11 john calls the fight

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. prologue 1
4. a dirty sport 5
5. women 13
6. vos is dos 23
7. take me on 31
8. love me, love my cigar 43
9. a joy to be hidden 49
10. an endless scream 61
11. requiem for a heavyweight 73
12. risks 81
13. siblings 95
14. john calls the fight 101
15. making contact and collective rage 111
16. mind over matter 123
17. namesake 131
18. combat 137
19. pain and violent zen 145
20. annie oakley’s anxieties 153
21. still a man’s world 163
22. let my people box 173
23. poet laureate of plainview 181
24. coda 189
25. acknowledgments 195