Title Town USA

Boxing in Canastota, New York

Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, Photography, Travel, History, Americas, United States
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Author: Mark Allen Baker ISBN: 9781614231356
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc. Publication: May 13, 2010
Imprint: The History Press Language: English
Author: Mark Allen Baker
ISBN: 9781614231356
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Publication: May 13, 2010
Imprint: The History Press
Language: English
Canastota, New York, at the epicenter of Upstate New York's rich boxing heritage, is home to the International Boxing Hall of Fame. Having produced some of boxing's most prominent pugilists, including Carmen Basilio and Billy Backus, the area has also hosted many legendary fighters, including Jack Britton, Harry Greb, Sam Langford and Tommy Ryan. Many boxing dreams have come true here through title fights and epic ring rivalries. Author Mark Allen Baker tells the story of those "thunder gods of the ring" and the fights that made them famous, finally settling the score: Canastota is "Title Town, USA."
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Canastota, New York, at the epicenter of Upstate New York's rich boxing heritage, is home to the International Boxing Hall of Fame. Having produced some of boxing's most prominent pugilists, including Carmen Basilio and Billy Backus, the area has also hosted many legendary fighters, including Jack Britton, Harry Greb, Sam Langford and Tommy Ryan. Many boxing dreams have come true here through title fights and epic ring rivalries. Author Mark Allen Baker tells the story of those "thunder gods of the ring" and the fights that made them famous, finally settling the score: Canastota is "Title Town, USA."

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