Boxing is no Cakewalk!
Title | Boxing is no Cakewalk! PDF eBook |
Author | Botchway, De-Valera NYM |
Publisher | NISC (Pty) Ltd |
Total Pages | 286 |
Release | 2019-07-17 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1920033564 |
Boxing is no cakewalk! Azumah ‘Ring Professor’ Nelson in the Social History of Ghanaian Boxingexplores the social history of boxing in Ghana and its interesting nexus with the biography of Azumah Nelson, unquestionably Ghana’s most celebrated boxer. The book posits that sports constitute more than mere games that people play. They are endowed with enormous political, cultural, economic and social power that can influence people’s lives in various ways. Boxing is no cakewalk! interrogates the social meaning and impact of boxing within the colonial and postcolonial milieux of popular culture in Ghana. Consequently, it reconsiders the prevailing conception of boxing as adversative to ‘enlightened’ human culture by arguing that it is a positive formulator of individual and national identities. The historicising of sports and the lives of sportspersons in Ghana provides an eloquent backdrop for an understanding of the past social dynamics and their effect in the present. The book’s analytical narrative offers an intellectual contribution to the promising areas of social and cultural history in Ghana’s historiography and the scholarly discourse on identity formation and social empowerment through the popular culture of sports.
Historical Dictionary of Boxing
Title | Historical Dictionary of Boxing PDF eBook |
Author | John Grasso |
Publisher | Scarecrow Press |
Total Pages | 589 |
Release | 2013-11-14 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 0810878674 |
Boxing is one of the oldest sports in the world, reaching back to the Ancient Greeks, although it has become popular only in the past century or so. But, in some ways, it is a rather complicated sport since – to avoid unnecessary harm – it has been endowed with rules to keep it clean, referees to see the rules are obeyed, and organizations to regulate the sport. Boxing was once largely amateur, although the professional bouts attracted the most attention, but now it is also an Olympic sport. And, over the years, there has been one champion after another who symbolized what boxing was all about, such Joe Louis, Mohammad Ali and Cassius Clay. Naturally, these champions are the focus of the Historical Dictionary of Boxing as well, and they have the biggest entries in the dictionary section, but they had to fight against someone and there are dozens and dozens of other boxers with smaller entries. More of these boxers come from the United States than elsewhere, but there are others from Europe, Asia and Latin America, and there are also entries on the major boxing countries as well. Plus entries on the rules, on the organizations, and on the technical terminology and jargon you have to know just to follow the bouts. The introduction provides a broad view of boxing’s history while the chronology traces events from 688 B.C. to 2012 A.D. Not all that much has been written on boxing that is not ephemeral, but much of that literature can be found in the bibliography. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the sport of boxing.
Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act
Title | Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Commerce |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 32 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Boxing |
ISBN |
Corruption in Professional Boxing
Title | Corruption in Professional Boxing PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs. Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 264 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | Boxing |
ISBN |
The Jewish Boxers Hall of Fame
Title | The Jewish Boxers Hall of Fame PDF eBook |
Author | Ken Blady |
Publisher | SP Books |
Total Pages | 360 |
Release | 1988 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9780933503878 |
Professional Boxing Amendments Act of 2007
Title | Professional Boxing Amendments Act of 2007 PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 48 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Boxing |
ISBN |
Health and Safety of Professional Boxing
Title | Health and Safety of Professional Boxing PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 120 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN |
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