Jack Dempsey: THE MANASSA MAULER
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Jack Dempsey: THE MANASSA MAULER

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Heavyweight Champion of the World from 1919 to 1926, Jack Dempsey, also known as the Manassa Mauler, began his boxing career as a skinny boy of sixteen, riding the rails and participating in hastily staged saloon bouts against miners and lumberjacks. In this incisive, fast-paced biography, Randy Roberts charts the life and career of a man widely regarded as one of the toug...more
Paperback, 344 pages
Published June 5th 2003 by University of Illinois Press (first published 1980)
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Fascinating story and part of why I fell in love with boxing.
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