In the Ring With Bob Fitzsimmons

In the Ring With Bob Fitzsimmons
by Adam J. Pollack

In the Ring With Bob Fitzsimmons
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Author: Adam J. Pollack
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-12-01
ISBN: 0979982200
Number of pages: 464
Publisher: WIN BY KO Publications

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Book Review: A time Gone By
Summary: 5 Stars

Adam J Pollack is in the midst of an ambitious project in writing a historical record of the Heavyweight Champions and Championship.

After writing a book about John L Sullivan, the first universally recognized heavyweight champ, he has turned his sights on Bob Fitzsimmons, the third Champion.

He fills a great void in the scholarly assessment of boxing linear Heavyweight Champs, as little has been written about Fitzsimmons, and he has been relegated to historical obscurity.

This is a shame, because his is a great story, and it was a fascinating time in the embryonic development of what boxing was to become.

This cannot be mistaken for a biography, as Pollack never really delves deeply into Fitzsimmons' personality, and never really takes us into his life over and above boxing.

But as a historical boxing chronicle, it is scrupulously researched and factually documented. It takes us from the start of his career to his ascension to the first triple championship in boxing.

Boxing in the 1890's was a rogue sport, and not condoned by the general public or public officers. Yet thousands of people would attend a prizefight, and betting was both common and the amount of money bet was prodigious.

Especially well written was the chapter dealing with the fight for the Heavyweight title between Fitzsimmons' and James J Corbett. This chapter detailed two fistic giants who brought out the absolute best in each other, in one of the most skillful fights ever fought in this division.

At the end of this book, the author promises a book on James Jeffries, the fourth linear Heavyweight Champ. I will be in line to read this, as well.

Summary of In the Ring With Bob Fitzsimmons

This is the third book in Adam Pollack's series on the heavyweight champions of the gloved era. Bob Fitzsimmons was boxing¿s first pound for pound great, winning the world middleweight title before becoming the world heavyweight champion (and later lightheavyweight champ). Combining both crafty skill and crushing power, Fitzsimmons was able to knock out heavyweights when he only weighed 158 pounds! This meticulous and tremendously researched book uses multiple local primary sources from New Zealand, Australia, and America to chronicle Fitzsimmons' boxing career. It contains detailed fight descriptions never before revealed, round by round reports, pre- and post-fight analysis, daily training regimens, critical analysis of opponents¿ careers, discussion of skills, techniques, strategies, strengths, and weaknesses, and explains how legal, political, social, and economic issues affected and impeded fights. The book also includes stories of fixed fights, conspiracies, legal battles, trials, threats of violence and imprisonment made by governors, judges, and militiamen, and verbal jousting, taunting, boasting, and even physical confrontations between Bob Fitzsimmons and James J. Corbett. 464 pages, 63 photos and illustrations, 969 footnotes, bibliography, index, and appendix (containing a complete Fitzsimmons career record). Adam J. Pollack is the author of John L. Sullivan: The Career of the First Gloved Heavyweight Champion, and In the Ring With James J. Corbett. He is a staff writer for Cyberboxingzone.com, chair of USA Boxing¿s Rules and Regulations Committee, a boxing coach and attorney living in Iowa City, Iowa.

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