What is the use of having right on your side if you have not got might?
—Henrik Ibsen, An Enemy of the People 1
It was billed as simply “The Fight.” It sold out Madison Square Garden’s nearly 21,000-seat capacity a full month in advance and featured premium tickets at then record-setting prices of $150. 2 It left some A-list celebrities, like former vice president of the United States Hubert Humphrey and best-selling recording artist of the 20th century Bing Crosby relegated to the “cheap seats” or out in the cold, respectively. ...
