"So unorganized crime... " Exactly.
No, I meant folks like Mike Jacobs and the Twentieth Century Sports Club, the parties that were offering him the largest purse to fight Graziano.
Bottom line was that there was greater public interest and demand in Zale fighting Graziano than anyone else at the time and that's who the powers...
“They wanted me to fight you Tony. They offered me a lot of money, but I wanted nothing to do with you. You hit too hard to the body.”...
Getting very close with the Zale book: https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Tony-Zale-Two-Time-World-Middleweight-Boxing-Champion/181109398615796
Very interesting and useful feedback. I agree that if you have a comprehensive collection of sources you can figure out which writers article was...
One comment and a question on this issue of primary sources. While I strongly agree that it is important to obtain the microfilm of the local...
"I never trust literary reviews from family members" Touche! He's one of the only family members I can actually get to read any of them. But,...
Thanks Burt & McGrain, I appreciate that. Hopefully, you'll like the biography about Tony Zale as well. It should be out sometime before year-end....
See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUdoGBkeqWQ
"Bill Tate - a journeyman - was Langford's "Ken Norton" for lack of a better description. (Although Tate wasn't as good as Norton. More like a...
"Ward was a ranked heavyweight for a while I seem to remember he had very big thighs. South African Gerrie Coetzee, often accused of being racist...
Just an interesting side note. I recently spoke with a former California state heavyweight champion named Stan Ward. He was a sparring partner for...
FYI. I just finished 'The Choynski Chronicles' by Christoper LaForce and while there are many accolades given to Fitzsimmons throughout the book,...
Thanks for sharing this information Chuck.
