Carefully documents the ruin waiting for almost all those ill-advised enough to become professional boxers
Jeffrey T. Sammons is a professor of history at New York University. He is the coauthor of Harlem's Rattlers and the Great War: The Undaunted 369th Regiment and the African American Quest for Equality.
"Carefully documents the ruin waiting for almost all those
ill-advised enough to become professional boxers. He confirms all
the legends, of crime, of swindling, of the miserable economic
rewards allotted to the vast majority of fighters . . . the
traditional racism of the American ring. . . . No one, reading
Sammons, can doubt that it is evil."--Times Literary Supplement
"Insightful, enjoyable, and stimulating. . . . Should be read by
anyone wishing to gain a better understanding of the role that
boxing has played in shaping American attitudes and
values."--Journal of Southern History
"Carefully documents the ruin waiting for almost all those
ill-advised enough to become professional boxers. He confirms all
the legends, of crime, of swindling, of the miserable economic
rewards allotted to the vast majority of fighters . . . the
traditional racism of the American ring. . . . No one, reading
Sammons, can doubt that it is evil."--Times Literary
Supplement
"Insightful, enjoyable, and stimulating. . . . Should be read by
anyone wishing to gain a better understanding of the role that
boxing has played in shaping American attitudes and
values."--Journal of Southern History
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