Boxing Legacy - by Ian Phimister & David Patrick (Hardcover)

About the Book

This book is a celebration of legendary African American sports writer and boxing cartoonist Ted Carroll, whose career spanned one of the most exciting periods of boxing's past, from Joe Louis to Muhammad Ali. His experiences and commentary are of great historical significance...

Book Synopsis

This book is a celebration of legendary African American sports writer and boxing cartoonist Ted Carroll, whose career spanned one of the most exciting periods of boxing's past, from Joe Louis to Muhammad Ali. His experiences and commentary are of great historical significance, encompassing issues of race, sport, culture, and society.

Review Quotes

Ian Phimister and David Patrick have made an invaluable and novel contribution to the already rich body of boxing literature by shedding much-needed light on the long and distinguished career of African American master boxing cartoonist Ted Carroll, largely in his own words and images. Carroll, who drew and wrote for Ring Magazine for over 35 years, has never received the credit he deserves, even among his peers. Notably not until 2013, some 40 years after his death in 1973, did Carroll enter the International Boxing Hall of Fame. Phimister and Patrick's study will go a long way toward demonstrating Carroll's significant value in the history of boxing.

Ted Carroll was one of the most important artists of the twentieth century. Carroll, a Black man, was the cartoonist for The Ring for fifty years, offering commentary on the sport of boxing complete with all of its social implications. He was overlooked for years, not because of the quality of his work, but for the color of his skin. Finally we have a long overdue and proper tribute to this truly great artist.

About the Author

Ian Phimister and David Patrick are both members of the International Studies Group at the University of the Free State (South Africa). Ian has written widely on African and world history, while David's research interests focus on media representations of historical phenomena, including mass violence and contemporary politics. He is the author of Reporting Genocide: Media, Mass Violence and Human Rights. Ian and David share an obsessive interest in professional boxing.