Joe Gans: A Biography of the First African American World Boxing Champion by Mark Scott, Colleen Aycock

Joe Gans: A Biography of the First African American World Boxing Champion

Mark Scott, Colleen Aycock

286 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction autobiography biography sports informative medium-paced
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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, and one of the earliest practitioners of "scientific" boxing. As a black champion...

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