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The First Black Boxing Champions: Essays on Fighters of the 188s to the 1920s Colleen Aycock
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The First Black Boxing Champions: Essays on Fighters of the 188s to the 1920s
Colleen Aycock
This volume presents 15 detailed biographies of some of the first African-American and black champions and challengers of the early prize ring, 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.
320 pages, Illustrations
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | January 31, 2011 |
| ISBN13 | 9780786449910 |
| Publishers | McFarland & Co Inc |
| Genre | Chronological Period > 19th Century |
| Pages | 302 |
| Dimensions | 184 × 255 × 22 mm · 716 g |
| Editor | Aycock, Colleen |
| Editor | Scott, Mark |