In the Ring with Marvin Hart
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.74 (705 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0979982227 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 248 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-01-14 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
E. Oostrom said AT LAST MARVIN HART GETS HIS DUE. First i must admit, this book is in my opinion not the best one in the more than excellent series of mr. Pollacks about the heavyweight champions starting from John L. Sullivan. This certainly isn't mr. Pollacks fault, but more a result of the dearth of primary sources in comparison with the champions he tackled before. This is also the book i was looking out for the most since the start of his heavyweight champions series, because i don't know any other book of this longforgotten champion. Marvin Hart was the first one, who became the heavyweightchampion by fighting for a vacant crown. H. The Arturo Gatti of his day HE Grant In the Ring With Marvin Hart is a terrific work that transforms a forgotten historical footnote back into the brawler he actually was as in all of Mr. Pollack's series on the heavyweight champions, the book is filled with exceptional archival footage and photographs. This is a must have for all serious boxing fans a forgotten era and many forgotten fighters are restored to life the extensive coverage of Hart's controversial victory over a prime Jack Johnson is worth the price of the book on it's own !!!. "Historically Buried Champion" according to Pugwash. Is Marvin Hart an historically significant figure? Adam Pollack seems to believe he is worth writing a hard bound volume about this long forgotten and obscure Heavyweight Champion. This reader thought enough of the author and subject to plunk down over $Historically Buried Champion Is Marvin Hart an historically significant figure? Adam Pollack seems to believe he is worth writing a hard bound volume about this long forgotten and obscure Heavyweight Champion. This reader thought enough of the author and subject to plunk down over $30 and invest the time to learn more about this seemingly unimportant fighting man.Adam Pollack has become an historically important man in his own right. A transplanted Iowan, a man of the law, and a boxing historian, Pollack has taken to studying film, old newspapers and any other media available in publishing similar volumes about John . 0 and invest the time to learn more about this seemingly unimportant fighting man.Adam Pollack has become an historically important man in his own right. A transplanted Iowan, a man of the law, and a boxing historian, Pollack has taken to studying film, old newspapers and any other media available in publishing similar volumes about John
Hart gained popularity as a middleweight and light-heavyweight in the Louisville, Kentucky area before moving up to heavyweight and defeating the highly touted top contender Jack Johnson. Hart then won the vacant world's heavyweight championship in a fight to the finish against Jack Root. Like other books in Pollack's "In the Ring" series, this book is meticulously researched using next-day local primary source materials, and details Hart's boxing career.. This the the first biography ever written on Marvin Hart, the forgotten heavyweight champion from the South