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279 Abeyta, Dave, 137 Ableman, Nick, 122 African American boxers: Don King’s promotion of, 201. See also racism and racial attitudes; and individual boxers African Americans: modern decline of boxing and, 246; response to the repression of the film of the Johnson-Jeffries match, 89; symbolic significance of the JohnsonJeffries match, 76–77, 85, 86, 90 Ahumada, Miguel, 16 Air Force Academy, 141 airlines, 108–9 Ali, Muhammad: Bob Arum and, 201–2; boxing career and Las Vegas, 189–99; brain trauma and, 234–35; Howard Cosell and, 254; Don King and, 194, 195, 197, 199, 202; match against Bob Foster, 162; match against Cleveland Williams, 201–2; match against George Foreman in Zaire, 193–94; match against Larry Holmes in 1980, 195–99, 204–5; Nation of Islam and, 192; as “the Greatest,” 190, 192; US Olympic tryouts, 152; Vietnam War controversy and, 193 Allen, Gardner, 131 amateur boxing: Golden Gloves program, 129–31; intercollegiate, 134–42 (see also intercollegiate boxing); Native Americans and the Stewart Indian School, 131–34 American Athletic Union tournaments, 131 American Legion, 118, 178 American Medical Association, 210, 234, 255 American Vitagraph, 89 Amos, Ron, 191 Anderson, Joe, 131 antiboxing reformers: Nevada politics and the loss of the WillardDempsey match, 95–99; of the nineteenth century, 4, 5, 10; opposition to Nevada’s legalization of boxing, 20; opposition to the Corbett-Fitzsimmons match, 10, 13–14, 19; opposition to the Johnson-Jeffries match, 68–69, 71–73, 74–75; repression of the film of the Johnson-Jeffries match, 88–89 antiracketeering hearings, 174–75, 177 Arizona, 16 Arkansas, 15 Arnold, Emory, 122 Arum, Bob: background, 201–2; Oscar De La Hoya and, 225, 227, 228; Hagler-Hearns match, 214–15; Index 280 Index Leonard-Durán match, 216–17; Leonard-Hagler match, 215; Leonard-Hearns matches, 212– 13, 216; promotion of Hispanic fighters, 201; relationship with Don King, 203 Ater, Fred, 130 Baer, Max, 104, 115–16 Baer-Uzcudun match: account of the fight, 111–13; aftermath for the fighters, 115–16; American attitudes toward sports figures in the 1920s and, 109–10; arrival and training of the fighters, 105–7; crowd size, 104–5, 110, 111, 113–14; Jack Dempsey as referee, 108, 112, 113; Jack Dempsey’s promotion of, 104–10; final financial accounting, 114–15; impact on Reno, 114, 115; legalized gambling and, 110; “official program,” 108; security, 109 Baldwin, Phil, 152 Balzar, Fred, 106, 108, 111 bare-knuckle prizefighting, 4–5 Bartell, Stuart, 138 Basilio, Carmen, 181 Basques, 104, 106, 110 Beach, Rex, 37, 61, 262n28 Bean, Judge Roy, 17 Beasley, Jack, 115 Benítez, Wilfred, 211 Bennett, William S., 73 Berbick, Trevor, 166, 187, 219 Berry, Bob, 156 Black Muslims, 192 Bliss, Joe, 137, 138, 151–52 Bond, Joe, 123 Bowe, Riddick, 237–39 boxers: American images of boxing and, 235–36; attitudes toward in the 1920s, 109–10; brain trauma and, 234–35; impact of promoters and managers on the careers of, 233– 34; typical family and socioeconomic backgrounds, 234. See also individual boxers and matches boxing: antiboxing reformers and (see antiboxing reformers); brain trauma and, 234–35, 255–56; “golden era,” 171; governing bodies and their impact on the sport, 232–33, 234; impact of Las Vegas casinos on, 179, 183, 184, 188, 199, 204–5, 253–54; impact of organized crime on, 174–75, 184, 236, 253; impact of television on, 231; International Boxing Club of New York and, 173–75; in Las Vegas (see Las Vegas); masculinity and the violence of, 7–8, 52–53; mixed martial arts and, 251, 255; modern decline of, 229–30, 231–36, 244–46, 251, 252–53, 254–56; in Nevada (see Nevada); in New York (see New York City; New York State); period of transition in the 1960s, 142–43; popularity in the 1920s, 109–10; Queensberry rules and, 5–6, 19–20; racism in, 77; radio broadcasting of, 170–71; television and (see television ); weight classes, 232, 233. See also prizefighting; and individual boxers and matches boxing clubs: impact of televised boxing on, 173 Boxing Hall of Fame, 126, 168 Boyle, Emmett D., 97–98 Boyle, Robert H., 184–85 Braddock, James, 115, 180 Brady, William A., 22, 30, 65 brain trauma: boxing and, 234–35, 255–56; death of Charlie Mohr, 138–39, 145–46; death of Duk Koo Kim, 206–9, 210; mixed martial arts and, 256 [34.227.112.145] Project MUSE (2024-03-28 16:16 GMT) Index 281 1897, 9–11...