John L. Sullivan

The Career of the First Gloved Heavyweight Champion

Adam J. Pollack (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

254 Seiten

2006
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
9780786425587 (ISBN)

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From his first match in the late 1870s through his final fight in 1905, this biography contains a detailed accounting of John L Sullivan's boxing career. With special attention to the 1880s, it follows Sullivan's skill development and discusses his opponents in detail, providing various viewpoints of a single event.

Essentially the last of the bare-knuckle heavyweight champions, John L. Sullivan was instrumental in the acceptance of gloved fighting. His charisma and popular appeal during this transitional period contributed greatly to making boxing a nationally popular, "legitimate" sport. Sullivan became boxing's first superstar and arguably the first of any sport.

From his first match in the late 1870s through his final championship fight in 1892, this biography contains a thoroughly researched, detailed accounting of John L. Sullivan's boxing career. With special attention to the 1880s, the decade during which Sullivan came to prominence, it follows Sullivan's skill development and discusses his opponents and fights in detail, providing various viewpoints of a single event. Beginning with a discussion of early boxing practices, the sport itself is placed within sociological, legal and historical contexts including anti-prize fighting laws and the so-called "color line." A complete record of Sullivan's career is also included.

Adam J. Pollack is a staff writer for Cyberboxingzone.com (CBZ), is vice chair of USA Boxing’s National Board of Review, and a member of the Women’s Subcommittee. He is also a boxing coach and attorney living in Iowa City, Iowa.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

1. Understanding the System Under Which They Fought

2. Sullivan’s World

3. The Local Rise of the Boston Strongboy

4. The World’s Best ... but with Gloves

5. A “Real” Fight

6. Now They’ll Have to Do It My Fashion

7. The Game Little Englishman and the Maori

8. The Tour: 1883

9. The Tour Continues: 1884

10. Unfinished Business and Prelude to a Grudge Match

11. Accepted, but Not Quite

12. Mystery of the Seven-Round Decision

13. The Plateau and the Break

14. The European Tour

15. The Color Line

16. End of an Era

17. Retired?

18. Changing His Tune

19. The Legacy

Appendix: John L. Sullivan’s Record

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	29.9.2006
Zusatzinfo	41 photos, appendix, notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Gewicht	449 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Kampfsport / Selbstverteidigung
ISBN-13	9780786425587 / 9780786425587
Zustand	Neuware