"For seven years and two months in the days that followed World War I, Jack Dempsey, with his swarthy brow, his fierce good looks, and his matchless dedication to the kill, was heavyweight champion of the world. He was the wild and raucous champion of the wild and raucous 1920s, when Al Capone ran free, jazzmen trumpeted a new night music, women smoked cigarettes in public, and people talked about free love but couldn't buy a legal drink." "A Flame...