boxer was in the US forces in WW2, had broken both his hands at some time boxing in France, and later became heavyweight champ. who was he? i dont know the answer. those facts may have gotten a little mixed up.
hmm, it can only be Ezzard Charles, Jersey joe Walcott or Rocky Marciano, they are the only ones old enough to have fought in WWII and "later" become champs Floyd Patterson was 9 when the war ended
other possible facts: he was formerly an attacking slugger, but became a boxer after breaking his hands. he beat someone called 'jack' in a high-profile fight (dempsey? johnson? sharkey?). his name may sound something like 'ginis'. some or all of these clues might be off. this account has been translated from a chinese article, the writer of which probably knew nothing at all about boxing (even less than me) and messed up on some of them.
gene tunney? was in the marines in WW1, beat jack dempsey, fought in france, apparently like i said, the account is probably off, wouldn't surprise me if writer had said WWII when it's actually WWI does tunney sound like the closest, given all those clues?
Well Tunney was most definitely a decorated military boxer for the Marines during World War I. That would make the most sense as he's probably the most well known military boxer ever............though Leon Spinks might argue that. Don't know why a Chinese writer who doesn't know boxing would come up with something that obscure about Ezzard Charles to be honest.
Don't know about heavyweight champ unless it was the European heavyweight champ. George Carpentier perhaps? Also, if it wasn't a heavyweight champ then it could definitely describe Marcel Cerdan who served in WW2, broke his hand against Holman Williams, and was a middleweight champ.
good stuff. i'm going with tunney, ww1, and dempsey the 'jack' he beat. it's just a trashy self-help book, only going to be marketed to chinese students trying to practise their english.
