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In the Ring With Jack Dempsey - Part II

In the Ring With Jack Dempsey - Part II

Adam J Pollack

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WIN BY KO Publications
Año de edición:
2023
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Biografía: general
ISBN:
9781949783070

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In the Ring With Jack Dempsey - Part II: 1919 - 1923, contains descriptions of Jack Dempsey’s successful title defenses (including pre-fight hype, training and sparring, predictions, pre- and post-fight analysis); discussion of his opponents and their careers (Billy Miske, Bill Brennan, Georges Carpentier, Tom Gibbons, and Luis Firpo); economics and negotiations; controversies; legal, political, and racial obstacles; Harry Wills and the color line; Harry Greb, Gene Tunney, Jack Kearns, Tex Rickard and boxing’s first million-dollar gate(s); criminal and civil cases; Dempsey’s personal life, and much more. Hundreds of rare photos are included. 819 pages in this book alone, based on primary sources, continuing the three-part series of the most thorough books ever written on Jack Dempsey’s life and career.

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