Heavyweight Boxing in the 1970s: The Great Fighters and Rivalries
This work covers the individuals and events of what most consider to be the greatest era in boxing history. The first chapter compares the 1970s to all other eras, from the early 1900s and Jack Johnson to the present day and the Klitschko brothers, proving through an established set of criteria that the '70s stand above all other eras. The second chapter focuses on the tumultuous 1960s and the circumstances that led to the blossoming of unprecedented competition.

The remaining ten chapters cover the years 1970 through 1979, revisiting the people and the rivalries of an era that produced Ali, Frazier, Foreman, Norton and Holmes, boxers known to people who didn't even follow the sport.

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Heavyweight Boxing in the 1970s: The Great Fighters and Rivalries
This work covers the individuals and events of what most consider to be the greatest era in boxing history. The first chapter compares the 1970s to all other eras, from the early 1900s and Jack Johnson to the present day and the Klitschko brothers, proving through an established set of criteria that the '70s stand above all other eras. The second chapter focuses on the tumultuous 1960s and the circumstances that led to the blossoming of unprecedented competition.

The remaining ten chapters cover the years 1970 through 1979, revisiting the people and the rivalries of an era that produced Ali, Frazier, Foreman, Norton and Holmes, boxers known to people who didn't even follow the sport.

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Heavyweight Boxing in the 1970s: The Great Fighters and Rivalries

Heavyweight Boxing in the 1970s: The Great Fighters and Rivalries

by Joe Ryan
Heavyweight Boxing in the 1970s: The Great Fighters and Rivalries

Heavyweight Boxing in the 1970s: The Great Fighters and Rivalries

by Joe Ryan

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This work covers the individuals and events of what most consider to be the greatest era in boxing history. The first chapter compares the 1970s to all other eras, from the early 1900s and Jack Johnson to the present day and the Klitschko brothers, proving through an established set of criteria that the '70s stand above all other eras. The second chapter focuses on the tumultuous 1960s and the circumstances that led to the blossoming of unprecedented competition.

The remaining ten chapters cover the years 1970 through 1979, revisiting the people and the rivalries of an era that produced Ali, Frazier, Foreman, Norton and Holmes, boxers known to people who didn't even follow the sport.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780786470747
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Publication date: 03/07/2013
Pages: 324
Sales rank: 757,053
Product dimensions: 7.00(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.80(d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Joe Ryan is mail carrier and trainer for Canada Post, and a promoter of boxing and martial arts events. He lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments deletevi
Preface
One. Comparing the Eras
Two. The 1960s
Three. 1970
Four. 1971
Five. 1972
Six. 1973
Seven. 1974
Eight. 1975
Nine. 1976
Ten. 1977
Eleven. 1978
Twelve. 1979 and Beyond
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
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