The Onion Picker by Gary B Youmans
On September 23, 1957, Carmen Basilio defeated Sugar Ray Robinson to win the middleweight championship of the world. Basilio's story celebrates the power of the human spirit to triumph over pain and self-doubt. This book tells his story which is a look back at one of the magical periods in sports history.
Youmans’s descriptions of bouts, such as the legendary tussles with Boston hero Tony DeMarco, are enough to conjure vivid memories of the Gillette-sponsored ‘Friday Night Fights,’ on which Basilio would frequently appearThick with eye-catching photos, the book nails the brutish and criminal politics of the postwar fight game. To be a good boxer you have to have a type of mentality that is rare. You could say boxers are rare people and Carmen Basilio is the rarest of boxers. There has never been anyone quite like him. A stand-up guy who would outwork anybody to achieve his goal. He’s number one in my book.
Gary B. Youmans is a sports marketing consultant and has owned a minor league basketball team. He is coauthor of ’59: The Story of the 1959 Syracuse National Championship Football Team and ’63: The Story of the 1963 World Championship Chicago Bears, both distributed by Syracuse University Press.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780815681755 |
| ISBN 10 | 0815681755 |
| Title | The Onion Picker |
| Author | Gary B Youmans |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Syracuse University Press |
| Year published | 2007-09-30 |
| Number of pages | 232 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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