Description: John L. Sullivan: The Career of the First Gloved Heavyweight Champion
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 “color line.” A complete record of Sullivan’s career is also included.
41 photos, appendix, notes, bibliography, index
254pp. softcover (7 x 10) 2006 $45.00
Description: In the Ring With James J. Corbett
This is the most thoroughly researched boxing-detailed biography of James J. Corbett’s career ever written. It reveals new dates, bouts, and facts, shedding fresh light on his experience, skills, and ability. It meticulously describes his bouts and provides multiple viewpoints by local next day newspapers, giving it unparalleled authenticity and accuracy. The exhaustive research provides an encyclopedic wealth of knowledge about Corbett’s boxing career. His bouts are placed into social, legal, racial, and historic contexts, including anti-prize fighting laws and the color line. A complete record of Corbett’s career is included.
Hardcover: 52 photos, 813 footnotes, bibliography, index.
396 pages, 6" x 9", jacket-hardcover binding, black and white interior ink. $39.95
Paperback: 52 photos, 813 footnotes, bibliography, index.
396 pages, 6" x 9", perfect binding, black and white interior ink. $28.95
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Description: In The Ring With Bob Fitzsimmons
This is the third book in Adam Pollack's series on the heavyweight champions of the gloved era. Bob Fitzsimmons was boxing's first pound for pound great, winning the world middleweight title before becoming the world heavyweight champion (and later lightheavyweight champ). Combining both crafty skill and crushing power, Fitzsimmons was able to knock out heavyweights when he only weighed 158 pounds!
This meticulous and tremendously researched book uses multiple local primary sources from New Zealand, Australia, and America to chronicle Fitzsimmons' boxing career. It contains detailed fight descriptions never before revealed, round by round reports, pre- and post-fight analysis, daily training regimens, critical analysis of opponents' careers, discussion of skills, techniques, strategies, strengths, and weaknesses, and explains how legal, political, social, and economic issues affected and impeded fights.
The book also includes stories of fixed fights, conspiracies, legal battles, trials, threats of violence and imprisonment made by governors, judges, and militiamen, and verbal jousting, taunting, boasting, and even physical confrontations between Bob Fitzsimmons and James J. Corbett.
Hardcover: 464 pages, 63 photos and illustrations, 968 footnotes, bibliography, index, and appendix (containing a complete Fitzsimmons career record). $34.95
To purchase this book, please send a request via email (info@winbykopublications.com).
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Description: In the Ring With James J. Jeffries
This is Adam Pollack's 4th book in his heavyweight champion series. It describes in meticulous detail James Jeffries' bouts from the 1890s up to 1905 (including round by round accounts as well as pre- and post-fight analysis), his opponents, and his training regimen. It discusses the time's heavyweight scene, including contenders, pre-fight hype and negotiations, political and legal obstacles, and the color line. Chapters also include descriptions and analysis of Corbett-Sharkey II, Fitzsimmons-Ruhlin, Fitz-Sharkey II, and Corbett-McCoy, as well as controversies surrounding several bouts. The book is based on next-day local newspaper accounts, comparing and contrasting their descriptions and analysis in order to provide an authentic view of how heavyweight boxing was perceived at the time. The use of local primary sources gives readers a rare opportunity to relive Jeffries' career as if they were reading about it at the time he was fighting. The book also includes Jeffries' career record, over 100 photos, 924 footnotes, and an index. 688 pages, hardcover, $42.95. To order, contact info@winbykopublications.com
Table of Contents
Preface: The Undeniable Talent 5
1. Foundation of Strength: Establishing a Local Reputation 6
2. Hank Griffin and the Professional Hiatus 12
3. It Wasn't Long 21
4. Sparring with the Champion 27
5. Driving the Van Downtown 49
6. How the Baker Got His Goose Cooked 55
7. The Closer 60
8. The Master Veteran 70
9. No Show 90
10. The Legend 99
11. Mexican Pete 111
12. The Shark 120
13. The Cost of High Expectations 142
14. A Strange Ending 160
15. Road to the Crown 185
16. The Championship 215
17. Exhibition Tour 250
18. A Snag in Preparation 262
19. Reaching Deep Into the Inferno 281
20. The Impact of Film 324
21. A Thriving Sport Under Attack 335
22. The Road to Corbett 344
23. Trial of Will 363
24. The Bevy of Battles as the Horton Era Ends - 399
Ruhlin, Sharkey, and Fitzsimmons
25. Hell Hath No Fury… 433
26. Boxing's Old Nemesis 450
27. Getting Sharp Again - Griffin and Kennedy 462
28. The Road to Ruhlin 475
29. Ruling Ruhlin 486
30. On the Horizon 501
31. Championship Training 513
32. The War, the Bandages, and the Speaking Knockdown 524
33. Media Creation or Legitimate Performance? 557
34. Building the Intrigue 578
35. Leaving No Doubt 597
36. Justifying Challenges 619
37. Setting the Record Straight 634
38. Leaving the Game 655
Appendix: James J. Jeffries' Record 667
Acknowledgments 680
Index 681
Description: In the Ring With Marvin Hart
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