Wales And Its Boxers

Author : Peter Stead
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wales and Its Boxers written by Peter Stead and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Wales and its Boxers charts the emergence on a world stage of a nation of fighters, from bareknuckle mountain fighting to title fights watched by audiences around the world." "The identification of sport and society has always been a central concern in Wales. In a series of fascinating essays, Wales and its Boxers traces the way in which great fighters have shaped and then reflected a national consciousness over decades, bringing the discussion up to date as present and now-emerging generations of fighters carry forward a clearly undiminished enthusiasm for the sport in Wales - led inevitably by Joe Calzaghe, perhaps the best British boxer of the modern era." --Book Jacket.

Author : Gareth Jones
Publisher : St. David's Press
ISBN 13 : 9781902719979
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Boxers of North, Mid and West Wales written by Gareth Jones and published by St. David's Press. This book was released on 2021-10-28 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring over 50 boxers from North, Mid and West Wales, including first British boxer medal winner at the world amateur championships and the incredible youngster who was ranked in the world's top 10 by the American Ring magazine when he was just 16 years old, this is the seventh and final volume in Gareth Jones' acclaimed Boxers of Wales series. Casual observers of the Welsh boxing scene might well think that the best practitioners of the sport have all hailed from the valleys and coastal cities of the south. But the rural counties have contributed their share to the nation's fistic history. In the high-profile heavyweight division alone, the area covered by this book has produced two British champions and another who contested the title. Others have worn and challenged for Lonsdale Belts at lower weights. Packed with photographs - many published for the first time - The Boxers of North, Mid and West Wales features the finest fighters from the bare-knuckle era to stars of the present and future. It is a must-read for any fight fan, whether from Wales or further afield.

Author : Lawrence Davies
Publisher : Pitch Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781785315039
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Story of Welsh Boxing written by Lawrence Davies and published by Pitch Publishing. This book was released on 2019-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Story of Welsh Boxing revives the memory of pugilists dating back to the 'prize fighters' who fought with sword and staff in the days of James Figg, the first Champion of England. For the first time, Lawrence Davies offers a vivid, atmospheric glimpse into the lost world of boxing's bare-knuckle era, and into the lives of its Welsh heroes.

Author : Gareth Jones
Publisher : St. David's Press
ISBN 13 : 9781902719955
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Boxers of Wales - Rhondda written by Gareth Jones and published by St. David's Press. This book was released on 2021-06-24 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive account of Rhondda's boxing heritage and essential reading for anyone interested in the square ring.

Author : GARETH. JONES
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781902719634
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Boxers of Wales, The: Newport, the Gwent Valleys and Monmouthshire written by GARETH. JONES and published by . This book was released on 2017-12-06 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With four world champions including Joe Calzaghe, arguably the greatest Welsh boxer of all time, and a host of Welsh, British and European champions, Gareth Jones celebrates the great boxing tradition of Newport the Gwent Valleys and Monmouthshire by highlighting the exploits of 70 boxers who hail from the south east corner of Wales.

Author : Gareth Jones
Publisher : St. David's Press
ISBN 13 : 9781902719979
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Boxers of North, Mid and West Wales written by Gareth Jones and published by St. David's Press. This book was released on 2021-10-28 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring over 50 boxers from North, Mid and West Wales, including first British boxer medal winner at the world amateur championships and the incredible youngster who was ranked in the world's top 10 by the American Ring magazine when he was just 16 years old, this is the seventh and final volume in Gareth Jones' acclaimed Boxers of Wales series. Casual observers of the Welsh boxing scene might well think that the best practitioners of the sport have all hailed from the valleys and coastal cities of the south. But the rural counties have contributed their share to the nation's fistic history. In the high-profile heavyweight division alone, the area covered by this book has produced two British champions and another who contested the title. Others have worn and challenged for Lonsdale Belts at lower weights. Packed with photographs - many published for the first time - The Boxers of North, Mid and West Wales features the finest fighters from the bare-knuckle era to stars of the present and future. It is a must-read for any fight fan, whether from Wales or further afield.

Author : Joe Calzaghe
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1409064522
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book No Ordinary Joe written by Joe Calzaghe and published by Random House. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: IT WAS past three o'clock in the morning when Joe Calzaghe experienced the sweetest validation of his professional life. Victory over Jeff Lacy, a 28-year-old American compared to a young Mike Tyson because of his power and "take-no-prisoners attitude", left no one in doubt about the world super middleweight champion's talent. For years, Calzaghe's virtuosity remained a legend of the Welsh valleys. His defeat in 1997 of Chris Eubank brought him to prominence, winning for him the World Boxing Organisation (WBO) super middleweight title. But despite a record number of defences of the belt, his career lacked a defining contest. A long line of challengers and ex-titleholders were disposed of but the biggest names in American boxing avoided the ultimate showdown he craved. Hand injuries further obscured the true level of his aptitude for an art he began to learn from his father, Enzo, at the age of eight when - inspired by Sugar Ray Leonard - a rolled-up carpet in the family home in Newbridge became a makeshift heavy bag. This is the story of Calzaghe's extraordinary life, from his humble beginnings in his hometown of Newbridge, to his ascent to personal greatness, becoming the first super middleweight boxer to win the prized belt awarded by The Ring, the bible of boxing, in the division's near 20-year history. One of Britain's foremost sporting champions, a warrior and working-class hero, this is the story of the triumphs and trials that made Calzaghe a legend.

Author : Alex Daley
Publisher : eBook Partnership
ISBN 13 : 1785314130
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Born to Box written by Alex Daley and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2018-02-15 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born to Box is the story of Nipper Pat Daly, arguably boxing's greatest ever prodigy. A pro at age ten, by 14 he was beating grown men and at 16 ranked in the world's top ten. But tragically he was overworked and forced to retire by 17. Told by the author and by Nipper himself via his previously unpublished memoirs, it is a story like no other.

Author : Daniel G. Williams
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781783162116
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wales Unchained written by Daniel G. Williams and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How was Welshness defined in the past? How do the Welsh define themselves today? Are discourses of race, class, gender and language compatible with one another? What are the political and cultural consequences of thinking of our identities in these terms? "Wales Unchained" explores the categories which have informed, and continue to inform, ideas of Wales and Welshness. In engaging discussion of figures such as Rhys Davies, Dylan Thomas, Raymond Williams, Aneurin Bevan and Gwyneth Lewis it aims to differentiate the aesthetic and political implications of identities based on class, language, race and gender. The volume explores the interaction between these elements in Welsh culture and society, and asks us to think anew about the bases of our conceptions of self and community. "

Author : Brian Lee
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780752407180
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.8X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cardiff Remembered written by Brian Lee and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cardiff Remembered