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The Main Event: Boxing in Nevada from the Mining Camps to the Las Vegas Strip (Shepperson Series in Nevada History)
The Main Event Boxing in Nevada from the Mining Camps to the Las Vegas Strip - Shepperson Series in Nevada History
Author: Richard O. Davies
As the twentieth century dawned, bare-knuckle prizefighting was transforming into the popular sport of boxing, yet simultaneously it was banned as immoral in many locales. Nevada was the first state to legalize it, in 1897, solely to stage the Corbett-Fitzsimmons world heavyweight championship in Carson City. Davies shows that the history of box...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780874179286
ISBN-10: 0874179289
Publication Date: 4/7/2014
Pages: 312
Edition: 1
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Publisher: University of Nevada Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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