Boxing and the Mob: The Notorious History of the Sweet Science by Jeffrey Sussman
English | May 8th, 2019 | ISBN: 1538113155 | 218 pages | EPUB | 2.00 MB
More than any other sport, boxing has a history of being easy to rig. There are only two athletes and one or both may be induced to accept a bribe; if not the fighters, then the judges or referee might be swayed. In such inviting circumstances, the mob moved into boxing in the 1930s and profited by corrupting a sport ripe for exploitation.