Billy Conn - the Pittsburgh Kid

by Paul F. Kennedy

Book Overview

There has never been a fighter like Billy Conn. Handsome as a movie star and tough as Pittsburgh steel, Conn threw combinations with the beauty and speed of later masters Sugar Ray Robinson and Muhammad Ali. The kid from the East Liberty section of Pittsburgh began boxing professionally at age 16, as his manager Johnny Ray fed him older, more experienced pros in a "baptism of fire." Conn developed quickly. At age 19 and 20 he defeated most of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1425973442
• ISBN13: 9781425973445
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: Authorhouse
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"