Joe Gans: A Biography of the First African American World Boxing Champion Aycock Colleen
Joe Gans: A Biography of the First African American World Boxing Champion Aycock Colleen Joe Gans captured the world lightweight title in 1902, becoming the first black American world title holder in…
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Joe Gans: A Biography of the First African American World Boxing Champion Aycock Colleen
Joe Gans captured the world lightweight title in 1902, becoming the first black American world title holder in any sport. As a black champion reigning during the Jim Crow era, he endured physical assaults, a stolen title, bankruptcy, and numerous attempts to destroy his reputation. Gans was a master strategist and tactician, and one of the earliest practitioners of "scientific" boxing.
Four short years after successfully defending his title in the 42-round "Greatest Fight of the Century," Joe Gans was dead of tuberculosis.This biography features original round-by-round ringside telegraph reports of his most famous and controversial fights, a complete fight history, photographs, and early newspaper drawings and
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