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A good read on the "business" of boxing is "Boxing Confidential" by
Jim Brady. This book gives a good overview of the Frankie Carbo era.
It also covers King,Arum, and the alphabet organizations.
Also covering this territory is "Beyond The Ring" by Jeffrey T. Sammons.
Another good biography is "Champion" by Chris Mead, a biography of
Joe Louis. This book quotes verbatim newspaper articles and fight accounts
of that time. It's instructive to see how African-Americans were referenced
and written about in the nation's press in those days.
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