{"product_id":"when-the-heavyweight-title-mattered-five-championship-fights-that-captivated-the-world-1910-1971-9781476678573","title":"When the Heavyweight Title Mattered: Five Championship Fights That Captivated the World, 1910-1971","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): John G. Robertson\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 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","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46457646776471,"sku":"9781476678573","price":2828.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781476678573.webp?v=1769182690","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/when-the-heavyweight-title-mattered-five-championship-fights-that-captivated-the-world-1910-1971-9781476678573","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}