Copyright © 2020 Don Stradley
Foreword copyright © 2020 T. J. English
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system without permission in writing from the publisher.
ISBN: 978-1-949590-25-8
Publisher's Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Stradley, Don, author.
Title: Slaughter in the streets : when Boston became boxing’s murder capital / Don Stradley.
Series: Hamilcar Noir
Description: Includes bibliographical references. | Boston, MA: Hamilcar Publications
Identifiers: LCCN 2019953176 | ISBN 9781949590258
Subjects: LCSH Boxing—Massachusetts—Boston. | Boxing—Massachusetts—Boston—History—20th century. | Organized crime—Massachusetts—Boston. | Boston (Mass.)—History—20th century. | Boxing—Corrupt practices—United States—History. | BISAC SPORTS & RECREATION / Boxing | TRUE CRIME / Organized Crime | HISTORY / United States / State & Local / New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
Classification: LCC GV1136.5.S77 2020 | DDC 796.830973–dc23
Hamilcar Publications
An imprint of Hannibal Boxing Media
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Boston, MA 02109
Printed in the United States of American
On the cover: Eddie Connors shot dead in a Dorchester telephone booth. The Boston Globe/Getty Images
Frontispiece: Joe Barboza testifies before the House Crime Committee in Washington, DC, in 1972. Bettman Archive/Getty Images
For all the boxers . . . and for all the criminals
Contents
2 Chapter 1 The Shooting Gallery
3 Chapter 2 Phil Buccola: Boston's Beloved Mob Boss
4 Chapter 3 Boxing Booms in Boston
5 Chapter 4 Tommy Sullivan: Everybody's Pal
6 Chapter 5 Eddie McLaughlin: They Called Him “Punchy”
7 Chapter 6 Joe Barboza: The King of East Boston
8 Chapter 7 Tony Veranis: The Tough Guy
9 Chapter 8 Rocco DiSeglio: Gambling Man
10 Chapter 9 Rico Sacramone: A Stylish Fighter
11 Chapter 10 Sammy Lindenbaum: Boxer, Bandit, Abortionist
12 Chapter 11 Eddie Connors: The Man Who Knew Too Much
13 Chapter 12 Tommy Tibbs: The Journeyman
14 Chapter 13 Paul Raymond: Heavyweight Homicide
15 Chapter 14 Johnny Pretzie: Sharkey's Boy
16 Chapter 15 Frankie MacDonald: South Boston's Hope
17 Chapter 16 Ghosts of Winter Hill
Guide
1 Cover
Pages
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