SCHMELING, Max.

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Mein Leben - Meine Kämpfe. First edition, signed by the author on the title page, of this memoir published in the year Schmeling defeated Jack Sharkey to become heavyweight champion of the world. "As his 1930 memoir makes plain, Schmeling hoped to adopt aspects of both Dempsey's and Tunney's techniques and methods - he was aiming, in a way, to become the ultimate "American" boxer, to outdo the Americans at their own game" (Hughes, p. 109).

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