Originally posted in 2010 James J. Corbett was born this day in 1866. Gentleman Jim’s profile was far from the usual one of a professional pugilist; in many ways it was more suited to his second career — that of a vaudeville monologist. College-educated and scientific in his technique, he was persuaded to leave his […]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:25AM on September 1, 2013