{"product_id":"battling-nelson-the-durable-dane-world-lightweight-champion-1882-1954-9781476663722","title":"Battling Nelson, the Durable Dane: World Lightweight Champion, 1882-1954","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Mark Allen Baker\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Boxing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Oscar \"Battling\" Nelson (1882-1954) was perhaps the toughest professional boxer ever to enter the ring. Although a Hall of Fame inductee, Nelson remains a lesser known great of boxing lore. From the beginning of his career at 14, the Danish immigrant presented himself as a man of integrity who never smoked, drank or took a dive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In the ring and in public, Battling Nelson crafted a Renaissance man image as a lightweight champion, reporter, entertainer, real estate mogul, entrepreneur and ladies' man. The first ever champion in his weight class to mount a comeback, he strove to break new ground (even if he wasn't always successful).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This book tells the story of a ring legend whose endurance was second to none and whose trilogy with Joe Gans is one of the great rivalries in sports history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46475931189399,"sku":"9781476663722","price":3235.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781476663722.jpg?v=1766277628","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/battling-nelson-the-durable-dane-world-lightweight-champion-1882-1954-9781476663722","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}