Published Boxing Books
THE TRAGEDY Of the HOGUE TWINS by Harry Otty SHORTY and BIG BOY HOGUE blazed across the West Coast fight scene of the 1930s and ‘40s like twin comets. Crossing gloves with former and future world champions and oft-avoided contenders, such as Archie Moore, Charley Burley, Lloyd Marshall, Eddie Booker, and members of the infamous […]
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BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT The Magnificent Max Baer: The Life of the Heavyweight Champion and Film Star by Colleen Aycock with David W. Wallace BOOK DETAILS: Boxing might not have survived the 1930s if not for Max Baer. A contender for every heavyweight championship 1932-1941, California’s Glamour Boy brought back the million-dollar gate not seen since the 1920s. His radio
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A LOOK AT “THE NEBRASKA WILDCAT” By Roger Zotti Ace Hudkins was a blond thunderbolt in his heyday….His one thought was to get at his opponent and tear him to pieces. Ace fought as a lightweight and middleweight and, though never a champion, he could lick 99 percent of the guys who thought they were
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The Story of Welsh Boxing: Prize Fighters of Wales by Lawrence Davies DESCRIPTION The Story of Welsh Boxing revives the memory of pugilists dating back to the ‘prize fighters’ who fought with sword and staff in the days of James Figg, considered the first Champion of England. For the first time, Lawrence Davies offers
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Barry Hugman’s Definitive History of World Championship Boxing 2nd Editions The much anticipated 2nd Editions of Barry Hugman’s ground breaking Definitive History of World Championship Boxing have now been published. Not only does the 2nd Edition: Cover fights from the 1870s to December 2018 Contain details of every known world championship contest or claim Include results, weights, fight summaries
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Jack McClelland The Pride of Pittsburg by Vincent T. Ciaramella Jack McClelland: The Pride of Pittsburg is the first and only biography of Jack McClelland, the Smokey City’s first boxing star. From 1895 to 1905, McClelland was one of the nation’s most popular and talked-about boxers, appearing in the sports sections of newspapers across the
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BOXING BY THE NUMBERS: The Heavyweights by James Vincent Trunzo Boxing by the Numbers: The Heavyweights will change the way you look at the fighters who comprise the history of the heavyweight division. Be prepared to see the truth behind the hyperbole that has placed some famous boxers on pedestals built on a shaky
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MARK ALLEN BAKER DISCUSSES HIS BIOGRAPHY OF “THE LITTLE CHAMP” by Roger Zotti “[Abe] Attell was one of the most remarkable featherweights that ever stepped under a rope.” Quoted by Mark Allen Baker from the New York Evening Journal 1 As a Jew growing up poor in an Irish neighborhood in San Francisco, Abraham
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The Golden Age of Boxing on Radio and Television: A Blow-by-Blow History from 1921 to 1964 by Frederick V. Romano Radio and television broadcasting were as important to the growth and popularity of boxing as it was to the reshaping of our very culture. In The Golden Age of Boxing on Radio and Television, Frederick V.
