A FINE COPY

Published by Nelson, at his home town of Hegewisch, Ill., 1908,
8vo., pictorial cloth, 265pp, portrait frontis., photographic illustrations and line drawings in the text.
Autobiography of Oscar Mathew Nelson. July 4th 1908, fought Gans again, having lost for a foul blow in 1906, this time for the world lightweight title. This time he knocked Gans out in the seventeenth round. Two months later, Nelson knocked out Gans in the twenty-first round.

In 1909, Nelson fought Ad Wolgast in a fight held over the lightweight limit. Wolgast beat him, and Nelson gave Wolgast a chance at his title on February 22, 1910. Eventually unable to see due to the accumulation of punches, Nelson lost the title when the referee stopped the fight. Nelson continued to fight, and in 1917, he challenged Freddie Welsh for the lightweight title. He lost a twelve-round decision and retired from fighting in 1920.

A lovely copy of this scarce and very readable self published book

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