Author : Jon Saraceno
Publisher :
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 32,63 MB
Release : 1998-01-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781887432504
Step into the ring with boxing's brightest star! Each chapter (or round) in this stunningly illustrated tribute covers a different aspect of De La Hoya's life and career. From his championship fights and earliest ring successes to his youth in Los Angeles, his charity work and his celebrity status, you'll be knocked out by the in-depth coverage and hard-hitting photos. This book is a blacklist champion!
Author : Susan Muaddi Darraj
Publisher : Infobase Learning
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 39,5 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1438146264
Traces the life of the Mexican-American boxer who won a gold medal at the 1992 Olympic Games at the age of nineteen and went to win numerous professional boxing titles.
Author : Tim Kawakami
Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 49,15 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
Chronicles the life and career of Oscar de la Hoya, from his poverty-stricken childhood, to his Olympic glory, to his celebrity world of multimillion-dollar contracts, spicy romances, and turbulent personal life and professional career.
Author : Thomas M. Gerbasi
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 20,57 MB
Release : 2000-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0595005594
From seedy gyms to ringside at Madison Square Garden, Ring Ramblings takes you deep into the heart of boxing. Experience the author's own adventures in the ring and listen in to chats with the greats. Fighters like Alexis Arguello, Gerry Cooney, "Sugar" Shane Mosley, Butterbean, and Fernando Vargas tell you what it's like in the ring; and people like HBO exec Lou DiBella and famed cutman Chuck Bodak give you the lowdown on life outside the ring. With profiles of current stars like Roy Jones Jr., Oscar De La Hoya, and Prince Naseem Hamed, as well as an expansive section on women's boxing, Ring Ramblings gets you as close as you can get to the ring without getting hit.
Author : Tracy Callis
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 22,97 MB
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 1426916884
Los Angeles has been regarded as one of the greatest boxing cities in the world for more than a century. With a large fan base, Los Angeles has also been the home of many of the best and most exciting boxers. In Boxing in the Los Angeles Area, authors Tracy Callis and Chuck Johnston provide an overview of one of the greatest pugilistic hotbeds in the world from 1880 to 2005. This comprehensive history covers the top boxers of the area who became famous both locally and worldwide such as Jim Jeffries, Solomon "Solly" Smith, "Mexican" Joe Rivers, Armando Muniz, Oscar De La Hoya, and "Sugar" Shane Mosley. Boxing in the Los Angeles Area also reviews some of the areas most notable bouts such as Tommy Burns winning the heavyweight title from Marvin Hart in 1906, Shane Mosley winning the welterweight title from Oscar De La Hoya in 2000, and Ad Wolgast retaining the lightweight title in a bout with "Mexican" Joe Rivers in 1912. Written by boxing historians and members of the International Boxing Research Organization, Boxing in the Los Angeles Area includes many photos while providing a thorough history of the boxing world in one of the greatest boxing cities.
Author : David L. Hudson Jr.
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 49,66 MB
Release : 2009-05-13
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0313343845
Fistic combat represents the greatest human drama in all of sport. Roman gladiators thrilled citizens and emperors alike when they entered the octagon to face an intense, life-threatening experience. Boxing, the sport of kings, also has its roots in the ancient civilizations of Greece and Rome. Banned in 500 A.D. by the Emperor Theodoric, it resurfaced twelve centuries later in England. John Milton praised it as a noble art for building character in young men, and sports writer A.J. Leibling dubbed it the Sweet Science. Many of its major protagonists - men such as Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano and Muhammad Ali - have become transcendent, near-mythic heroes. But boxing is not the only combat sport, and mixed martial arts, in all their ferocious beauty, represent the fastest growing sports genre in the world. Ultimate Fighting Championships (UFC) has joined boxing in paying seven figures to some of its champions, and draws millions in its pay-per-view events. This book details leading figures in boxing, sumo wrestling, kickboxing, Greco-Roman wrestling, and mixed martial arts (including organizations such as Ultimate Fighting, PRIDE, K-1, Total Combat, and SportFighting). Over 150 entries cover champions, contenders, and other famous combatants from all over the world, as well as legendary promoters, managers, trainers, and events. Also included in this encyclopedia are sidebars on controversies, highlights, brief bios, and other noteworthy events, along with a general timeline. .
Author : Elvis D. Aryeh
Publisher : Graphic Communications Group
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 18,32 MB
Release : 1997-06-17
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Page : 64 pages
File Size : 19,23 MB
Release : 1999-10-04
Category :
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The weekly source of African American political and entertainment news.
Author : Charles M. Tatum
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 1342 pages
File Size : 25,83 MB
Release : 2013-11-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1440800995
This three-volume encyclopedia describes and explains the variety and commonalities in Latina/o culture, providing comprehensive coverage of a variety of Latina/o cultural forms—popular culture, folk culture, rites of passages, and many other forms of shared expression. In the last decade, the Latina/o population has established itself as the fastest growing ethnic group within the United States, and constitutes one of the largest minority groups in the nation. While the different Latina/o groups do have cultural commonalities, there are also many differences among them. This important work examines the historical, regional, and ethnic/racial diversity within specific traditions in rich detail, providing an accurate and comprehensive treatment of what constitutes "the Latino experience" in America. The entries in this three-volume set provide accessible, in-depth information on a wide range of topics, covering cultural traditions including food; art, film, music, and literature; secular and religious celebrations; and religious beliefs and practices. Readers will gain an appreciation for the historical, regional, and ethnic/racial diversity within specific Latina/o traditions. Accompanying sidebars and "spotlight" biographies serve to highlight specific cultural differences and key individuals.
Author : Grantlee Kieza
Publisher : National Library of Australia
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 47,37 MB
Release : 2015-10-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0642278741
This book looks at boxing in Australia from early European settlement to the present day. Packed with stories, you can read about the first recorded fight; the racially charged match between a white and a black man; the travelling boxing shows; the Indigenous champions, including Lionel Rose; women boxers; and modern-day winners such as Jeff Fenech, Anthony Mundine and Kostya Tszyu. It is full of fabulous images, text boxes with additional snippets of information and profile boxes with vital statistics for key boxers.
