It shouldn’t have ended the way it did. Not at that juncture of their careers. In July of 1927, aspiring heavyweight contender Jack Sharkey should have had his way with former champ Jack Dempsey. He ...
Jack Sharkey was irritated last Thursday when rain fell just long enough to cause a postponement of his fight with Campolo. He had been in good spirits all day. Training is an odd process with Sharkey ...
TO those critics who habitually, and often correctly, deride the boxing business and point out its flaws, it must have seemed odd to find the sporting circles of this nation stirring with excitement ...