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02429aam a2200313 i 4500 001 8FEA99149C7E11EDA40D082D50ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230125010356 008 181213s2019 mdu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2018048723 020 $a 9781538113158 020 $a 1538113155 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d NjBwBT $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a GV1136.5 $b .S87 2019 082 00 $a 796.830973 $2 23 100 1 $a Sussman, Jeffrey, $e author. 245 10 $a Boxing and the Mob: $b The Notorious History of the Sweet Science / $c Jeffrey Sussman. 264 1 $a Lanham : $b Rowman & Littlefield, $c [2019] 300 $a xviii, 197 pages ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-188) and index. 520 $a More than any other sport, boxing has a history of being easy to rig. There are only two athletes and one or both may be induced to accept a bribe; if not the fighters, then the judges or referee might be swayed. In such inviting circumstances, the mob moved into boxing in the 1930s and profited by corrupting a sport ripe for exploitation. In Boxing and the Mob: The Notorious History of the Sweet Science, Jeffrey Sussman tells the story of the coercive and criminal underside of boxing, covering nearly the entire twentieth century. He profiles some of its most infamous characters, such as Owney Madden, Frankie Carbo, and Frank Palermo, and details many of the fixed matches in boxing's storied history. In addition, Sussman examines the influence of the mob on legendary boxers--including Primo Carnera, Sugar Ray Robinson, Max Baer, Carmen Basilio, Sonny Liston, and Jake LaMotta--and whether they caved to the mobsters' threats or refused to throw their fights. Boxing and the Mob is the first book to cover a century of fixed fights, paid-off referees, greedy managers, misused boxers, and the mobsters who controlled it all. True crime and the world of boxing are intertwined with absorbing detail in this notorious piece of American history. 650 0 $a Boxing $x History. $z United States $x History. 650 0 $a Organized crime $z United States $x History. 776 08 $i Online version: $a Sussman, Jeffrey. $t Boxing and the mob $d Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2019] $z 9781538113165 $w (DLC) 2018059910 941 $a 1 952 $l GCPC771 $d 20230125012106.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8FEA99149C7E11EDA40D082D50ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search