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Rocky Graziano - Fists, Fame, and Fortune (Hardcover)
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Rocky Graziano - Fists, Fame, and Fortune (Hardcover)
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Rocky Graziano, juvenile delinquent, middleweight boxing champion,
and comedic actor, was the last great fighter from the golden age
of boxing, the era of Joe Louis, Jake LaMotta, and Sugar Ray
Robinson. In Rocky Graziano: Fists, Fame, and Fortune, Jeffrey
Sussman tells the rags-to-riches story of Tommy Rocco Barbella, who
came to be known as Rocky Graziano. Raised by an abusive father,
Graziano took to the streets and soon found himself in
reformatories and prison cells. Drafted into the U.S. Army,
Graziano went AWOL but was eventually caught, tried, and sent to
prison for a year. After his release, Rocky went on to have one
successful boxing match after another and quickly ascended up the
pyramid of professional boxing. In one of the bloodiest battles in
the history of the middleweight division, Rocky beat Tony Zale and
became the middleweight champion of the world. Rocky retired from
boxing after he lost his crown to Sugar Ray Robinson and went on to
have a successful acting career in two acclaimed television series.
Rich and famous, he was no longer the angry young man he once was.
In his post-boxing life, Rocky became known for his good humor,
witty remarks, and kindness and generosity to those in need. Rocky
Graziano's life is not only inspiring, it is also a story of
redemption, of how boxing became the vehicle for saving a young man
from a life of anger and crime and leading him into a life of
happiness and honesty. The first biography of Graziano in over 60
years, this book will bring his story to a new generation of boxing
fans and sports historians.
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