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The Roaring Twenties was an era of high living and extravagance, of hot jazz and new fashions, when America lived as if there were no tomorrow. It was a time when the heavyweight boxing champion of the world reigned supreme in sport and Jack Dempsey was the idol of the age. In this definitive biography, leading boxing writer Tom Myler takes us through the thrilling career of the 'Manassa Mauler'. Dempsey's fights are part of boxing folklore: the massacre of giant Jess Willard, the first million-dollar gate against French hero Georges Carpentier, the sensational war with Luis Firpo, the bout with Tom Gibbons that bankrupted a town and the controversial 'Battle of the Long Count' with Gene Tunney. Dempsey packed more drama into his career than almost any other boxer in history. A one-time hobo and saloon fighter, he came up the hard way and punched his way to fame and fortune. Myler had the benefit of interviewing Dempsey in his retirement years, and he draws on their exchanges to give you the full inside story of Jack's life and times.

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Publié par	Pitch Publishing Ltd
Date de parution	08 juin 2020
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781785317057
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	1 Mo

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What they said about Thomas Myler s previous books
New York Fight Nights
Thomas Myler has served up another collection of gripping boxing stories. The author packs such a punch with his masterful storytelling that you feel you were ringside inhaling the sizzling atmosphere of each clash of the titans. A must for boxing fans.
Ireland s Own
What historian and journalist Thomas Myler doesn t know about boxing isn t worth knowing. He has once again mined the depths of his knowledge to add another excellent book to his collection.
Yorkshire Magazine
Joe Louis: The Rise and Fall of the Brown Bomber
A comprehensive insight into the life of Joe Louis. A must-have for any boxing fan s collection.
John Jarrett, boxing historian and a former British Boxing Board of Control of cial
Close Encounters with the Gloves Off
Reading like a beautiful love letter to the ght game s glorious past, there s not a better boxing book on the shelves - anywhere.
Irish Independent
Admired and respected around the world, Thomas Myler has surpassed himself with this latest offering. Dublin Evening Herald
The Mad and the Bad
This is the best boxing book of the year, most de nitely, and thoroughly entertaining. Bruce Kielty, booking agent, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Another great book from the pen of the proli c Thomas Myler. RTE, Ireland s national broadcaster
Sugar Ray Robinson: The Inside Story
It s all here, from Robinson s impoverished upbringing in Detroit and New York, through his rise to fame and fortune - and his eventual decline and death. A must read.
Boxing News
Thomas Myler has written a gripping account of the life and colourful times of the original Sugar Ray in a lively, page-turning style.
Dublin Evening Herald
A must for any student of the sweet science. Robinson s story by the author is a fascination read. Don t miss it.
Daily Star
Boxing s Greatest Upsets: Fights That Shook The World
A respected writer, Myler has compiled a worthy volume on the most sensational and talked about upsets of the glove era, drawing on interviews, archive footage and worldwide contacts.
Yorkshire Evening Post
Fight fans will glory in this offbeat history of boxing s biggest shocks, from Gentleman Jim s knockout of John L. Sullivan in 1892 to the modern era. A must for your bookshelf.
Hull Daily Mail
Book of the Month
Lonsdale Sports
Myler s ability to dig deep, gather plenty of background information, coupled with his easy- owing style of writing, paints a fascinating scene building up to the contests. We urge you to add this book to your collection.
Boxing News
Myler doesn t just deal with what happened inside the ropes but also provides a balanced overview of the controversies, personalities and historical contexts that make these ghts worth reading about.
Ring
Boxing s Hall of Shame
Boxing scribe Thomas Myler shares with the reader a ringside seat for the sport s most controversial ghts. It s an engaging read, one that feeds our fascination with the darker side of the sport.
Bert Sugar, author and broadcaster
Well written and thoroughly researched by one of the best boxing writers in these islands, Myler has a keen eye for the story behind the story. A must read for all ght fans.
Yorkshire Post
Ringside with the Celtic Warriors
The latest offering from this highly-respected boxing writer is well up to the standard we expect from him.
Boxing News
Thomas Myler has come up with another gem. His credentials and easy, readable style make this a must book for ght fans.
The Sun
As a ring historian, Thomas Myler has few peers.
Belfast Telegraph

