Battling Nelson, the Durable Dane : World Lightweight Champion, 1882-1954
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| Title: | Battling Nelson, the Durable Dane : World Lightweight Champion, 1882-1954 |
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| Description: | Oscar'Battling'Nelson (1882-1954) was perhaps the toughest professional boxer ever to enter the ring. Although a Hall of Fame inductee, Nelson remains a lesser known great of boxing lore. From the beginning of his career at 14, the Danish immigrant presented himself as a man of integrity who never smoked, drank or took a dive. In the ring and in public, Battling Nelson crafted a Renaissance man image as a lightweight champion, reporter, entertainer, real estate mogul, entrepreneur and ladies'man. The first ever champion in his weight class to mount a comeback, he strove to break new ground (even if he wasn't always successful). This book tells the story of a ring legend whose endurance was second to none and whose trilogy with Joe Gans is one of the great rivalries in sports history. |
| Authors: | Mark Allen Baker |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Boxing--United States--History, Boxers (Sports)--Denmark--Biography |
| Categories: | SPORTS & RECREATION / Reference, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Sports, GAMES & ACTIVITIES / Gambling / Sports, SPORTS & RECREATION / Essays, SPORTS & RECREATION / History, SPORTS & RECREATION / Business Aspects, TRAVEL / Special Interest / Sports |
| Database: | eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | Oscar'Battling'Nelson (1882-1954) was perhaps the toughest professional boxer ever to enter the ring. Although a Hall of Fame inductee, Nelson remains a lesser known great of boxing lore. From the beginning of his career at 14, the Danish immigrant presented himself as a man of integrity who never smoked, drank or took a dive. In the ring and in public, Battling Nelson crafted a Renaissance man image as a lightweight champion, reporter, entertainer, real estate mogul, entrepreneur and ladies'man. The first ever champion in his weight class to mount a comeback, he strove to break new ground (even if he wasn't always successful). This book tells the story of a ring legend whose endurance was second to none and whose trilogy with Joe Gans is one of the great rivalries in sports history. |
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| ISBN: | 9781476663722 9781476626253 |
