Jock McAvoy : Portrait of a Fighting Legend
by
Brian Hughes
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1901746208
ISBN-13
9781901746204
Publisher
Empire Publications Ltd
Imprint
Empire Publications Ltd
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Aug 26th, 2004
Print length
274 Pages
Weight
444 grams
Dimensions
21.10 x 15.80 x 1.70 cms
Product Classification:
Biography: sportBoxing
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Jock McAvoy was influenced by his poor 1930s background. A ferocious fighter, a special kind of person who fought hard to give his family a better standard of living. Many older boxing journalists believe that the romance of the ring and its hungry exponents rest, almost entirely, in the years gone by. The 1930s were, without doubt, the greatest period in British boxing history. On the social side, this period was hard and desolate: there was no welfare state, conditions of employment for this generation were oppressive, everyone worked for wages that allowed no margin for illness. If a man didn''t work, he and his family went hungry. Man was at his best when up against it and thousands fought to put food on the table for their families. "McAvoy: Portrait of a Fighting Legend" lays not only a man but an era to rest.
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