In the Ring With Jack Dempsey - Part III: The Championship and Beyond

By Adam J. Pollack

In the Ring With Jack Dempsey – Part III: The Championship and Beyond by Adam J. Pollack continues the story of Jack Dempsey’s life and career following his 1923 title defense against Luis Firpo. As usual, readers will enjoy descriptions of Dempsey’s fights, training, sparring, exhibitions, the pre-fight hype, predictions, pre- and post-fight analysis, discussion of his potential opponents and their careers, with heavy emphasis on Gene Tunney, Harry Wills, Jack Sharkey, Harry Greb, and others. Also included are the economics, negotiations, controversies, legal, political, and racial obstacles in making the Harry Wills fight, multiple court battles, Dempsey’s personal life, long layoff, and more. Hundreds of rare photos are included. 598 pages based on primary sources, concluding the three-part series of the most thorough books ever written on Jack Dempsey’s life and career.

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REVIEWS

C. Owens
5.0 out of 5 stars, Verified Purchase

Excellent

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 4, 2024
I’m a huge Dempsey fan and have read every book I could find always pointing to a Flame of Pure Fire as the best book on Dempsey because it just took the best parts of all of Dempsey’s autobiographies and put them into one book but this collection of three books are by far my favourite now. So in-depth and with a load of rare photos goes well beyond anyone else’s biography on the great fighter. Definitely a must have for any lover of boxing history and for a Dempsey fan. I predict these will be extremely valuable in the future, so get your first editions while you can.

MR. M. DAWSON
5.0 out of 5 stars

KO

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 7, 2024
Verified Purchase
The 3rd entry in the series covering Jack Dempsey’s career inside and outside of the ring is another highly detailed look with hundreds of stories ive never read before and photographs ive never seen.Wikipedia isnt big enough to store this information.

I have learned a tremendous amount more about the man and the whole era throughout the series. These are essential books.

Well done and thank you Adam J Pollack.

Rudy V. Rodriguez
5.0 out of 5 stars
Reviewed in the United States on October 23, 2024
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great book! tons of photos some are clear and some are fuzzy. lots of information. i have books 1&2. if you are a dempsey fan; the whole collection is worth the swing price!!

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