{"product_id":"battling-nelson-the-durable-dane-9781476663722","title":"Battling Nelson the Durable Dane","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e   Oscar Battling Nelson (1882-1954) was perhaps the toughest professional boxer ever to enter the ring. Although a Hall of Fame inductee, Nelson remains a lesser known great of boxing lore. From the beginning of his career at 14, the Danish immigrant presented himself as a man of integrity who never smoked, drank or took a dive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   In the ring and in public, Battling Nelson crafted a Renaissance man image as a lightweight champion, reporter, entertainer, real estate mogul, entrepreneur and ladies'' man. The first ever champion in his weight class to mount a comeback, he strove to break new ground (even if he wasn''t always successful).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   This book tells the story of a ring legend whose endurance was second to none and whose trilogy with Joe Gans is one of the great rivalries in sports history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040392741207,"sku":"9781476663722","price":23.74,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781476663722.jpg?v=1750946600","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/battling-nelson-the-durable-dane-9781476663722","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}