CONTENTS	12
	INTRODUCTION “MORE THAN A PRIZEFIGHT”	16
	1 DOWN BUT NOT OUT: BOXING IN THE GREAT DEPRESSION	22
	2 COMING OFF THE CANVAS: THE RENAISSANCE OF BOXING IN THE GREAT DEPRESSION	52
	3 MAX SCHMELING’S SIEG—EIN DEUTSCHER SIEG (MAX SCHMELING’S VICTORY—A GERMAN VICTORY)	86
	4 THE BRADDOCK AFFAIR AND THE COLOR LINE	118
	5 THE GREATEST FIGHT OF OUR GENERATION	149
	6 THIS IS THE ARMY	181
	7 LAST ROUNDS	214
	EPILOGUE WINNERS AND LOSERS	238
	NOTES	248
	INDEX	282