When boxing was a Jewish sport
By: Allen Bodner ; foreword by Budd Schulberg.
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 207
Subjects: Jewish boxers -- United States -- Biography.; Boxing -- United States -- History.; Jewish boxers -- United States -- Interviews.
Description: The author reports on the many young Jewish fighters who began boxing for the money. In the 1920s and 1930s, "Jews were represented in almost every aspect of the sport, from manufacturing equipment to management."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-198) and index.