Jack Dempsey, the all-time heavyweight champion has written the classic book on boxing revealing his winning secrets. Clearly written and illustrated this book instructs the reader in theory, training, and application of powerful punching, aggressive defence, proper stance, feinting, footwork, and Jack Dempsey's personal formual for success.; ; "The most thorough study ever made by any prominent fighter of his own techniques."; ; "I was confident that I could take the rawest beginner, or even an experienced fighter, and teach him exaclty what self-defence was all about."-Jack Dempsey

Contents; ; Chapter 1 Explosives at Toledo; Chapter 2 Good and bad Toledo aftermaths; Chapter 3 Punchers are made; not born; Chapter 4 Why I wrote this book; Chapter 5 Differences between fist-fighting and boxing; Chapter 6 You're the Kayo kid; Chapter 7 What is a punch?; Chapter 8 The falling step; Chapter 9 The power line; Chapter 10 Relaying and exploding; Chapter 11 Stance; Chapter 12 Footwork; Chapter 13 Range; Chapter 14 Straight punching from the whirl; Chapter 16 Hooking; Chapter 17 Uppercuts; Chapter 18 Punch ranks first; Chapter 19 Your sparmate; Chapter 20 General defence and blocking; Chapter 21 Deflection; Chapter 22 Evasion; Chapter 23 Feinting and drawing; Chapter 24 Training; Chapter 25 How to watch a fight