Jem mace autobiography in five short
Jem mace autobiography in five short sentences!
Master of the Ring
Showman, lover, globetrotter, world champion: Jem Mace was one of the most remarkable men of the Victorian era.
Born in rural poverty, he achieved international fame, crossing continents and oceans to promote himself and his sport as both theatre and entertainment.
Jem mace autobiography in five short
He became the original world titleholder, the first global sporting hero and the father of modern boxing. His genius lay in his fists. Mace was one of the greatest fighters to have ever lived, a defensive master who could knock men cold with a single punch.
Having left his Norfolk home for life as an itinerant musician, he took up the outlawed prize ring and beat far bigger opponents with his skill and trickery.
He bought a circus, challenged any man to last three rounds with him – and flattened all comers. His use of padded gloves and the ten-count preceded the Queensberry Rules.
Prosecuted by Scotland Yard, Mace sailed for America, where he won the world title and narrowly escaped murder by gangst