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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... bareknuckle fights dating back to the ¡600s in England. Early bareknuckle fights had few rules and only some skill. In style and ferocity, they probably more closely resembled some of our modern noholds-barred fights combined with some ...
... bareknuckle and brutal due to few rules, fights could also be extremely short. A superior fighter was one who could administer and absorb punishment over potentially lengthy periods of time, to continue fighting and see to it that his ...
... Bareknuckle championship bouts were at times sporadic because fighters risked lengthy prison sentences if caught engaging in these bouts, and also because of their brutality, requiring greater recovery periods between fights. This also ...
... bareknuckle era, each with varying degrees of skill. In about ¡794, Daniel Mendoza, a Spanish Jewish fighter, was credited as being amongst the first champions to pay some attention to defense and bring the science of boxing to a new ...
... bareknuckle era still remained, but their use or overuse could be grounds for disqualification. When a boxer was knocked down, he had only ¡0 seconds to rise on his own (unassisted by his handlers) and the bout continued immediately ...
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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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