Jack Dempsey, the Manassa Mauler

by Randy W. Roberts

Book Overview

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807111619
• ISBN13: 9780807111611
• Release Date: January 1984
• Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
• Length: 314 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.7" x 6.1"

Customer Reviews

The manassa mauler

Jack Dempsey has always been my favorite boxer, , Randy Roberts did his home work before writing this wonderful book. He went into great detail, when Dempsey fought Firpo ,and when he lost his title to Gene Tunney.Anyone who enjoys reading about heavyweight champions from the past, will really love this book. i still go back and read my favorite chapters over again. Kenny Hetrick

A solidly written biography

Jack Dempsy: The Manassa Mauler by Randy Roberts (Professor of History, Purdue University) is a solidly written biography of the famous Heavyweight Champion of the World who held that title from 1919 to 1926. From Jack Dempsy's childhood and his rough-and-tumble beginning of a boxing career at 16; to his rise to the top -- and eventual defeat; to his retirement from boxing in 1940 with sixty-four victories (forty-nine of them by knockout), and more, Jack Dempsy: The Manassa Mauler is an excellent and very highly recommended contribution to Professional Boxing History, and a "must read" biography for dedicated fans of "the sweet science".