Legacy finally provides the deserved
recognition to a remarkable artist and author who has been
overlooked for far too long.
'A riveting read about an amazing man' THE SUN Legendary boxer
Muhammad Ali visited Michael Parkinson's chat show sofa four times,
culminating in an iconic interview in 1971. Muhammad Ali: A Memoir
is a fresh, revealing and personal account of the life of the most
important and enduring cultural figures of our age. An icon of
boxing who has inspired the biggest names in boxing, from Mike
Tyson to Anthony Joshua, this is the story of boxing's biggest
star. Muhammad Ali was God's Gift to the interviewer. Funny,
articulate, outspoken with a fascinating life story, unparalleled
talent and controversial views. These 4 interviews charted Ali's
life, revealing significant phases at different times, charting the
rise and fall of this kaleidoscope of a man. In Muhammad Ali: A
Memoir Sir Michael Parkinson will bring his award-winning
journalistic talents to bear on this extraordinary man. The book
will mix personal recollections of the times they met with selected
transcripts of the famous and, in the case of the 1974 meeting,
infamous interviews all brought together and contextualised by a
sober and honest assessment of the life and times of a figure that,
it is certain, we will never see the like of again.
In the late 1890s, when boxing rivaled the popularity of baseball,
George Dixon and Terry McGovern were among its most famous
practitioners. Their paths crossed in 1900 in what is widely
considered the most significant featherweight bout in history. Both
men were fighters who died young under distressing circumstances.
Both were products of a burgeoning industrial society and a cult of
masculinity, at a time when prizefighting's adherents and opponents
were in a constant tug-of-war. Betting on the championship fight
was heavy. This book tells the full story, with a cast of
characters including infamous manager/promoter Tom O'Rourke, World
Welterweight Champion Barbados Joe Walcott, and Tammany Hall bigwig
Timothy "Big Tim" Sullivan, whose invisible hand made New York the
epicenter of boxing in the 1890s.
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A remarkable portrait of the heroic people who faced the threat of
extermination by the Nazis and resisted by any means
possible-whether through boxing, exposing the reality of death
camps, armed guerrilla attacks, or deadly acts of vengeance. In
Holocaust Fighters: Boxers, Resisters, and Avengers, Jeffrey
Sussman shares the riveting stories of those who fought back
against the Nazis. The lives of five boxers who were forced to
fight for their lives while imprisoned in concentration camps are
explored in depth, followed by the stories of those who managed to
escape captivity and reveal the truth about the death camps.
Sussman also depicts in fascinating detail the acts of the
Avengers, a military unit that hunted down and killed Nazi war
criminals. The final portraits are of the prosecutors who brought
the Nazi leaders to justice, those same leaders who watched Jewish
and Gypsy boxers beat each other for their own personal
entertainment. Holocaust Fighters is an incredible account of the
many ways people resisted Nazi rule, providing moving portrayals of
the resilience of the human spirit even in the face of incredible
horrors.
The Rhondda Valleys have always produced hard men. The descendants
of those who flocked there in the nineteenth century to work in the
expanding coalfield combined to form a special kind of society, in
which brawn and brain were equally respected. While the famous
miners' institutes nurtured the intellect, each village also had
its gymnasium and these spawned some of the fight game's most
famous practitioners. Jimmy Wilde was arguably the greatest British
boxer of all time, while a whole nation stayed up to listen to the
radio commentary of Tommy Farr's brave challenge to the legendary
Joe Louis. Since this book first appeared Liam Williams has
breathed new life into an old tradition. This updated and expanded
volume tells the stories of Wilde and Farr, of course, but also
those of more than 45 others, including Wales's forgotten world
champion, Percy Jones, and two who wore the Lonsdale Belt, Tom
Thomas and Llew Edwards. With 125 illustrations, many seen for the
first time, this is the definitive account of Rhondda's boxing
heritage and is essential reading for anyone interested in the
square ring.
This volume presents fifteen chapters of biography of African
American and black champions and challengers of the early prize
ring. They range from Tom Molineaux, a slave who won freedom and
fame in the ring in the early 1800s; to Joe Gans, the first African
American world champion; to the flamboyant Jack Johnson, deemed
such a threat to white society that film of his defeat of former
champion and "Great White Hope" Jim Jeffries was banned across much
of the country. Photographs, period drawings, cartoons, and fight
posters enhance the biographies. Round-by-round coverage of select
historic fights is included, as is a foreword by Hall-of-Fame
boxing announcer Al Bernstein.
Fighting Sports, Gender and the Commodification of Violence: Heavy
Bag Heroines offers a glimpse into the cultural terrain of women's
boxing as it manifests in everyday gyms for novice boxers. Taking
an ethnographic approach, Victoria Collins examines broad
understandings of gender, violence, self-defense, commodification,
and health and fitness from the point of view of women who engage
in the sport. Collins unpacks dominant assumptions about gender and
the sport through the eyes of the women's understandings of gender
norms, social assumptions about physicality, sexuality, as well as
challenges to masculine and feminine performativity. Central to
this study is the appropriation and marketing of the boxers' work
out in cardio-boxing gym spaces (i.e. fitness boxing), where the
sport has increasingly been packaged, commodified, and sold to
predominantly middle class, white female consumers as a means to
not only improve their health and fitness, but also as a means to
defend themselves against a would-be attacker. The body project for
women in the sport of boxing, therefore, should not only be framed
as a form of resistance, but one of physical feminism.
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