Battling Siki

No man ever came out of Africa who had a more dramatic life or had a more tragic ending." - Rev. Adam Clayton Powell, at Siki's funeral

"That extraordinary Sengalese." - Henry Miller, from Plexus

"Ever since colonialism has existed, the Whites have been paid to bash in the faces of the Blacks. For once a Black has been paid to do the same thing to a White." - Ho Chi Minh, from About Siki

"One of the most comprehensive and intriguing boxing biographies in recent memory, and deserves high marks for refurbishing the image of a worthwhile and worthy champion." - Peter Ehrmann, The Ring

"Has all the elements of a Shakespearean tragedy set in the Roaring Twenties." - Thomas Hauser, author of Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times

"A tremendous book and useful to understanding race, sports, and crime in the 1920s." - Sport History Review