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.
| ISBN: | 9781949783070 |
| Publication date: | 5th May 2023 |
| Author: | Adam J Pollack |
| Publisher: | Win by Ko Publications |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 822 pages |
| Genres: |
History Boxing Biographies & Autobiographies General and world history Sport: general |