For six decades the World Colored Heavyweight Championship was a useful tool of racial oppression--the existence of the title far more important to the white pu

A biography of Jack Dempsey, Heavyweight Champion of the World from 1919-1926.

Boston's Boxing Heritage: Prizefighting from 1882 to 1955 chronicles the rich history of prizefighting in Boston and the many characters that made the Hub city

This volume presents fifteen chapters of biography of African American and black champions and challengers of the early prize ring. They range from Tom Molineau

While many of his peers began their careers as farmers and factory workers, Leo Florian Houck became a boxing sensation at age 14, enabling him to support his m