Description
On June 10, 1948, the eyes of the sporting world were focused on a minor league ballpark in Newark, New Jersey--the unlikely venue of a much-anticipated rubber match between the two men at the top of boxing's prestigious middleweight division, Tony Zale and Rocky Graziano. They had met in the ring twice before, each winning one bout. In their third fight, Zale, a clever and powerful puncher, hoped to regain his title from Graziano, a knock-out artist six years his junior. This book tells the story of the greatest middleweight trilogy of boxing's Golden Age, a championship battle Newark hoped would catalyze brighter days for a city rife with political corruption and organized crime and grappling with the beginning of deindustrialization.
Author: Rod Honecker
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: 01/31/2023
Pages: 203
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.66lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.83w x 0.55d
ISBN13: 9781476689432
ISBN10: 1476689431
BISAC Categories:
- Sports & Recreation | Boxing
- Biography & Autobiography | General
About the Author
Rod Honecker is a civil litigation attorney who resides in Brielle, New Jersey.