Hopperesque

Hopperesque

Sunday 25 February 2018

Loaned His Title


        In the 1950s when i was hanging around Sullivans gym and the Grammercy gym there were fixed fights. Mob guys like Frankie Carbo and Blinky Palermo had taken over the sport ; one lightweight champion had loaned his title to others at least twice ; the welterweight division was a slag heap.

Pete Hamill

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Norman Rockwell

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