by Bartley Gorman with Peter Walsh
Bartley Gorman was the greatest bare knuckle fighter of modern times. He reigned as King of the Travellers for twenty years, beating all comers in illegal fighting contests staged in racetracks, warehouses, campsites and car parks. He fought with honour and pride, becoming a legend in the travelling community and the underworld.In this hard hitting autobiography, completed hours before his death, he reveals the secret world of bare knuckle fighting and recalls his violent fights with professional boxers, martial artists, street-fighters and so-called suicide fighters. His extraordinary memoirs offer a rare insight into a hidden world. Gorman tells an uncompromising but touching story of a man compelled by the weight of his own violent family history to fight and suffer pain. He reveals the secret lineage of the gypsy champions and unveils never-before-seen photographs of the top fighting men of today. Gorman’s extraordinary memoirs offer a rare insight into a hidden side of Irish life, from the duels his ancestors initiated in the bars of Dublin to the battles that still rage in the travelling community all over Ireland.
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