Overview

On June 10, 1948, the eyes of the sporting world were focused on a minor league ballpark in Newark, New Jersey--the unlikely venue of a much-anticipated rubber match between the two men at the top of boxing's prestigious middleweight division, Tony Zale and Rocky Graziano. They had met in the ring twice before, each winning one bout. In their third fight, Zale, a clever and powerful puncher, hoped to regain his title from Graziano, a knock-out artist six years his junior. This book tells the story of the greatest middleweight trilogy of boxing's Golden Age, a championship battle Newark hoped would catalyze brighter days for a city rife with political corruption and organized crime and grappling with the beginning of deindustrialization.

Full Product Details

Author:   Rod Honecker
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.277kg
ISBN:  

9781476689432

ISBN 10:   1476689431
Pages:   203
Publication Date:   31 January 2023
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface  1. The Precinct Captain and the Redhead  2. Noir City  3. From the Open Hearth  4. Black Sheep  5. A Fighting Champion (Zale Graziano I—Yankee Stadium, September 27, 1946)  6. Never Lay Down for Any Man  7. Blood and Thunder (Zale Graziano II—Chicago Stadium, July 16, 1947)  8. Born Dead with a Black Eye (Jersey Pugilistica)  9. Landing the Big Fight 10. Racing ­Head-On into the Night 11. Newark Grudge Match (Zale Graziano III—Ruppert Stadium, June 10, 1948) 12. Postfight Autopsy 13 Last Round in Jersey City 14 Trial of the Redhead 15. Somebody Up There Likes Me 16. Brick City 17. Requiem for a Middleweight Appendix: Career Records of Tony Zale and Rocky Graziano Chapter Notes Bibliography Index

Reviews

“Brick City Grudge Match serves as an entertaining biography of [Tony Zale and Rocky Graziano] as well as capturing a wider cast of characters including Jake La Motta and Marcel Cerdan. [It] is also the story of a city and of boxing at a particular time. Honecker was drawn to writing about this fight partly to answer why this classic fight took place in a minor league stadium in Newark of all places. He captures the time and place in vivid fascinating detail. Overall, Brick City Grudge Match is a really enjoyable slice of boxing history.”—All Sports Book Reviews. “A reminder of what boxing can be and once was.”—The Sweet Science

Brick City Grudge Match serves as an entertaining biography of [Tony Zale and Rocky Graziano] as well as capturing a wider cast of characters including Jake La Motta and Marcel Cerdan. [It] is also the story of a city and of boxing at a particular time. Honecker was drawn to writing about this fight partly to answer why this classic fight took place in a minor league stadium in Newark of all places. He captures the time and place in vivid fascinating detail. Overall, Brick City Grudge Match is a really enjoyable slice of boxing history. -All Sports Book Reviews.

Author Information

Rod Honecker is a civil litigation attorney who resides in Brielle, New Jersey.

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