Boxing and the Mob explores the heavy influence of the mob on boxing in the 1930s through the early 1960s. It profiles boxers such as Abe Attell and Sonny Liston and infamous mobsters including Owney Madden and Frankie Carbo. In addition, this book details many of the most notorious fixed boxing matches in the sportâ s history.
Boxing and the Mob explores the heavy influence of the mob on boxing in the 1930s through the early 1960s. It profiles boxers such as Abe Attell and Sonny Liston and infamous mobsters including Owney Madden and Frankie Carbo. In addition, this book details many of the most notorious fixed boxing matches in the sportâ s history.
Jeffrey Sussman is the author of thirteen nonfiction books, as well as numerous articles and short stories about boxing. He is a regular writer for the premier boxing website www.boxing.com and the author of Max Baer and Barney Ross: Jewish Heroes of Boxing (2016) and Rocky Graziano: Fists, Fame, and Fortune (2018), both published by Rowman & Littlefield. Sussman is the president of a public relations and marketing firm based in New York City.
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Acknowledgments Introduction 1: The Man Who Fixed the 1919 World Series 2: From Boxer to Bagman to Gambler 3: Owney Madden and Fixing the Heavyweight Championship 4: The Machiavelli of Promoters 5: The Gray Czar of Boxing 6: The Big Fix 7: Up from the Mucklands 8: Sonny Liston's Blues 9: Why Give Up a Good Thing? Notes Bibliography Index About the Author
Acknowledgments Introduction 1: The Man Who Fixed the 1919 World Series 2: From Boxer to Bagman to Gambler 3: Owney Madden and Fixing the Heavyweight Championship 4: The Machiavelli of Promoters 5: The Gray Czar of Boxing 6: The Big Fix 7: Up from the Mucklands 8: Sonny Liston's Blues 9: Why Give Up a Good Thing? Notes Bibliography Index About the Author
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