FIGHT CARD: KING OF THE OUTBACK REVIEWED BY ROUGH EDGES!

FIGHT CARD: KING OF THE OUTBACK REVIEWED BY ROUGH EDGES!

JAMES REASONER GIVES FIGHT CARD: KING OF THE OUTBACK A GREAT REVIEW OVER AT HIS ROUGH EDGES BLOG . . .

The great Fight Card series goes international with King Of The Outback, which is set in Australia. Another difference is that for the first time the narrator isn't a boxer but rather the trainer for a traveling tent show of fighters. Yack, as he's known, is an American who stayed in Australia after recovering there from wounds he received fighting in the South Pacific during World War II. The star of the traveling troupe is an aborigine named Tommy King, the so-called King of the Ring.

Not surprisingly, there's a dangerous rivalry between the show Yack works for and another troupe of boxers that's backed by the local crime syndicate. That rivalry escalates into open warfare. Throw in a boxing kangaroo, a whole tribe of aborigines, arson, a crooked referee, and it all builds to a very satisfying climax that has a nice epic feel to it.

The author behind the Jack Tunney house-name this time around is David James Foster, and while I'm not familiar with his work, he does a fine job of mixing local color, good characters, humor, and plenty of pugilistic action.  Fight Card is one of the most consistently entertaining e-book series out there, and King Of The Outback is a worthy entry indeed.  Recommended.

FIGHT CARD: KING OF THE OUTBACK ~ AVAILABLE NOW!

FIGHT CARD: KING OF THE OUTBACK ~ AVAILABLE NOW!

WE’RE EXTREMELY EXCITED ABOUT THIS MONTH’S FIGHT CARD ENTRY, KING OF THE OUTBACK FROM AUSTRALIAN AUTHOR DAVID FOSTER (WRITING AS JACK TUNNEY), AS IT IS THE FIRST FIGHT CARD NOVEL WITH AN INTERNATIONAL SETTING.  CONTAINING THE SAME GREAT CHARACTERS AND FISTIC PULP ACTION READERS HAVE COME TO EXPECT FROM THE FIGHT CARD SERIES, KING OF THE OUTBACK, TRANSPORTS US TO A HARSH 1950’S AUSTRALIAN LANDSCAPE – WHERE THE FISTS ARE AS TOUGH AS THE LAND AND THE TIMES, YET HUMOR AND COMPASSION CAN STILL BE FOUND.  IF YOU ARE NEW TO THE FIGHT CARD SERIES, KING OF THE OUTBACK IS A GREAT PLACE TO START BEFORE GOING BACK TO CATCH UP ON ALL THE OTHER GREAT FIGHT CARD TALES . . . IN THE MONTHS TO COME, LOOK FOR MORE HARD-PUNCHING FIGHT CARD NOVELS, SET BOTH BACK HOME IN THE USA AND INTERNATIONALLY ... FIGHT CARD: KING OF THE OUTBACK DELIVERS A KNOCKOUT PUNCH!

FIGHT CARD: KING OF THE OUTBACK

Outback Australia 1954

Two rival tent boxing troupes clash over a territorial dispute in the Outback town of Birdsville. In the sweltering heat, tensions simmer, tempers flare, and as things reach boiling point, a boxing tent is burned to the ground.

Fighting men know only one way to solve their disputes, and that’s in the ring. The solution, a show-down, smack-down, winner take all bout between the two rival outfits.

In the blue corner, representing ‘Walter Wheeler’s Boxing Sideshow’ is Tommy King, a young aboriginal boxer with a big heart and iron fists.

In the red corner, representing ‘Arnold Sanderson’s Boxing Show’, is ‘Jumpin’ Jack Douglas, a monstrous wrecking machine from the city – a man who’ll do anything to win.

The fight – brutal. In the world of Tent Boxing, in the harsh Australian Outback, weight divisions and rules don’t count for much. It’s a fight to decide, who is indeed, King of the Outback!

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FIGHT CARD: KING OF THE OUTBACK PROMO!

FIGHT CARD: KING OF THE OUTBACK PROMO!

