In the Ring With Jack Dempsey - Part I: The Making of a Champion

In the Ring With Jack Dempsey - Part I: The Making of a Champion by Adam J. Pollack is the most thorough and detailed book ever written about former world heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey. This book (the first of three) chronicles Dempseys life and career from its start up to his winning the world heavyweight championship fight by fight as told by those who saw the contests and reported on them at the time utilizing multiple local next-day newspaper reports. This includes training predictions pre-fight hype and discussions about the opponents. As with other books in the In the Ring series this book also discusses the context of the times the color line and race in boxing and society (offering the perspectives of both white and black-owned newspapers) World War I Dempseys personal and managerial choices and how these topics affected the sport and Dempseys life and career. Even new facts about the controversial Jim Flynn fight are revealed. Boxing fans will obtain knowledge and insight into Jack Dempsey like never before. 560 pages with over 550 rare photos illustrations cartoons and fight advertisements. Adam J. Pollacks In the Ring With series on the heavyweight champions of the gloved era also includes books on John L. Sullivan James J. Corbett Bob Fitzsimmons James J. Jeffries Marvin Hart Tommy Burns and Jack Johnson.Adam J. Pollack is a boxing referee judge and member of the Boxing Writers Association of America. He also is an attorney practicing law in Iowa City Iowa.