Storyline

Because boxing is a considered an illegal and disreputable enterprise in 1880's San Francisco, wealthy and influential members of the prestigious Olympic Club vow to make the sport a "gentlemanly" one. They sponsor a brash, extroverted young bank clerk named Jim Corbett, who quickly becomes an accomplished fighter under the new Marquis of Queensbury Rules. Despite his success, the young Irish-American's social pretensions and boastful manner soon estrange him from his benefactors, who plot to give their conceited former protégé a well-deserved comeuppance. Despite this, his dazzlingly innovative footwork helps him to beat a succession of bigger and stronger men, and he finally finds himself fighting for the world's championship against his childhood idol, John L. Sullivan.—duke1029

Plot Keywords

auction, benefactor, new orleans louisiana, train, salt lake city utah, riverboat, breaking the fourth wall, blackface, irish american, boxing, auctioneer, racial stereotype, anger, trickery, telegram, cigar smoking, knocked out, drunkenness, male female relationship, friendship

Short Review

It's all around excellent entertainment and I hope you'll take it in.

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