The million dollar man: Jack Dempsey

"Jack Dempsey was instrumental in creating the first million-dollar gate. That momentous event occurred in 1921 when he faced Georges Carpentier, the French light heavyweight champion. Dempsey went on to annihilate his opponent. Four more million-dollar gates would occur over the next several y...

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1. Verfasser: Brennan, Thomas 1953- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Berkeley, California Regent Press [2017]
Ausgabe:First edition
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Zusammenfassung:"Jack Dempsey was instrumental in creating the first million-dollar gate. That momentous event occurred in 1921 when he faced Georges Carpentier, the French light heavyweight champion. Dempsey went on to annihilate his opponent. Four more million-dollar gates would occur over the next several years due primarily to Dempsey's savagery in the ring. Jack Dempsey is America's first mega sports hero. His style of boxing had never been seen before in the annals of pugilism. No other sports figure was as commercially successful or caused as much controversy and hysteria as Jack Dempsey did in the 1920s."...book cover
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-266) and index
Beschreibung:272 Seiten Illustrationen 22 cm
ISBN:9781587904011

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