Jack Dempsey

THE MANASSA MAULER

By: Randy Roberts

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Paperback | 14 July 2003

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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 toughest ever to enter the ring. He details Dempsey's transition from barroom fights to professional boxing and his emerging reputation for fast, brutal knockouts. Roberts draws on a wealth of newspaper articles and interviews to chronicle Dempsey's rise to the heavyweight championship and his six title defenses. Also included are accounts of the eventual loss of his title to Gene Tunney in 1926, and the rematch in 1927, which Dempsey also lost in the infamous "long count." After continuing to fight in exhibitions, Dempsey retired from boxing in 1940 with an astonishing 64 victories, 49 of them knockouts.

Roberts tells of the building of this record, including accounts of Dempsey's forays into Hollywood, the controversy over his alleged draft-dodging, his long life after retirement, and his enduring legacy as one of the greatest fighters in boxing history.

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''In a creative and flowing literary style, but with keen attention to detail and judicious analyses of his material, Roberts approaches the heralded heavyweight champion as a legend and symbol of his age... Jack Dempsey: The Manassa Mauler is a first-rate slice of Americana. It is fresh, witty, entertaining, and serious.'' --Washington Post Book World

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Acknowledgments
Prologue: Toledo, 1919	p. 1
The Son of a Pipe Dream	p. 3
A Trade for the Hungry	p. 18
Marriages of Different Kinds	p. 32
Crucible Under the Sun	p. 50
Champion: Roses and Thorns	p. 67
The Battle of the Century	p. 100
A Question of Morals	p. 130
Shelby Under Attack	p. 146
The Greatest Fight Since the Silurian Age	p. 170
The Nose Makes the Man	p. 193
And Ghastly Thro' the Drizzling Rain	p. 212
I'm Fighting for the Glory	p. 236
Epilogue: Everybody Give the Big Boy a Hand	p. 264
Postscript: "Here's to Heroes"	p. 271
Notes	p. 275
Bibliography	p. 297
Index	p. 309
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THE MANASSA MAULER

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