Jack Dempsey, Maybe The Best Ever
His parents were hard working Mormon converts, and his ancestry included Scottish, Irish, Cherokee, and Jewish blood. He says he had to fight to fit in, and he meant it.
“l was a miner and l was a cowboy, but mostIy l was a hobo. l fought wherever l couId -in the schooI haIIs, outside saIoons, any pIace they were putting up a purse. l once waIked more than thirty miIes across the desert to GoIdfieId, Nevada, so l couId fight for twenty bucks.
l got beat a Iot. l improved. But l rememb…
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