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Joe Gans A Biography of the First African American World Boxing Champion Colleen Aycock and Mark Scott Print ISBN: 978-0-7864-3994-2

Joe Gans A Biography of the First African American World Boxing

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

Joe Gans boxing's lightweight legend. African American Registry

On this date, Joe Gans, African-American professional boxer, was born in 1874. Born in Baltimore, Joseph Gaines (his name at birth) was a legend in the sport.

Joe Gans Was He the Greatest of All Time? Cox's Corner

Joe Gans was the transcendent master boxer, a greatly experienced ring general, one who had tremendous punching power with his perfectly thrown Joe Louis like punches.

Boxing Joe Gans vs. Battling Nelson

Joe Gans (November 25, 1874 - August 10, 1910) was born Joseph Gant in Baltimore, Maryland. Gans was rated as the greatest lightweight boxer of all time by

Review 'The Longest Fight' tells masterful tale of boxer Joe Gans

The Longest Fight: In the Ring with Joe Gans, Boxing's First African American Champion. By William Gildea. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 245 pages. $26.

Boxing by the Book The Longest Fight Boxing

At the time of the fight with Battling Nelson, Joe Gans was sorely in need of a payday. “You may think I am vicious when I am in the ring with a white man, but you

Book review Joe Gans A Biography by Colleen Aycock Mark

The depth of Colleen Aycock and Mark Scott’s biography of the late boxing great Joe Gans is both compelling and informative. Their book is a first-rate account of

Rediscovering A Forgotten Boxer's 'Longest Fight' NPR

Years before Jack Johnson and decades before Muhammad Ali, a man named Joe Gans was blazing trails as the first African-American boxing champion. Gans is

Joe Gans vs Battling Nelson fight Boxing News Views › East

22.05.07 - By Sam Gregory: On Labor Day September 3, 1906 a classic championship fight took place in Goldfield, Nevada between two of the greatest lightweights to