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Frankie Carbo and Frank "Blinky" Palermo after both were sentenced for extortion. Dated December 2, 1961. (Credit: AP Wire)
Boxing Book Excerpts

This Isle of Joy: Excerpt from Jacobs Beach

January 20, 2020 Hamilcar Publications

The following is an excerpt, from pages 83-85 of chapter 7, “This Isle of Joy,” from Jacobs Beach: The Mob, The Garden & The Golden Age of Boxing, by Kevin Mitchell. Copyright © 2010 Kevin […]

Boxing History

Standoff: The Story of Jose Stable, from Contender to Inmate

January 15, 2020 Carlos Acevedo

It was not revenge—not exactly—that motivated Jose Stable during his long march toward Emile Griffith and a shot at the welterweight championship of the world. Stable had been friends with ill-starred Benny Paret, the man […]

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The Duke: The Life and Lies of Tommy Morrison

Boxing Book Excerpts

Their Legacy Is In The Air We Breathe: Foreword to Slaughter in the Streets by T. J. English

January 9, 2020 Hamilcar Publications

The following is the foreword for Slaughter in the Streets: When Boston Became Boxing’s Murder Capital, by Don Stradley. The foreword is written by T. J. English, bestselling author of Paddy Whacked, The Westies, and […]

Avtandil KHURTSIDZE - 30.10.2010 - Championnat du Monde WBA des poids Moyens - Palais des Sports - Paris, (Photo: Amandine Noel / Icon Sport via Getty Images)
True Crime

In Bad Company: The Story of Avtandil Khurtsidze, Mob Enforcer

November 4, 2019 Sean Nam

When the Southern District Court of New York dealt a ten-year prison sentence to former middleweight contender Avtandil Khurtsidze on charges of racketeering and conspiracy last September, it was literally a case of adding insult […]

Owney Madden mobster
Boxing History

The Duke of the West Side: Owney “The Killer” Madden

August 7, 2019 Carlos Acevedo

Owney Madden, who “owned a large piece of Max Baer,” is one of the dark figures in Jacobs Beach: The Mob, The Garden & The Golden Age of Boxing, by Kevin Mitchell, from Hamilcar Publications. […]

Frankie Carbo enters US District Court here December 2nd, where he faces trial on charges of trying to share in welterweight champion Don Jordon's earnings. Carbo was sentenced to two years in New York November 30th for his undercover boxing operations.
Boxing History

Omerta Man: When Frankie Carbo Ruled Boxing

May 15, 2019 Carlos Acevedo

Frankie Carbo is one of the central figures in Jacobs Beach: The Mob, The Garden & The Golden Age of Boxing, by Kevin Mitchell, from Hamilcar Publications. *** Among the many criminal charges Frankie Carbo […]

Mike Jacobs boxing promoter
Boxing History

The Machiavelli of Eighth Avenue: On Mike Jacobs

September 20, 2018 Don Stradley

In tandem with the release of Jacobs Beach: The Mob, the Garden & the Golden Age of Boxing, by Kevin Mitchell, from Hamilcar Publications, we take a look at the central figure in this noirish […]

Boxer Muhammad Ali Knocking Out Cleveland Williams
Boxing History

Brief Lives: Cleveland Williams

June 27, 2018 Carlos Acevedo

Photography implies that we know about the world if we accept it as the camera records it. But this is the opposite of understanding, which starts from not accepting the world as it looks. All […]

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Damage: The Untold Story of Brain Trauma in Boxing

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