The Onion Picker: Carmen Basilio & Boxing in the 1950s

Sports marketing consultant Youmans tells the story of boxer Carmen Basilio, who famously challenged and defeated Sugar Ray Robinson for the middleweight championship of the world in 1957. Basilio's route from his family's onion farm to the peak of his sport is narrated within the context of the development of boxing during the 1950s and the personal rivalry between Basilio and Robinson. Distributed in the US by Syracuse U. Press. Annotation 穢2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)