Battling Siki: A Tale of Ring Fixes, Race, and Murder in the 1920s by Peter Benson

Battling Siki: A Tale of Ring Fixes, Race, and Murder in the 1920s

Peter Benson

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Battling Siki (1887-1925) was once one of the four or five most recognizable black men in the world, and was written about in detail by such figures as Ring Lardner and his son John, Damon Runyon, and Westbrook Pegler. One can find his legacy in t...

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