Gypsy Jem Mace

by Jeremy Poolman

A few miles from New Orleans, at LaSalle's Landing--in what is now the city of Kenner--stands a life-size bronze statue of two men in combat. One of them is the legendary Gypsy Jem Mace, the first Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the World and the last of the great bare-knuckle fighters. This is the story of Jem Mace's life. Born in Norfolk in 1931, between his first recorded fight, in October 1855, and his last--at the age of nearly 60--he became the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 023300503X
• ISBN13: 9780233005034
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Carlton Publishing Group
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 7.7"