Boxing, an Illustrated History
- ISBN-10
- 0517378558
- ISBN-13
- 9780517378557
- Category
- Sports & Recreation / Boxing
- Pages
- 192
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1982
- Publisher
- Crescent Books
- Author
- Harry Carpenter
Description
Traces the history of the sport of boxing from the Sullivan vs. Corbett fight of 1897 to the present, noting the sport's origin in ancient times and chronicling the achievements of fighters including Dempsey, Louis, Marciano, Graziano, Ali, and Leonard
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