John L. Sullivan: The Career of the First Gloved Heavyweight ChampionMcFarland, 28 февр. 2015 г. - Всего страниц: 254 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 so-called "color line." A complete record of Sullivan's career is also included. |
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... rules from which gloved bouts arose, as well as the early rules of gloved bouts. Many historians and analysts ... London Prize Ring Rules (mostly the same but with some additional safety) were adopted. For well over ¡50 years, longer ...
... London Prize Ring Rules, after the rest from a knockdown, in order to signal the ability or willingness to continue, a boxer would “toe the line,” which meant that he would walk to the scratch line in the center of the ring. After the ...
... London Prize Ring Rules were generally adopted by ¡838. They required a 24-foot ring, usually on turf, with two ropes. Downed fighters had a total of 38 seconds to toe the line. These rules added further safety to Broughton's rules ...
... rules, decisions were also allowed. Decisions were usually rendered only by the referee. Other safety rules remained ... London rules. Despite the more civilized image these Queensberry rules brought the sport, boxing had an odd ...
... Rules to the gloved era bouts of the Marquis of Queensberry rules with which today's boxing fans are familiar. Some ... London rules norm. Boxing was consid- ered to be a fringe sport with only a small following, but Sullivan gained it ...
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5 A Real Fight | 34 |
6 Now Theyll Have to Do It My Fashion | 43 |
7 The Game Little Englishman and the Maori | 59 |
13 The Plateau and the Break | 129 |
14 The European Tour | 146 |
15 The Color Line | 157 |
16 End of an Era | 170 |
17 Retired? | 199 |
18 Changing His Tune | 209 |
19 The Legacy | 215 |
John L Sullivans Record | 221 |
1883 | 70 |
1884 | 82 |
10 Unfinished Business and Prelude to a Grudge Match | 99 |
11 Accepted but Not Quite | 103 |
12 Mystery of the SevenRound Decision | 115 |
Notes | 231 |
Bibliography | 241 |
Index | 243 |
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