Long Live the Champion — Steven L. Kent

Sammy Shrubber: The forgotten champion

"Some fighters are brawlers, some fighters are thinkers. Sammy Shrubber was a thinking man's fighter; but most thinking men would agree he was dull."

Olympic gold medal-winner, perpetual number one contender, and dedicated family man, Samuel H. Shrubber was the heavyweight champion that no one wanted.

In My Life Among the Heavyweights: Book One, noted sports columnist David Spain describes the rise of Sammy Shrubber and the death of boxing.