JUNE 2005
Poem of the Month
By Tom Smario
Cinderella Man
Book Excerpt by Mike DeLisa
Entertaining Fighters and Prospects
By Adam
Pollack
Fatty Langtry: Pudgy
Pugilist of the Past
By Robert Carson
John Klein: 19th-Century
Trainer
Extraordinaire
By Pete Ehrmann
Ring Leader
By Ron Lipton
Incentives in Professional
Boxing Contracts
By Rafael Tenorio
Fight Town
Book Excerpt by Tim Dahlberg
The Regulation of Boxing
on Tribal
Lands:
Towards a Pan-Indian
Boxing Commission
By James
Alexander
Spotlight on Cut Man Lenny DeJesus
By Sam
Gregory
Dick Wipperman
by Pete Ehrmann
Jack Johnson: The Dates,
the Events, the Sources
by Stuart Templeton
Touching Gloves with...
"Irish" Art Hafey
by
Dan Hanley
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'CINDERELLA MAN'
By Mike DeLisa
Chapter 7
The Corn Is Green
The New York Boxing Commission released Jim Braddock's purse for the Abe Feldman bout only after he convinced
them that he had actually broken his hand. But his recent string of poor performances led the Commission to
suggest, strongly, that Braddock seek another line of work. The seriousness of this suggestion
was confirmed just a few weeks later when German heavyweight Walter Neusel traveled to the
United States for the first time, having been booked for his American debut at the Ridgewood
Grove in Brooklyn. Neusel's representatives wanted a "safe" fight for him, but one against an
opponent with at least some name recognition.
To download this chapter from Cinderella Man,
click here (requires
adobe acrobat).
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