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Our generous editors have invited me to post the release of my co-authored book, UnCrowned Champions.
The bones of UnCrowned Champions are the 10 great prizefighters who never fought for the title.
The meat is the socio-political and economic milieu in which each prizefighter plied his craft. Woven into this particular narration of Americana is the bizness of boxing.
The bones of UnCrowned Champions are the 10 great prizefighters who never fought for the title.
The meat is the socio-political and economic milieu in which each prizefighter plied his craft. Woven into this particular narration of Americana is the bizness of boxing.
the early returns have been terrific . . .
This magnificent book should be mandatory reading for anyone interested in boxing's rich history. J.J. Johnston and Don Cogswell do an excellent job covering the careers of ten great fighters who plied their trade against the best of their generation but were denied a title shot. Woven in between each fighter's biography are excellent essays describing boxing's evolving landscape from the 1880s through the 1950s. I highly recommend this book. (Dan Cuoco, Director of the International Boxing Research Organization)
Should be a WINNER.......... (Hap Navarro, former matchmaker at the legendary Hollywood Legion Stadium and California's #1 boxing historian.)
Of all the hundreds of boxing books in my studio, Don Cogswell's book on the uncrowned champions deserves a special place on the shelf, next to Liebling and W.C. Heinz. Cogswell's work is well researched, entertaining and a must read for any serious student of pugilism or experienced historian (Enrique Encinosa, the authority on Cuban boxing history)
DON, The book arrived yesterday & I am half way thru it. Its a great book, you guys did a great job. I am going upstairs now & finish it. (Sean Curtin, longtime referee and former chairman of the Illinois Boxing Commission)
"Thoroughly researched, entertaining and insightful. Uncrowned Champions is filled with a treasure trove of heretofore unknown facts, photos and details concerning some of the greatest fighters of all time. (Mike Silver, author of The Arc of Boxing: The Rise and Decline of the Sweet Science)
"It says the things that needed to said." (Ferdie Pacheco, the "Fight Doctor")
Table of Contents
Black Prince Peter: Peter Jackson
A Rite of Passage
Boston Tarbaby: Sam Langford
The White Man's Burden
St. Paul Phantom: Mike Gibbons
Extended Bouts of Reign
Pride of the Stockyard: Packey McFarland
The Great War and Boxing
Over There
Orphans in the Storm
Darkest Before the Dawn
Brown Panther: Harry Wills
The Law of Unintended Consequences
Dark Shadow of Leiperville: George Godfrey
Fame, Fortune & Fisticuffs
Lloyd Marshall
Holman Williams
Another Man Done Gone: Boxing and the Second World War
On the Wings of the Brown Bomber
(Stardust and Resin)
For the Duration
Charley Burley
Jimmy Bivins
Trinkets . . .
the King Must Die
. . . Galore
When You Wish Upon a Star
Professional Records of the UnCrowned Champions
This magnificent book should be mandatory reading for anyone interested in boxing's rich history. J.J. Johnston and Don Cogswell do an excellent job covering the careers of ten great fighters who plied their trade against the best of their generation but were denied a title shot. Woven in between each fighter's biography are excellent essays describing boxing's evolving landscape from the 1880s through the 1950s. I highly recommend this book. (Dan Cuoco, Director of the International Boxing Research Organization)
Should be a WINNER.......... (Hap Navarro, former matchmaker at the legendary Hollywood Legion Stadium and California's #1 boxing historian.)
Of all the hundreds of boxing books in my studio, Don Cogswell's book on the uncrowned champions deserves a special place on the shelf, next to Liebling and W.C. Heinz. Cogswell's work is well researched, entertaining and a must read for any serious student of pugilism or experienced historian (Enrique Encinosa, the authority on Cuban boxing history)
DON, The book arrived yesterday & I am half way thru it. Its a great book, you guys did a great job. I am going upstairs now & finish it. (Sean Curtin, longtime referee and former chairman of the Illinois Boxing Commission)
"Thoroughly researched, entertaining and insightful. Uncrowned Champions is filled with a treasure trove of heretofore unknown facts, photos and details concerning some of the greatest fighters of all time. (Mike Silver, author of The Arc of Boxing: The Rise and Decline of the Sweet Science)
"It says the things that needed to said." (Ferdie Pacheco, the "Fight Doctor")
Table of Contents
Black Prince Peter: Peter Jackson
A Rite of Passage
Boston Tarbaby: Sam Langford
The White Man's Burden
St. Paul Phantom: Mike Gibbons
Extended Bouts of Reign
Pride of the Stockyard: Packey McFarland
The Great War and Boxing
Over There
Orphans in the Storm
Darkest Before the Dawn
Brown Panther: Harry Wills
The Law of Unintended Consequences
Dark Shadow of Leiperville: George Godfrey
Fame, Fortune & Fisticuffs
Lloyd Marshall
Holman Williams
Another Man Done Gone: Boxing and the Second World War
On the Wings of the Brown Bomber
(Stardust and Resin)
For the Duration
Charley Burley
Jimmy Bivins
Trinkets . . .
the King Must Die
. . . Galore
When You Wish Upon a Star
Professional Records of the UnCrowned Champions
320 plus pages
6 x 9 inch paperback
Over 360 photos and illustrations
Available on Amazon ($38.00)
for a signed copy, contact me at bxscribe@pacbell.net
For any and all itulipers that read Uncrowned Champions, I look forward to your subsequent postings.
Thanks, guys.
Don
6 x 9 inch paperback
Over 360 photos and illustrations
Available on Amazon ($38.00)
for a signed copy, contact me at bxscribe@pacbell.net
For any and all itulipers that read Uncrowned Champions, I look forward to your subsequent postings.
Thanks, guys.
Don
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