This book, a best-seller at $3.00, is the only pictorial history of the ring ever published. It is illustrated with more than 100 action-packed pictures, supplemented by 20,000 words of colorful, faet-filled text and captions. It tells the story of pugilism from its Greek beginnings through the gory battles of the cestus-wielding Romans, the bareknuckle bouts of the English turf, and the gloved bouts of today. More than a record of the ring, the book brings to life the personalities of the heavy. weight champions. Here are the fabulous stories of the greatest ring figures of all time – John L. Sullivan and his girl, Anne Livingstone, the burlesque queen; Gentleman Jim Corbett, the ex-bank clerk; Ruby Bob Fitzsimmons, who fought until he was 50; Jack Johnson, the first Negro heavyweight champion; Jack Dempsey and his nine-million dollar left; Gene Tunney, the Shakespeare-quoting champion; and Joe Louis, the incomparable Brown Bomber.

"Come Out Fighting is a book that anyone can read with interest and excitement," says Quentin Reynolds, famed Collier's sportswriter.