“There is no one I’d rather see licked than that lummox,” said the holder of a ringside seat ($22.50) as Jack Sharkey climbed through the ropes last week in Madison Square Garden, Manhattan, to fight ...

After two years of talk, delay, and a series of bouts that eliminated such contenders as Johnny Risko (tough Cleveland baker boy), Jack Delaney (gay Canadian), Tommy Loughran (a light heavyweight ...