| Battling Nelson, the Durable Dane: World Lightweight Champion, 1882-1954 Contributor(s): Baker, Mark Allen (Author) |
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ISBN: 1476663726 ISBN-13: 9781476663722 Publisher: McFarland & Company OUR PRICE: $39.55 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Boxing - Biography & Autobiography |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2016049660 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.9" W x 9.9" (1.15 lbs) 296 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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. |