Champ in the Corner: The Ray Arcel Story

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2007
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In the 1950s, Arcel ran independent television fights from various cities across the USA, upsetting the monopolistic International Boxing Club run by millionaire Jim Norris with the backroom assistance of mobster Frankie Carbo, a one-time gunman for Murder Inc. He came back in the 1970s to train Duran. He last worked the corner in 1982.

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In the 1950s, Arcel ran independent television fights from various cities across the USA, upsetting the monopolistic International Boxing Club run by millionaire Jim Norris with the backroom assistance of mobster Frankie Carbo, a one-time gunman for Murder Inc. He came back in the 1970s to train Duran. He last worked the corner in 1982.

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 224
Edition: 1st
Publisher: Tempus Publishing Ltd
Published: 31 Oct 2007
ISBN 10: 0752444468
ISBN 13: 9780752444468

Author Bio

John Jarrett is a boxing historian who has had several titles published before including Dynamite Gloves and Gene Tunney: The Golden Guy Who Licked Jack Dempsey Twice. He is the Northern Area Secretary for the British Boxing Board of Control, living in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

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