Heavyweight Champion

The Magnificent Max Baer: The Life of the Heavyweight Champion and Film Star

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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Jess Willard Heavyweight Champion of the World

Jess Willard Heavyweight Champion of the World by Arly Allen BOOK REVIEW By Kelly Nicholson Near the end of 1908, the sporting world suffered trauma when a 30-year old black ex-stevedore named John Arthur “Jack” Johnson lifted boxing’s heavyweight championship from Tommy Burns in the remote venue of Rushcutters Bay near Sydney, Australia. Johnson’s sass,

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