Floyd Patterson
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-3950-8 (ISBN)
Floyd Patterson delivered a number of knockout punches during his Hall of Fame career, but it might have been the fights he won outside the ring that made him great. Born in 1935, he overcame poverty and prejudice to become the youngest world heavyweight champion in history--and he would later become the first man to regain the crown after losing it. Muhammad Ali called Patterson the most skillful fighter he ever faced.
This first complete biography of the former heavyweight champion covers Patterson's meteoric rise as a boxer while giving equal attention to his life away from sport, including his work as a civil rights activist in the 1960s. Joining Ali and Joe Frazier as boxers who used their celebrity to bring attention to social issues, he became an icon of the movement.
Alan H. Levy is a professor of history at Slippery Rock University in Pennsylvania. He is the author of numerous titles, including books about baseball, football, boxing, and American music.
Table of Contents
Introduction
I. I Never Seemed Not Scared
II. I Didn’t Know Where I Was or What I Was Doing
III. He’ll Be the Champ
IV. Champ
V. Frustrations on Top
VI. Ingemar
VII. It’s Never Been Done
VIII. On Top of the Boxing World
IX. Sonny
X. Sunglasses and Fake Whiskers
XI. Four Seconds Longer
XII. Muhammad and the Rabbit
XIII. Nowhere To Go
XIV. California Rules
XV. Robbed in Stockholm
XVI. Just One More Shot
XVII. Contentment
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 6.10.2008 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 15 photos, notes, bibliography, index |
| Verlagsort | Jefferson, NC |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 399 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Kampfsport / Selbstverteidigung | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7864-3950-5 / 0786439505 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7864-3950-8 / 9780786439508 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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