Joe Louis - American Superman
Dear Patreon Boys,
The Great Depression saw a downturn in all leisure activities. Theatre, publishing, the movie industry, all took a dive. Boxing was no different. The people still wanted the sport and coverage in the papers was still popular, but few were willing to part with the money to go and watch the fights.
With the death of Tex Rickard, Mike Jacobs and James Johnston vied for control of the heavyweight division and, therefore, the box office. But with no champion able to hold the belt for more than a few months since the departure of Dempsey and Tunney, the division felt like a farce. That is until Mike Jacobs was approached by John Roxborough and Julian Black who insisted that they had a young, black heavyweight who was a sight to behold...
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Cheers,
Jack
Previous Episodes
Night of the Gracie Hunter
The Great Depression Hodgepodge
The Hunger of Jack Dempsey
Jack Johnson and the Colour Line
An UnAmerican Trilogy
The Four Pillars of Pugilism Part II: Mendoza and Jackson
The Four Pillars of Pugilism Part I: Figg and Broughton
Comments (12)
Are there literally no "Patreon Girls" following Jack?
Oh and as you're going along with boxing lectures, please don't miss Archie Moore! I know you're follow the HW title and he never won it, but the guy is far too fascinating both as a person and as a fighter to miss, right? Cheers!
Great podcast as always, Jack! As for the ideas about the next one: why not simply do one about Fedor? I know his career through and through, but I would happily listen to your opinions on everything about Fedor for an hour.
A few suggestions: Roberto Duran, Rocky Marciano, Archie Moore, Fedor. Keep up the great work.
Great work Jack! I first found you from your YouTube videos and love that your going back to it. I never understood why Fightland never let you do more of the ring craft series but at least your doing it now!
Or the Chute boxe and BTT and the rivalry between them as well as the development of mma in Brazil after the Gracie's.
If you wanna do mma history maybe the early unsung UFC champions, Carlos Newton, Ricco Rodriguez, Dave menne, Bustamante, Tanner, Jens, and Pat Mietich.
A Marcelo Garcia episode would be great imo but do what you wanna do jack
Still waiting for a catch-as-catch-can episode. Personally its one of my favorite topics and you've probably read a lot more on it than I have. Whatever you cover next I'm sure will be great.
Jack, great episode, but why no actual fight footage?
history episodes are getting better and bette. great job Jack
It's 4AM here and my phone goes off with a Pateron notification, Jack Slack has posted. Well, so much for sleep. Keep up the incredible work.