The Nelson-Wolgast Fight and the San Franc...

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During the early years of the 20th century, San Francisco promoters served up boxing's grandest spectacles. On February 22, 1910, a crowd of more than 15,000 braved chilly, rainy conditions to witness one such match, pitting lightweight champion ""Battling"" Nelson against Ad Wolgast. That epic battle came to stand virtually unchallenged as the most brutal fight of all time.
This volume recaptures that historic fight while vividly illuminating the geographic, historic, and political forces that made it all possible. In chronicling these colorful boxers and their vibrant era, this work also reveals the dangers faced by workman pugilists like Nelson and Wolgast, making their tale, at its heart, a cautionary one.

Über den Autor

The editor-in-chief of The Sweet Science on-line boxing magazine, Arne K. Lang taught sociology at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, the University of Nebraska and Tuskegee. A leading authority on the history of boxing and the history of American sports gambling, he lives and writes in Las Vegas, Nevada. This is his fifth book.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction

1. Off to the Battle

2. Snapshot of a Fight Town

3. Movers and Shakers

4. Writers

5. Battling Nelson on the Rise

6. High Times for Battling Nelson

7. The Rise of Ad Wolgast

8. The Build-Up to the Show-Down

9. The Bloodbath in a Bog

10. Joe Gans and Battling Nelson

11. Ad Wolgast at His Peak

12. The Flickering Light of Nelson's Boxing Career

13. Ad Wolgast's Descent

14. Battling Nelson's Later Years

Appendix 1: World Title Fights Promoted by Sunny Jim Coffroth
Appendix 2: Complete Ring Record of Battling Nelson
Appendix 3: Complete Ring Record of Ad Wolgast
Appendix 4: Boxing and the Newspapers
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index

Details

Empfohlen (von):	18
Erscheinungsjahr:	2012
Genre:	Importe , Sport
Produktart:	Nachschlagewerke
Rubrik:	Hobby & Freizeit
Thema:	Kampfsport & Selbstverteidigung
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9780786470037
ISBN-10:	0786470038
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Lang, Arne K.
Hersteller:	McFarland
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	229 x 152 x 11 mm
Von/Mit:	Arne K. Lang
Erscheinungsdatum:	30.06.2012
Gewicht:	0,298 kg