Come Out Swinging The Changing World of Boxing in Gleason's Gym |
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| Author:
| Trimbur, Lucia |
| ISBN: | 978-0-691-15029-1 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2013 |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $34.00 |
Book Description:
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Gleason's Gym is the last remaining institution of New York's Golden Age of boxing. Jake LaMotta, Muhammad Ali, Hector Camacho, Mike Tyson--the alumni of Gleason's are a roster of boxing greats. Founded in the Bronx in 1937, Gleason's moved in the mid-1980s to what has since become one of New York's wealthiest residential areas--Brooklyn's DUMBO. G
Gleason's Gym is the last remaining institution of New York's Golden Age of boxing. Jake LaMotta, Muhammad Ali, Hector Camacho, Mike Tyson--the alumni of Gleason's are a roster of boxing greats. Founded in the Bronx in 1937, Gleason's moved in the mid-1980s to what has since become one of New York's wealthiest residential areas--Brooklyn's DUMBO. G