Author Event: Jeffrey Sussman: Boxing and the Mob: The Notorious History of the Sweet Science

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Saturday, June 15 at 12:00pm. Jeffrey Sussman's Boxing and the Mob is the first book to cover a century of fixed fights, paid-off referees, greedy managers, and misused boxers. Organized crime and the world of boxing are intertwined with absorbing detail in this notorious piece of American history.  Jake LaMotta, the “Raging Bull,” had to throw a fight in order to get a shot at the middleweight title, while  Sonny Liston, was owned and eventually killed by the mob. Join us.  It’s a knock out!

PROGRAM TO BE HELD AT THE WESTHAMPTON FREE LIBRARY. 

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