Illustrated History of Boxing Book

	Introduction	7
	The Heavyweights	8
	Pugilism's First Heroes	8
	Period of Double-Crosses	13
	First Jewish Champion	18
	The Transition Period	23
	The Negro Invasion	26
	America Takes Up the Sport	39
	Battles of Champions	43
	England Loses Prestige	48
	The End of an Era	52
	John L.'s Entrance and Exit	57
	Science Replaces Force	71
	Lanky Bob Fitzsimmons	78
	Jeffries, the Iron Man	82
	Johnson, Ring Marvel	90
	Dempsey and the Fabulous Twenties	95
	The Crown Goes Overseas	115
	Era of the Brown Bomber	127
	Era of Big TV Money	157
	Ali, Master Showman	160
	Self-Destructing 'Iron Mike' Tyson	183
	The Cruiserweights	185
	The Light Heavyweights	188
	The Super-Middleweights	212
	The Middleweights	215
	The Light-Middleweights	256
	The Welterweights	261
	The Light-Welterweights	286
	The Lightweights	291
	The Junior Lightweights	331
	The Featherweights	336
	The Light-Featherweights	363
	The Bantamweights	367
	The Light-Bantamweights	388
	The Flyweights	392
	The Light-Flyweights	407
	The Mini Flyweight or Strawweight Champions	410
	Update for the 2001 Edition	412
	Index	439