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"Siki’s story is quite a remarkable one, and Benson has done a fine job of digging out that story. . . . [It] sheds considerable light not only on boxing and American sport in the twentieth century, but also on the issue of race, and those shifting boundaries of nations and colonies." —Elliott Gorn, author of THE MANLY ART: BARE-KNUCKLE PRIZE FIGHTING IN AMERICA
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Book Description Hardback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days. Battling Siki was once one of the four or five most recognizable black men in the world, and was written about in detail by such figures as Ring Lardner and his son John, Damon Runyon, and Westbrook Pegler. On the evening of December 15, 1925, at the age of 28, he was shot and killed in Hell's Kitchen in what some claimed was a gangland execution. Seller Inventory # B9781557288165
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