{"product_id":"when-the-heavyweight-title-mattered-john-g-robertson-9781476678573","title":"When the Heavyweight Title Mattered: Five Championship Fights That Captivated the World, 1910-1971","description":"\u003cp\u003e The world heavyweight boxing championship once transcended the sport, conferring global renown. This book gives detailed coverage to five legendary championship bouts that captivated audiences worldwide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Coaxed out of retirement by the press, former champ James J. Jeffries challenged black titleholder Jack Johnson--universally despised by white audiences--in 1910, in hopes of returning the title to the white race.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In 1921, dapper World War I hero and light-heavyweight champion Georges Carpentier hoped to upset heavyweight champ Jack Dempsey, widely considered a draft-dodger, in a fight that garnered the first \"million dollar gate.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In perhaps the most politically charged bout ever, \"Brown Bomber\" Joe Louis, popular with both white and black America, faced Nazi Germany's Max Schmeling--the first ever to win the title by disqualification--at a sold-out Yankee stadium in 1938.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e A relentless brawler, undefeated Rocky Marciano in 1952 sought to bludgeon the title away from the more experienced and savvier Joe Walcott, at 38 the oldest heavyweight champ in history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In a monumental clash of two undefeated world champions, Muhammad Ali--on the comeback trail after his title was stripped from him for refusing to be drafted during the Vietnam War--squared off with titleholder Joe Frazier in 1971.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John G. Robertson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 147667857X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781476678573\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/11\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 223\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 5.90w x 0.50d","brand":"John G. Robertson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44123899658495,"sku":"9781476678573","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f52937b8-7362-492b-bd31-662df603affd.jpg?v=1687433549","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/when-the-heavyweight-title-mattered-john-g-robertson-9781476678573","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}