Simon’s Reviews > Farewell to Sport > Status Update

better and better. May have to force myself to put it aside and save some for later

This is so good. The chapter on Primo Carnera is a tragedy but laugh out loud funny. I had to read half a dozen bits out to my wife.

Having said that I couldn't be sure he would have withstood another barrage without the extra five seconds to clear his head. Dempsey, unlike modern sportsmen, never complained.

So taken with the Jack Dempsey story that I've just watched the famous long count on youtube. For what it is worth, I think Tunney would have made the count anyway.