ASIN: B00AUY2YYG
Publisher: unknown
Pages: 67
The Bloody Arena traces the developement of the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship from Georgian times in England to the early 1980's. From the early days of bare-knuckle fighting and the introduction of the Marquess of Queensberry Rules and its rise from the days of John L Sullivan and Gentleman Jim Corbett to become the greatest sporting prize on earth.It covers the racial hatred and politics that surrounded the reign of the first black, and arguably most controversial ever Champion, the "Galveston Giant" Jack Johnson, the battles between Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney, the fight between Joe Louis and Max Schmeling that was seen as a prelude to war, the undefeated reign of Rocky Marciano, the epic Rumble in the Jungle and Thrilla in Manila featuring Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, and Joe Frazier, and many, many more.This book does not pertain to be a scholarly work and more detailed a ...
