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The Uncrowned Champion - Boxing and the Mafia in the Golden Era (Hardcover)
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The Uncrowned Champion - Boxing and the Mafia in the Golden Era (Hardcover)
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Stories like Joey Giambras' have been attempted many times in many
different styles. So what's the difference? This is the truth. The
Gods' honest, ghetto style, Italian-American truth. Dramatic and
intimate details about his childhood, life and death experiences,
and life in the world of boxing controlled by the mafia. Rising
from poverty during the Great Depression, to dining with royalty
and celebrities. The book is finally here to reconstruct each and
every moment of a man who would eventually be denied of the very
thing he trained and fought so hard to attain. This is a story
teeming with challenge, love, abuse, and family. Both kinds... It
has a heart warming love story, a quality about the underdog makes
good and the seedy truths about the controlled history of the
boxing world feared to be told before now. The Golden era of boxing
from the forties, fifties, and sixties... Famous and infamous
Italian Mafia members trying to kill and then saving the young
Giambra, despite him not joining the Mafia or playing hardball with
them to throw fights for an eventual title shot... Mobsters, such
as Vito Genevese, Carlo Gambino, Frankie Carbo, and Jack Ruby were
all key figures in Giambra's career. He had real friendships with
major sports figures such as heavyweight champions Rocky Marciano
and Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali), who was taught the "Rope-A-Dope"
by the young Giambra. A middleweight champion, Sugar Ray Robinson,
openly stated he would not fight Giambra for the title when he was
champ Lightweight champion Willie Pep and baseball legend Joe
DiMaggio were two of Giambra's biggest fans And being in Hollywood
during the romantic era of the 60s, he acted in movies, such as The
Misfits, and the television series, Mission Impossible and The Joey
Bishop Show, a comedy series, and also had friendships with Ann
Margaret, Marilyn Monroe, Clark Gable, and Joey Bishop. The
original self-published book, The Uncrowned Champion, has sold over
100,000 copies since its release in 1980, despite not being
marketed. A lot of material was left out of the original book due
to sensitivity to subject matter, people, and many situations.(RE:
mafia) This is the new book and is a tell-all. This book is a piece
of American history. Told by the warrior... Joey Giambra
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