Bareknuckle: Memoirs of the Undefeated Champion

by Bartley Gorman

Overview

Born into a community of Irish travelers, Bartley Gorman is known as one of the greatest bare-knuckle fighters of all time.
Through Gorman1s memoirs the reader gets a front row view of the punches exchanged in back parking lots and fair grounds, the gritty characters populating the fight circles, and the hazards facing a sought after champion.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781590203903
Publisher:	The Overlook Press
Publication date:	08/30/2011
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	5.30(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

Table of Contents

Prologue v

Chapter 1 In the Days of Giants 1

Chapter 2 Born to Fight 22

Chapter 3 Coming of Age 39

Chapter 4 Big Just 53

Chapter 5 A Band of Gypsies 65

Chapter 6 Unlicensed 83

Chapter 7 King of the Gypsies 103

Chapter 8 Streetfighting Man 115

Chapter 9 Massacre on St Leger Day 138

Chapter 10 Bad Times 155

Chapter 11 The Battle of Longrake Mine 171

Chapter 12 Suicide Fighters 187

Chapter 13 Fight at Sam's Funeral 206

Chapter 14 The American Killer 223

Chapter 15 The Outlaw 238

Chapter 16 The Unforgiven 249

Appendix 265

Tribute 280