Lonsdale's Belt

Boxing's Most Coveted Prize

Nonfiction, Sports, Boxing, History
Cover of the book Lonsdale's Belt by John Harding, Pitch Publishing
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: John Harding ISBN: 9781785312540
Publisher: Pitch Publishing Publication: September 1, 2016
Imprint: Pitch Publishing Language: English
Author: John Harding
ISBN: 9781785312540
Publisher: Pitch Publishing
Publication: September 1, 2016
Imprint: Pitch Publishing
Language: English
For more than one hundred years the Lonsdale Belt, first awarded in 1909 by the legendary National Sporting Club and since 1936 by the British Boxing Board of Control, has encircled the waists of all the great names in British boxing history: Freddie Welsh and Ted 'Kid' Lewis; Benny Lynch and Jimmy Wilde; Freddie Mills, Randolph Turpin and Terry Downes; Henry Cooper, Barry McGuigan, Lennox Lewis and Joe Calzaghe. Drawing upon a wealth of sources - interviews and reminiscences, boxing-board minutes and programmes, contemporary magazines and newspapers, even archive film, sports historian John Harding tells the absorbing and fascinating story of the belt's origins and development and how the system the belt represents has continued to provide an unambiguous measure of excellence in the chaotic and often murky world of British professional boxing.
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
For more than one hundred years the Lonsdale Belt, first awarded in 1909 by the legendary National Sporting Club and since 1936 by the British Boxing Board of Control, has encircled the waists of all the great names in British boxing history: Freddie Welsh and Ted 'Kid' Lewis; Benny Lynch and Jimmy Wilde; Freddie Mills, Randolph Turpin and Terry Downes; Henry Cooper, Barry McGuigan, Lennox Lewis and Joe Calzaghe. Drawing upon a wealth of sources - interviews and reminiscences, boxing-board minutes and programmes, contemporary magazines and newspapers, even archive film, sports historian John Harding tells the absorbing and fascinating story of the belt's origins and development and how the system the belt represents has continued to provide an unambiguous measure of excellence in the chaotic and often murky world of British professional boxing.

More books from Pitch Publishing

Cover of the book Nottingham Forest Cult Heroes by John Harding
Cover of the book Owls by John Harding
Cover of the book Four Hundred Words at Five-Thirty with 'Nannies' by John Harding
Cover of the book Sheffield United Match of My Life by John Harding
Cover of the book Calcio's Greatest Forwards by John Harding
Cover of the book Aston Villa Greatest Games by John Harding
Cover of the book Ride by John Harding
Cover of the book Talk of the City by John Harding
Cover of the book Whirlwind by John Harding
Cover of the book Comic Book Hero by John Harding
Cover of the book Rangers Cult Heroes by John Harding
Cover of the book Second XI by John Harding
Cover of the book In the Shadow of Packer by John Harding
Cover of the book I am the Gloryhunter: One Man's Quest for the Ultimate Football Season by John Harding
Cover of the book Rope Burns by John Harding
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy