King Of The Gypsies: Memoirs of the Undefeated Bareknuckle Champion of Great Britain and Ireland

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King Of The Gypsies: Memoirs of the Undefeated Bareknuckle Champion of Great Britain and Ireland

King Of The Gypsies: Memoirs of the Undefeated Bareknuckle Champion of Great Britain and Ireland

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Braggart, societal leader, and keeper of the culture-the King is a complex man with both a feral intelligence as well as a level of intellectual intelligence that is unexpected.

Gorman, now 56 and retired, lifts the lid on a dark but fascinating underworld, revealing for the first time the top fighting men of today with many never-before-seen photographs. Very good, i was half expecting this book to have been written by some thick necked half wit that is so common in the genre, but this was not the case.For the 2012 film The Dark Knight Rises, actor Tom Hardy revealed that he used Gorman's voice as one of the inspirations for the accent of Bane. The book then takes an autobiographical turn about Bartley's life which tends to focus more on the bouts than the man himself. I always found him a pleasure to talk to, intelligent and generous - a proud and honest man who lived a brutal life but had the strength of character not to force his son to carry on with the family tradition. Fantastic account of not only Bartley himself but the gypsy community in UK and Ireland that is all too often misunderstood and the target of prejudice. During these years, he fought down a mineshaft, in a quarry, at horse fairs, on campsites, in bars and clubs, and in the streets.

The same goes for those seeking revenge for the slightest infraction or a grudge held on someone else's behalf.All in all this was an excellent book on a culture that has survived, in some way or another, for over a thousand years and shows every sign of surviving for a thousand more. loved it, digging deep into the underworld of bare knuckle boxing, bringing to life characters by the narrators voice and actions!

The 1999 comedy drama A Room for Romeo Brass featuring Paddy Considine who played the part of Morrell based his accent on Gorman's. A rare glimpse into a secret world,” Bareknuckle celebrates one man’s mastery of fighting in its purest form and heralds the rebirth of one of the oldest combat sports in history ( The Independent on Sunday ). He also discusses his various business ventures as an unlicensed boxing promoter, scrap dealer, painter and creosoter, his family relationships, and the history of bare knuckle boxing going back some generations, including the different types of rules (from "a few" to "absolutely none.In one horrifying chapter, Gorman and his mates are attacked by a huge mob, beaten with pipes and sticks, hacked with broken bottles, and essentially left for dead.



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