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The Statues and Legacies of Combat Athletes in the Americas brings together an interdisciplinary team of scholars to explore the layered histories and meanings associated with public monuments to combat athletes from a variety of sporting backgrounds.
C. Nathan Hatton is assistant professor of history at Cape Breton University. David M. K. Sheinin is professor of history at Trent University and a member of the National Academy of History in Argentina.
Introduction: Fighting Memories by C. Nathan Hatton and David M.K. Sheinin Chapter One: Nearly Beatified: A Tribute to Frank Gotch's Unbreakable Toehold on Iowa's Sporting Memory by C. Nathan Hatton Chapter Two: Remembering a Boxer, Interpreting a Revolution: The Narratives of the Monument to Alexis Argüello in Managua by Stephen D. Allen Chapter Three: The Crusher: Honoring South Milwaukee's Working-Class Icon by Aaron D. Horton Chapter Four: Galveston's Hometown Antihero: The Construction of Jack Johnson Park by Carrie Teresa Chapter Five: The Biggest Small-Town Monument: Wrestling Greatness in Perry, Oklahoma-An Interview with Mark Kirk and Roger Tetik by C. Nathan Hatton and David M.K. Sheinin Chapter Six: Vacant Fist: The Monument to Joe Louis in Detroit by David M. K. Sheinin Chapter Seven: Legacies of the Dragon: Bruce Lee between Memory and Mythology by Kyle Barrowman Chapter Eight: Tiger Warrington, the Humble Heavyweight: Standing Tall on the Liverpool Waterfront by Paul MacDougall Chapter Nine: George Dixon and the Fight for Africville-An Interview with Craig M. Smith by C. Nathan Hatton and David M.K. Sheinin Chapter Ten: The Last Great White Hope: The Rocky Statue, Samuel L. Evans, and Competing Visions of Philadelphia by David M. K. Sheinin About the Editors and Contributors