First published by Pitch Publishing, 2020
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Contents
Acknowledgements
Prologue
Go west, young man
New York, New York
Doc has the cure
Land of the giants
Jack the giant killer
A Christmas present for Billy
Beauty and the Beast
The shambles of Shelby
Brawl in the park
A rainy night in Philadelphia
A tale of two Jacks
Jack Dempsey s record
Selected bibliography
To mam and dad who put me on the right path
Acknowledgements
THIS BOOK would not have been possible without the help of so many people. But a special mention must go to Boxing News and Independent News and Media for their always helpful assistance, as well as their fine writers including Matt Christie, Bob Mee, John Jarrett, Claude Abrams and Vincent Hogan, all good friends and true experts in the noble art. What they don t know about boxing is not worth knowing. Credit is also due to the International Boxing Research Organisation, the IBRO, which publishes a quarterly magazine containing boxing records, book reviews, nostalgic articles, ringside reports and obituaries. My computer expert Sol Mac Eoghan, whose slogan is A Good Man to Know, deserves a mention. My family, too, were always by my side, Jacqueline, Sinead, Ciaran, Colin and Vivian, not to mention my wonderful late wife Betty.
The photographs are by kind permission of Getty Images, with some from the Thomas Myler Collection. Last but certainly not least, full credit must go to Pitch Publishing for having the foresight, dedication and care to get the book into print. Credit here must go to publishing executive Jane Camillin and her excellent team.
Thank you all.
In the course of a fight you make hundreds of decisions. Every decision you make is potentially career-altering. You re standing there and if you move your head this way, you slip the punch. But if you make the wrong choice and move it this way, you re caught with the punch and that s it. The whole thing is over.
Andy Lee, WBO middleweight champion 2014-15.
Prologue
THE ROARING Twenties created an explosion in entertainment, fashion, sport and industry, the like of which had not been seen before. Coming after World War 1 which ended with the armistice on 11 November 1918, a new era had begun. The American economy boomed and the frenetic, extravagant spirit of the period was epitomised by dance crazes such as the Charleston and the Black Bottom.
Jazz music blared out from venues like the Cotton Club in New York and the Lincoln Gardens in Chicago, among many others, where musicians like Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington were big attractions. Radio, gramophone records and Hollywood movies popularised American culture.
It was what writers and columnists called an era of wonderful nonsense. A time of heroes and hustlers and heavy spenders. A time of style and speed and passion. The world, certainly in the United States, was riding a rollercoaster and had no intention of getting off. Part of it was mechanical, with great new inventions including the motor car, talking pictures and radio bringing events closer together and dramatising them at the same time.
The boom years were predictable in many ways, at least for a decade or so until the bottom fell out. It was a time when society railed at things like the Bolshevik threat in Russia, and issued warnings to Germany to pay its war reparations. If Berlin ignored the ultimatums, the Allies would occupy the Ruhr valley.
America became drunk on success. The high-living, carefree atmosphere was partly due to the Prohibition law passed in 1920 which forced people into drinking clubs known as speakeasies in search of illegal alcohol.
The Roaring Twenties also witnessed the movie boom. The rise of Hollywood in the decade was due to the economic prosperity that existed. People had more time to spend on leisure and Americans fell in love with what they saw on the cinema screen. The movies were a cheap form of entertainment and Hollywood in the 1920s was a booming industry.
Movie stars such as Rudolph Valentino, Clara Bow, John Barrymore, Mary Astor, Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and Greta Garbo were idolised by millions. In 1927 the first talking picture was made, The Jazz Singer starring Al Jolson. By 1929 there were 25,000 cinemas across the nation and an average of 100 million Americans went to the movies on a weekly basis.
The 1920s was an era of wild applause, whether it was lavished on the stars or whether the cast performed on the Broadway stage or in the arenas and stadiums where the passion could run loose. And if the wild applause of the Roaring Twenties lingers in echoes today, it hovers too over the American sporting titans who symbolised the whole mood.
Babe Ruth was the hard-drinking, hard-swinging hero of the New York Yankees baseball club. It was said he embodied the spirit of 1920s sport. Along with Lou Gehrig, he put together one of the most impressive baseball careers of all time. And he did it in an era before television, steroids and agents waving million-dollar contracts before their eyes.
Man o War was the unquestionable king of the race tracks, winning races by previously unattainable lengths. In total, Big Red, as the thoroughbred was known, won 20 of 21 races it started, losing only to a horse appropriately named Upset. Man o War never won the main American competition, the Triple Crown, because the owner felt it was too young to run the mile and a quarter course.
Man o War spent 22 years at stud and sired i