Ken Brooks

Ingemar Johansson

Swedish Heavyweight Boxing Champion

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"Ingemar Johansson's right hand--dubbed "The Hammer of Thor"--was the most fearsome in boxing, and Johansson's three fights with Floyd Patterson rank among the sport's classic rivalries. Yet most fans know little about the Swedish playboy who won the world heavyweight championship and held it for six days short of a year (1959-1960)"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland & Co Inc
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Dezember 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 390g
• ISBN-13: 9780786498475
• ISBN-10: 0786498471
• Artikelnr.: 42195606

Autorenporträt

Ken Brooks is a freelance writer and retired educator. He lives in Louisville, Kentucky.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Acknowledgements Introduction Part 1.
Roots 2.
Breakthrough 3.
The 1952 Olympics 4.
Turning Pro 5.
Birgit 6.
Taking on Machen 7.
Edwin and Cus Part 8.
Grossinger's 9.
No Longer a Dream 10.
Patterson-Johansson I 11.
Delirium 12.
Fighting the Fight Mob 13.
Pop Culture Ingo 14.
Back to Work 15.
Patterson-Johansson II 16.
After the Fall 17.
Dancin' with Johansson 18.
Patterson-Johansson III 19.
One More Fight Part Three 20.
Cutting Ties 21.
Edna 22.
Troubling Times 23.
Changes 24.
There Is Only One Ingo Epilogue: The Hammer of Thor Professional Boxing Record Bibliography Index