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Philadelphia Fighters: The Golden Era of Greatness

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Philadelphia Fighters: The Golden Era of Greatness

The 1970s and early 1980s were truly a golden era of boxing in Philadelphia. The fists and personalities of such legends as Smokinâ€™ Joe Frazier and Randy â€œTexâ€ Cobb brought an atmosphere of genuine excitement to Philadelphia fans. It was a grand time for the sport of boxing and especially for the City of Brotherly Love.

Philadelphia Fighters tells the story of that golden era. Larry Holmes of Easton, Pennsylvania, ruled the heavyweight ranks. South Philadelphiaâ€™s Jeff Chandler was about to become the bantamweight champion. And there was a tough, wily group of middleweight contendersâ€”from Bennie Briscoe and Cyclone Hart to Bobby Watts and Curtis Parkerâ€”all of them Philadelphians. Matthew Saad Muhammad, a man whose matches always seemed to carry the dramatic punch of a Eugene Oâ€™Neill play, owned a piece of the light-heavyweight crown. So did New Jerseyâ€™s Mike Rossman. Dwight Braxtonâ€”soon to be Dwight Muhammad Qawiâ€”rose up from South Jersey and captured the light-heavyweight prize. These men may have been the greatest group of light-heavyweights to battle at the same time.

More than 30 years have gone by, but the Philadelphia contenders live on in legend and truly come to life in Freedmanâ€™s thrilling and eccentric compendium

Country	USA
Author	Lew Freedman
Binding	Kindle Edition
Edition	1st
EISBN	9781933822662
Format	Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct
Label	Camino Books, Inc.
Manufacturer	Camino Books, Inc.
NumberOfPages	194
PublicationDate	2015-03-10
Publisher	Camino Books, Inc.
ReleaseDate	2015-03-10
Studio	Camino Books, Inc.

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