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Counterpunch - The Cultural Battles over Heavyweight Prizefighting in the American West (Hardcover)
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Counterpunch - The Cultural Battles over Heavyweight Prizefighting in the American West (Hardcover)
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Boxing was popular in the American West long before Las Vegas
became its epicenter. However, not everyone in the region was a
fan. Counterpunch examines how the sport's meteoric rise in
popularity in the West ran concurrently with a growing backlash
among Progressive Era social reformers who saw boxing as barbaric.
These tensions created a morality war that pitted state officials
against city leaders, boxing promoters against social reformers,
and fans against religious groups. Historian Meg Frisbee focuses on
several legendary heavyweight prizefights of the period and the
protests they inspired to explain why western geography, economy,
and culture ultimately helped the sport's supporters defeat its
detractors. A fascinating look at early American boxing,
Counterpunch showcases fighters such as "Gentleman" Jim Corbett,
Bob Fitzsimmons, and Jack Johnson, the first African American
heavyweight champ, and it provides an entertaining way to
understand both the growth of the American West and the history of
this popular-and controversial-sport.
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