The Whitechapel Whirlwind: The Jack Kid Berg Story

by John Harding

Jack Kid Berg dominated boxing in the early 1930s like no other British-born boxer before or since. Born of immigrant Russian-Jewish parents, he grew up in the East End of London, gaining a fearsome reputation for scrapping in the streets of Whitechapel. Berg's American battles with Tony Canzoneri and Kid Chocolate gained him worldwide fame. His 1930 victory over Mushy Callahan made him world junior welterweight champion, and he won the British lightweight...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1785314432
• ISBN13: 9781785314438
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Pitch Publishing
• Length: 256 Pages