Cleveland Arena: Ohio's Professional Boxing Mecca, 1937-1973, Hardcover

Cleveland Arena featured professional boxing from 1937 to 1973 and left a lasting legacy that can never be duplicated. Many Cleveland boxers fought there during those years, including Jimmy Bivins, Joey Maxim, Chuck Hunter, Georgie Pace, and Carmen Barth. These men all came out of the Cleveland Golden Gloves. Cleveland Arena was the mecca of Ohio boxing with appearances from 50 fighters who at one time held recognition as world champions. Those fighters include such names as Henry Armstrong, Jake LaMotta, George Foreman, Archie Moore, Ezzard Charles, Jersey Joe Walcott, and Sonny Liston. Each of the arena's 162 fight shows--feature bouts, undercards, and all results--appear here together for the first time in print, accompanied by great stories and rare photographs.

• Dimensions: 229 x 152
• Author: Jerry Fitch
• Cover type: Hardcover
• Publishing Year: 2022
• Publishing Month: 2
• Pages: 130
• Language: English
• Publisher: Arcadia Pub (Sc)
• Weight: 345 g