Life, Battles and Career of Battling Nelson - Battling Nelson

Excerpt from Life, Battles and Career of Battling Nelson: Lightweight Champion of the World
Nelson is the fourth real lightweight champion since the peerless Jack McAuliffe retired with the title. The Durable One says he is worth a quarter of a million dollars, and does not care if he ever sees a glove again. He has always fought on the level, and says he would rather fight than eat. Withal he is intelligent and posseses more schooling than the average prize ring champion. He boasts of his record as a mathematician.
He began at the bottom of the pugilistic ladder and gradually worked his way up till he reached the pinnacle of success in the ring.
Bat has also written a special story - My Ring Experiences With the Negro Population.
In addition to Battling Nelson's own stories of his life, he has written a Synopsis of the two foremost cartoonists in the world - T. A. Dorgan known as TAD, Sporting Cartoonist of the New York Evening Journal, and Robert Edgren, known as Bob Edgren, Sporting Editor and Cartoonist of the New York Evening World.
There are also a few stones of the Battler's career that tell of the thrilling times he has had during his climb to the championship. They are reproduced in this book, word for word, as they were written by the authors.
The stories that appear are:
By John R. Robinson: Dr. Dudley A. Sergent's Examination - Nelson A Human Being.
By Bat: Synopsis of the Lightweight Champion.
By W. J. (Spike) Slattery: Fighting Dane Thrives on Punishment and Wears Down His Rival.
By John Wallace Crawford: Why Battling Nelson Fights.
By Jack London: Brain Beaten By Brute Force, or Nelson, "the Abysmal Brute," Beat Britt, the Intelligent Creature.
By Miss Etta Foster: How a Woman Views a Fight and Fighters.
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