WHILE RESEARCHING FIGHT CARD: KING OF THE OUTBACK, WE FOUND OUT A LOT ABOUT THE CRUELTY OF USING BOXING KANGAROOS BACK IN THE '50S ... AND, WHILE THERE IS A BOXING KANGAROO IN KING OF THE OUNTBACK, WE THINK YOU'LL FIND IT A SYMPATHETIC AND ULTIMATELY UPLIFTING SUB-PLOT ...

DAVID FOSTER GIVES US THE LOWDOWN ON BOXING KANGAROOS ON HIS BLOG, PERMISSION TO KILL, IN PREPARATION FOR THE LAUNCH OF FIGHT CARD: KING OF THE OUTBACK . . .

Obviously fighting a kangaroo is, well in my onion, pretty barbaric really – and certainly not politically correct today. But it was a common practice for Australian carnivals and circuses to have such an attraction in days gone by . . .

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FIGHT CARD: KING OF THE OUTBACK PROMO!

FIGHT CARD: KING OF THE OUTBACK PROMO!

DAVID FOSTER HAS POSTED PART 2 OF THE OUTBACK FIGHT CLUB DOCUMENTARY ON HIS PERMISSION TO KILL BLOG AS PART OF THE PROMO FOR THE UPCOMING FIGHT CARD NOVEL: KING OF THE OUTBACK . . .

 . . . Part 2 of the documentary about Fred Brophy’s Boxing Troupe. As I mentioned yesterday, King of the Outback is set in the world of tent boxing in the 1950s. What this contemporary documentary doesn’t show, is the large amount of aboriginal men who would work the tent boxing circuit as fighters but in the past (probably from the 1920s right through to 1980s) . . .

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FIGHT CARD: KING OF THE OUTBACK PROMO!

FIGHT CARD: KING OF THE OUTBACK PROMO!

IN PREPARTION FOR THE RELEASE OF THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL FIGHT CARD NOVEL, KING OF THE OUTBACK, DAVID FOSTER GIVES US THE LOWDOWN, OVER AT HIS PERMISSION TO KILL BLOG, ON RUBIN ‘HURRICANE’ CARTER AS IMMORTALIZED BY BOB DYLAN . . .

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FIGHT CARD: KING OF THE OUTBACK PROMO!

FIGHT CARD: KING OF THE OUTBACK PROMO!

IN PREPARATION FOR THE MAY FIGHT CARD RELEASE (THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL FIGHT CARD OFFERING) OF, KING OF THE OUTBACK,

DAVID FOSTER OVER AT HIS BLOG, PERMISSION TO KILL, HAS POSTED PART ONE OF A DOCUMENTARY ON THE AUSTRALIAN OUTBACK FIGHT CLUB, AKA: TENT BOXING . . .

. . . King of the Outback, which is released later this month, is set in the world of outback tent boxing. As tent boxing is pretty much unique to Australia, a brief lesson is probably in order.

[On the bolg] in four snippets, is Part 1 of a documentary about Fred Brophy, who ran the last boxing tent in the world. As you’ll see, tent boxing is very different to traditional ring boxing – and at times, a pretty tough life for the fighters involved . . .

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ROUGH EDGES REVIEWS FIGHT CARD: HARD ROAD!

ROUGH EDGES REVIEWS FIGHT CARD: HARD ROAD!

JAMES REASONER PUNCHES IN ON THE LATEST FIGHT CARD ENTRY, HARD ROAD, OVER AT HIS ROUGH EDGES BLOG . . .

The latest entry in the Fight Card series continues the string of overall excellence in this on-going project masterminded by Paul Bishop and Mel Odom. HARD ROAD, which was written by Kevin Michaels under the Jack Tunney house-name, is the story of Roberto Varga, another two-fisted graduate of St. Vincent's Orphanage in Chicago . . . I'm not familiar with Kevin Michaels or his work, but he does a fine job in HARD ROAD, handling not only the fight scenes with polished ease but also the quieter, more emotional moments as well. He captures the 1957 setting vividly, too, and I really enjoyed his style . . .

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P2K REVIEWS FIGHT CARD: HARD ROAD!

P2K REVIEWS FIGHT CARD: HARD ROAD!

