Slaughter in the Streets. Don Stradley

      

Slaughter in the Streets

      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

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       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

      1  Foreword T. J. English

      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

      18  Acknowledgments

      19  Selected Bibliography

      Guide

      1  Cover

      2  Table of Contents

      3  Begin Reading

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