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John L. Sullivan : the career of the first gloved heavyweight champion /

""Detailed"--Press-Citizen (Iowa City). From his first match in the late 1870s through his final fight in 1905, this biography contains a thoroughly researched, detailed accounting of John L. Sullivan's boxing career. With special attention to the 1880s it follows Sullivan's...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Pollack, Adam J.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2006]
Subjects:	Sullivan, John Lawrence, > 1858-1918. Boxers (Sports) > United States > Biography. Boxing > United States > History.
Online Access:	Table of contents only

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