DAVID FOSTER, SOON TO HAVE HIS OWN NOVELIST DEBUT WITH FIGHT CARD: KING OF THE OUTBACK, GIVES US THE LOWDOWN ON THE CURRENT FIGHT CARD ENTRY . . . FIGHT CARD: HARD ROAD . . .

. . . If you have been reading the Fight Card series (and I like to think you are), then you will have noticed that the first four books are set in 1954. I haven’t asked why this is, but I do have a theory – not a very good one, but it’s worth a shot. Here it is.

On March 19, 1954, Joey Giardello knocked out Willie Tory at Madison Square Garden, in what was the first televised boxing prize fight to be shown in color.

Boxing had long been popular, but imagine watching boxing on your television screen, in your own home – in colour. It was a whole new world! Boxing came alive.

Hard Road is set three years later, in 1957. A lot had happened in those three years – chief among them was ‘Rock ‘n Roll’. Boxing now had colour and a beat, and author Kevin Michaels serves up a hard punching tale, set to a hip swiveling soundtrack . . .

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Atlantic City, 1957

Professional boxers Roberto Varga and Michael Boyle were once pals growing up at St. Vincent’s Asylum for Boys in Chicago. Under the guidance of Father Tim, the fighting priest, they learned values, respect, responsibility, and how to fight fair.

But those lessons didn’t stick with Boyle. Two years after leaving St. Vincent’s, Boyle and Varga face-off in the ring with Boyle pounding out a bloody, lopsided decision, Varga swore wasn’t on the up and up.

In the seven years since, their careers have taken different paths. Guided by unscrupulous manager Tommy Domino, Boyle is positioned for a title shot against Sugar Ray Robinson. Varga, however, has struggled in a career still haunted by the bloody loss to Boyle.

When the boxer scheduled to fight Boyle in Atlantic City breaks his hand two weeks before the fight, Domino scrambles for a replacement. He finds Varga toiling in a Philadelphia gym and offers him the rematch Varga has been waiting years to get. For Varga, it’s a chance to finally even the score, a chance to get the title shot he’s always dreamed about. But Boyle is not the only formidable foe aligned against Varga.

Redemption comes at a bloody price – a price perhaps too high for Varga to pay …

FIGHT CARD: COUNTERPUNCH ~ P2K REVIEW!

FIGHT CARD: COUNTERPUNCH ~ P2K REVIEW!

DAVID FOSTER PULLS NO PUNCHES IN HIS REVIEW OF FIGHT CARD: COUNTERPUNCH OVER AT HIS BLOG, PERMISSION TO KILL . . .

…Of the elements I have enjoyed about the Fightcard series so far, is the diversity of the stories. Each writer has brought something new to the plate. If you’ll forgive the cinematic comparisons – but totally appropriate, because the stories are very cinematic – Felony Fists was like a cross between LA Confidential and Rocky – The Cutman was like a wartime Robert Mitcham film, crossed with the Godfather Part II – and Split Decision was like The Grapes of Wrath crossed with Robert Siodmak’s The Killers.

What does Counterpunch remind me of? The Big Heat. Fritz Lang’s The Big Heat, starring Glenn Ford as a relentless police detective, Dan Bannion, is one of my favourite crime films from the 1950s. Counterpunch shares more than a few similarities. At the start of The Big Heat, Bannion shares a steak and a beer with his wife. In Counterpunch, after winning a fight, Danny would always head back to Packy’s for a steak and a beer. Another similarity, is the almost relentless decency, that both men share, despite being drawn in to a corrupt world. And both men, refuse to back down, fighting for what is right – their way …

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FIGHT FICTION: KING CRUSH!

FIGHT FICTION: KING CRUSH!

JAMES SCOTT BELL

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AN IRISH JIMMY GALLAGHER FISTICUFF . . .

He didn't want a fight, but there are some fights you can't walk away from...

Irish Jimmy Gallagher just wanted to have a little fun at a carnival with his best girl, Ruby, and his bulldog, Steve. He wasn't looking for trouble.

But sometimes trouble comes looking for Jimmy Gallagher.

It's 1955, and Jimmy is a boxer who makes hay in the club smokers and a legit fight when he can. But Ruby, a waitress at Charley's diner, would like Jimmy to give up the fight game for good.

