Boxing and the Mob: The Notorious History of the Sweet Science

By Jeffrey Sussman

Book Overview

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 sport's history.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1538113155
• ISBN13: 9781538113158
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"