Interview: Author Roger Kahn discusses the boxing career of the late Jack Dempsey

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Interview: Author Roger Kahn discusses the boxing career of the late Jack Dempsey

Host: SCOTT SIMON Time: 12:00 Noon-1:00 PM

Unidentified Man: Ladies and gentlemen, main event, 10 rounds for the heavyweight championship of the world. Introducing, from Salt Lake City, Utah, Jack Dempsey.

(Soundbite of crowd)

SCOTT SIMON, host:

In the years in which America was just beginning to swagger, Jack Dempsey was the champion. He was an actual rail-riding hobo, never to be confused with a bum, who became a millionaire and ultimately a gentleman. He was the boxer who was ...

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