It's all cotton candy and hot dogs at the carnival, until they see a carny pug. That's a journeyman boxer who makes a living fighting all comers. It's not much of a life -- in fact, Jimmy did some time like that himself. But there's something about this boxer that will jolt Jimmy to the core and threaten to disrupt his life for good.

Irish Jimmy Gallagher is a new sensation and an old fashioned hero. "King Crush" is a 6300 word short story in the best tradition of the classic pulp boxing stories. Here is a fighter who is quick with a jab and with a laugh.

But if you cheat him, all bets are off.

"Vintage Los Angeles, '50s pulp fiction, it's both a complete tale ... and an open door to more adventures with Jimmy Gallagher, the pugilist who throws punches with Irish wit and wisdom." - Reader review of "Iron Hands"

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IRON HANDS

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His name is Irish Jimmy Gallagher, and he checks in at 6'3" and 225 pounds. A boxer with dancing green eyes and a wit born of the Blarney Stone, Jimmy is a hell of a fella, quick with a laugh and quicker with the jab.

But if you foul him, stand back, because all the laughs will die in fury.

It's Los Angeles, 1955. A time of relative peace in the nation. The Korean War has ended, Eisenhower is in the White House and in the City of Angels life goes on.

And down by the river is a "smoker," a privately set-up boxing match where Jimmy hopes to make a couple hundred bucks. With his girl, Ruby, waiting tables at Charley's, Jimmy can always use a little extra scratch. What he can't abide is a mobster trying to fix a fight. But what can one man do against a local crime boss and his team of thugs? Especially after they've arranged to have Jimmy Gallagher clobbered by Iron Hands?

This 5700 word story is written in the style of the old action pulp magazines of the 1930s.

SPANISH FIGHT PULPS!

SPANISH FIGHT PULPS!

Fight Fictioner and Fight Card fan Gonzalo Baeza forwarded me some great covers of Spanish fight pulps from the late ‘30s and early ‘40s, part of the First Novel Series Sports originally published in Argentina. There were 44 different titles, 16 published in Spain, featuring all different sports, including boxing. The tales are written by Joseph Mallorquí Figuerola, better known for his Zorro-like westerns featuring The Coyote.

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ROUGH EDGES REVIEWS FIGHT CARD: COUNTERPUNCH!

ROUGH EDGES REVIEWS FIGHT CARD: COUNTERPUNCH!

JAMES REASONER WEIGHS IN ON THE LATEST FIGHT CARD NOVEL . . .

…There's a strong thread of decency and humanity that runs through all of Dundee's work, and it's certainly present here. Danny Dugronski is a fine hero, a strong man who won't let obstacles get in the way of him doing what he thinks is right. There's also plenty of action, as Counterpunch opens and closes with a pair of epic battles in the ring. If you haven't sampled the FIGHT CARD series yet, this one is an excellent place to start, and if you've read and enjoyed the others, don't hesitate to grab this one, too. I had a great time reading it …

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THE LATEST FIGHT CARD NOVEL, COUNTERPUNCH, FROM HARDBOILED AUTHOR WAYNE D. DUNDEE WRITING AS JACK TUNNEY ...

Danny Dugronski has been a fighter all his life.

As an orphan at St. Vincent's Asylum for Boys, he first learned the "sweet science" of boxing from Father Tim, the battling priest. Then the Marine Corps taught him far more lethal fighting tactics before shipping him off to do battle in the hell of the South Pacific.

Now, with World War II over, Danny "The Duke" has returned home and earned a respectable ranking as a regional heavyweight in the Milwaukee area. But his record, free of KO losses, is jeopardized by a mob front man who tries to push him into a series of rigged fights.

When Danny refuses, hard push comes to deadly shove, and he must call upon all his fighting skills to stand his ground. And when Danny comes out swinging, he’s determined to put the mob down for the count.

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About a month ago, I got on a kick. I wanted to find some other fight fiction from the Pulp days. So, I did some searches, but really couldn’t find anything in the public domain (finances being what they are). Then, on Amazon, I stumbled across the Fight Card books. At the time, the first two were free, so I grabbed them. And I absolutely DO NOT regret that ...

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