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The Fight Game in Black and White: A History of Black Boxing

By Ray Scott, Charley Rosen
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By Ray Scott, Charley Rosen
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An American sports legend offers a sweeping Black history of boxing, celebrating the trailblazing athletes who fought in the ring and against racial injustice.

Features a 16-page photo insert.

Here is Peter Jackson, a free-born Black tradesman and boxer from the island of St. Croix who KO'd the white boxer Tom Leeds in the thirtieth round to win the Australian Heavyweight championship in 1886. Most white fighters refused to get into the ring with Jackson. "Gentleman" Jim Corbett was one of ...

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