Autor: Aycock Colleen Aycock

Joe Gans captured the world lightweight title in 1902, becoming the first black American world title holder in any sport. Gans was a master strategist and tactician, and one of the earliest practitio …

Boxing might not have survived the 1930s if not for Max Baer. A contender for every heavyweight championship 1932-1941, California’s "Glamour Boy" brought back the "million-dollar gate …

This volume presents fifteen chapters of biography of African American and black champions and challengers of the early prize ring. They range from Tom Molineaux, a slave who won freedom and fame in …

Whether opening saloons, raising cattle, or promoting sporting events, George Lewis "Tex" Rickard (1870-1929) possessed a drive to be the best. After an early career as a cowboy and Texas s …