‘There is no market so black as the fight market.’

It is August 30, 1937. In one corner stands the universally feared Joe Louis, World Heavyweight Champion. In the other stands the universally unfancied ex-miner, Tommy Farr. At home in Wales, there are thousands hoping against hope, their ears glued to the wireless, or straining to hear the loudspeakers specially set up for the occasion in pubs, parks and squares everywhere. What is more, there is a lot of good money – and plenty of bad money – riding on the result...

A Welshman in the Bronx is an illuminating and fanatically in-depth analysis of the six week build-up to this monumental showdown in New York City, examining the folklore that surrounded it by drawing on period sources, eye-witness accounts and archive material. It is also a fascinating portrait of the fight game itself, in all its ugly glory and brutal beauty..

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