
In a world where prize‑fighting has been legalized but still lurks in the shadows of corruption, the Fight Commission summons a lone trainer known only as Charlie Jingle. The officials warn him that his license – and his livelihood – are on the line unless he cooperates, threatening to smear his name across the nation. Jingle, a small‑statured man with a reputation for honesty, faces a choice between a quiet, uncertain future and a dangerous partnership with the very authorities he distrusts.
The commission’s leader, Commissioner Jergen, paints a picture of a sport riddled with fixers, shysters, and illegal “Pug‑Factories” that profit from staged bouts. Jingle, who prides himself on training fighters from the ground up, is asked to help expose the syndicate that manipulates outcomes for profit. He knows the stakes personally: his own son, a hulking fighter nicknamed “Tank,” recently upset a heavily favored opponent under suspicious circumstances.
As Jingle weighs the offer, the tension between his love of the sport’s raw excitement and the moral cost of colluding with a compromised system becomes the story’s driving force. Listeners will be drawn into a gritty arena where loyalty, survival, and the fight for integrity clash in every punch.
Language
en
Duration
~1 hours (67K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
Release date
2019-07-31
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

A versatile writer with roots in New York theater and pulp fiction, he moved across forms with ease—creating plays, stories, and novels with a lively, accessible touch.
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