(Read now) Peter Jackson: A Biography of the Australian Heavyweight Champion, 1860-1901
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| #3029217 in Books | McFarland | 2011-04-12 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.90 x.70 x6.90l,1.00 | File Name: 078645881X | 260 pages |
||3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.| BOXING ROYALTY|By Pugwash|Peter Jackson was a legendary prizefighter in the late 19th century who was by many considered the pre-eminent heavyweight in the world. Perhaps equally significant from a sociological point of view. Jackson was a black man overcoming overriding prejudice of the times.
Jackson learned to fight in Australia and became the dominant boxer the||"meticulously researched...skillfully and colorfully narrated"--The Ring; "splendid...Petersen has produced an authoritative work on the great fighter...throughly researched and presented in a well-written and scholarly manner that is both interesting
Born to former slaves on St. Croix in 1860, Peter Jackson made his name as a boxer with his smooth, fast style and a dangerous one-two combination. After immigrating to Australia, Jackson became that country's national heavyweight champion in 1886 before moving on to the United States and claiming the title of Colored Champion of the World in 1888. For the next ten years Peter Jackson remained undefeated, finally losing to the great Jim Jeffries in 1898. Although he nev...
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