John L. Sullivan

Adam J. Pollack is a staff writer for Cyberboxingzone.com (CBZ), is vice chair of USA Boxing’s National Board of Review, and a member of the Women’s Subcommittee. He is also a boxing coach and attorney living in Iowa City, Iowa.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      Preface     1. Understanding the System Under Which They Fought      2. Sullivan’s World      3. The Local Rise of the Boston Strongboy      4. The World’s Best ... but with Gloves      5. A “Real” Fight      6. Now They’ll Have to Do It My Fashion      7. The Game Little Englishman and the Maori      8. The Tour: 1883      9. The Tour Continues: 1884      10. Unfinished Business and Prelude to a Grudge Match      11. Accepted, but Not Quite      12. Mystery of the Seven-Round Decision      13. The Plateau and the Break      14. The European Tour      15. The Color Line      16. End of an Era      17. Retired?      18. Changing His Tune      19. The Legacy      Appendix: John L. Sullivan’s Record      Notes      Bibliography      Index

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