Johnny Owen
Murphy, Jeff2004
Book
In 1980, Johnny Owen held the Welsh, British, European and Commonwealth bantamweight titles. He made his bid for the World Championship, flying to LA to fight Lupe Pintor of Mexico. Despite a courageous display of boxing, Owen was knocked out in the 12th round and died 46 days later.
Main title:
Johnny Owen / Jeff Murphy.
Author:
Work:
Imprint:
Edinburgh : Mainstream, 2004.
Collation:
221 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.
ISBN:
9781840189292 (hbk)
Dewey class:
796.83092
Language:
English
BRN:
388717