Battling Nelson, the Durable Dane : World Lightweight Champion, 1882-1954 EPUB
by Baker Mark Allen Baker
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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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- Format:EPUB
- Pages:296 pages
- Publisher:McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
- Publication Date:18/11/2016
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- ISBN:9781476626253
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- Format:EPUB
- Pages:296 pages
- Publisher:McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
- Publication Date:18/11/2016
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- ISBN:9781476626253