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notes on the boxing legends and epic rivalry
Any discussion of great boxers must include Willie Pep and Sandy Saddler, midcentury featherweight champions whose heroics in the 1940s and 1950s electrified the fistic world then and reverberate today. This book explores the boxing lives of both pugilists' early years, fighting years, training and conditioning, historical context, life after boxing, and of course, the lasting controversy over their rivalry and legacy. Their matchups had it all: contrasting styles, dazzling skills, hard punching, splendid action, ridiculous brawling, heroic victories and crashing defeats.--Publisher.
1 Historical overview 17 -- 2 Fine feathers 33 -- 3 Early Pep 83 -- 4 Early Saddler 101 -- 5 Pep pro 115 -- 6 First fight 137 -- 7 Second fight 147 -- 8 Third fight 159 -- 9 Fourth fight 167 -- 10 Fighting after Pep 185 -- 11 Fighting after Saddler 203 -- 12 Saddler's final years 213 -- 13 Lulu and Newsweek 225 -- 14 Pep's long after 233.
The Sports/Boxing copy is a donation from J. Lawrence Mitchell.
Includes bibliographical references and index.