Author: Botchway, De-Valera NYM
Publisher: NISC (Pty) Ltd
ISBN: 1920033564
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
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.
Rocky's Boxing Book
Author: Rocky Graziano
Publisher: Lion Books
ISBN: 9780874603774
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
A former middleweight champion of the world gives advice on equipment, stance, movements, offensive and defensive boxing, and strategy.
Publisher: Lion Books
ISBN: 9780874603774
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
A former middleweight champion of the world gives advice on equipment, stance, movements, offensive and defensive boxing, and strategy.
Boxing is no Cakewalk!
Author: Botchway, De-Valera NYM
Publisher: NISC (Pty) Ltd
ISBN: 1920033564
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
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.
Publisher: NISC (Pty) Ltd
ISBN: 1920033564
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
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
Author: John Grasso
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 0810878674
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
The Historical Dictionary of Boxing focuses on the as champions of boxing along with the lesser-known boxers who helped shape this sport. More of these boxers come from the United States 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.
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 0810878674
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
The Historical Dictionary of Boxing focuses on the as champions of boxing along with the lesser-known boxers who helped shape this sport. More of these boxers come from the United States 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
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Commerce
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Boxing
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Boxing
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Corruption in Professional Boxing
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs. Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Boxing
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Boxing
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Professional Boxing Amendments Act of 2007
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Boxing
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Boxing
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
United States Boxing Commission Act, July 28, 2005, 109-1 House Report No. 109-209, Part 1
Health and Safety of Professional Boxing
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Distributed to some depository libraries in microfiche.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Distributed to some depository libraries in microfiche.
Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Boxing
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Boxing
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
Boxing and the Mob
Author: Jeffrey Sussman
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1538113163
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
Boxing and the Mob explores the heavy influence of the mob on boxing in the 1930s through the early 1960s. It profiles boxers such as Abe Attell and Sonny Liston and infamous mobsters including Owney Madden and Frankie Carbo. In addition, this book details many of the most notorious fixed boxing matches in the sport’s history.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1538113163
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
Boxing and the Mob explores the heavy influence of the mob on boxing in the 1930s through the early 1960s. It profiles boxers such as Abe Attell and Sonny Liston and infamous mobsters including Owney Madden and Frankie Carbo. In addition, this book details many of the most notorious fixed boxing matches in the sport’s history.