[Illustration: Here bantam king Cohen and myself greet New York State Athletic Commissioner Julius Helfand upon his arrival in Paris for a meeting of the World Boxing Championship Committee in 1955.] [Illustration: This picture of my 1958 visit with Cuban Sports Commissioner, General Fernandez y Miranda, caused me considerable embarrassment when it appeared as part of a _Life_ Magazine feature article on gambling and gangsterism in Cuba. A long time sports friend, Miranda is also a Batista relative and in _Life_ was alleged to have interests in slot machines.] [Illustration: Here I am chatting with my life-long friend, Dan Daniel, at _The Ring_ offices. Dan and I have shared many an exciting moment through my more than fifty years of sports writing.] [Illustration: This is part of the Boxing Hall of Fame, which I organized in 1954 to commemorate the many truly great fighters of days gone by. Those of modern times are selected by the votes of a panel of more than 100 of the leading sports writers of the world. To be elected, a fighter must receive at least 75 percent of the total votes cast. The old timers are chosen by a panel of twenty veterans who have covered the sports field for forty or more years.] Books by Nat Fleischer _History_ THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONS FROM MILO TO LONDOS—_The History of Wrestling from 2000 B.C._ BLACK DYNAMITE—_A Five-Volume History of the Negro Race in Boxing_ THE RING RECORD BOOK AND ENCYCLOPEDIA—_14 Volumes_ _Biography_ RECKLESS LADY—_The Life Story of Adah Isaacs Menken and her Husband, John C. Heenan_ JOHN L. SULLIVAN—_The Champion of Champions_ GENTLEMAN JIM—_The Life Story of James J. Corbett_ TERRIBLE TERRY—_The Brooklyn Terror_ YOUNG GRIFFO—_Will O’ the Wisp of the Ring_ STANLEY KETCHEL—_The Michigan Assassin_ JACK MCAULIFFE—_The Napoleon of the Prize Ring_ LEONARD THE MAGNIFICENT JACK DEMPSEY—_The Idol of Fistiana_ GENE TUNNEY—_The Enigma of the Prize Ring_ MAX BAER—_The Glamour Boy_ THE JOE LOUIS LEGEND _Instruction_ COMMANDO STUFF MODERN WRESTLING TRAINING FOR BOXERS HOW TO BOX HOW TO JUDGE AND REFEREE A FIGHT BLOCKING, HITTING AND OTHER METHODS OF SELF-DEFENSE INDEX Abrams, Al, 271 Abramson, Jesse, 270 Adam Hats, 144-146 Ade, George, 269 Adulyadej, King Bhumibol, 5-6, 230 Akoose, Paul, 33 Albany Hotel (New York City), 110 Albertanti, Francis, 17, 47, 246, 264-265 Alberts, Jim, 33 Alger, Horatio, 55-56 Allen, Stonewall, 192-193 Almy, “Doc,” 59, 60, 270 Ambers, Lou, 143 Anderson, Andre, 188-189 Archibald, Joey, 218-221 Armstrong, Henry, 141-143, 282 Arnst, Dick, 237 Associated Press, 14, 15, 154, 269, 271 Astor, John Jacob, 16 Atlantic Gardens, 168, 190, 192 Attell, Abe, 171, 256, 279, 282 August, Jimmy, 276 Austin, Sam, 253 Azua, Ernesto, 222 Backer, George, 102-103, 105 Baer, Max, 147, 280 Bagley, Jim, 269