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He was put in charge of Masseria’s men and made second in command. Maranzano still didn’t trust him though and eventually ordered a hit on him by an Irishman , Vince “Mad Dog” Coll (Bruno, n.d., p. 2). He wanted Luciano and Vito Genovese taken out, but Luciano soon found out and made his move first. At Maranzano office where he planned to have the both of them killed, the plan went bad.

James Burke, also known as James Burke or the Deaf Un, was born December 8, 1809, in England. He was born with deafness (He can’t hear). He grew up living in a very poor family. His mother and father died when he was at a very young, so he really had no parents to help him with his boxing career. He worked on the River Thames as a waterman, before he had started his actual career. He started boxing professionally in 1828. Five years later, on May 30th he fought Simon Byrne (the Irish champion) for the World Heavyweight championship and won, the fight had lasted a total of three hours and six minutes, but the previous WHC (World Heavyweight Champion), Jem Ward,

Tommy Burns was the new heavy weight champion and like Jefferies, he to was denying Johnson a shot at the title. This time Johnson was not having it. He followed Burns for two years from San Francisco to New York from Paris to London, mocking him to fight him. Burns would just state that Johnson was yellow, eventually it was said that King Henry himself called Burns a bluffer, I guess this got to Burns for in the end he agreed to fight Johnson for 30,000 dollars win, lose, or draw. This

Sugar Ray Robinson was the best boxer in history. Robinson won the Golden Glove Award in 1939 and 1940 and also won the world middleweight title 5 times, all within 7 years. He didn’t just box, he also did volunteer work at his hometown, helping at dinners, restaurants, and schools. Robinson had a big impact on the

Therefore, Mendoza was lacking on the support factor of boxing. Not letting that get in the way of things, he went on to fight in numerous places. Here, he took his defense method and rose to the top of the competition. In a sense, Daniel Mendoza was not only fighting for himself. Rather, he was fighting for all of those who were considered minorities and unimportant. He wanted to fight for equality within each other and prove that even though he is a Jew, that does not make him, or anyone for that matter, less of a person. Although Mendoza faced some obstacles, such as defeats and beatings, he did not let that get in the way of things. Daniel Mendoza made attempts to alter the nation and fit into the mainstream British society. He wanted to join the nation and make it a whole. The best way to do this was by getting involved in boxing.

Someone that all his life fought against a world that challenged him at every turn. One that constantly questioned whether he was the best or not. He will be remembered as the greatest heavyweight champion, possibly the greatest boxer of all time. He never questioned himself when the world around him would do so at every turn. He truly was a figure that stood astride the world of boxing, whose personality, talent and charisma dwarfed the sport

To the rest of the world he represented Hitler’s Nazi regime. He was a man whom Hitler said would never be “defeated by a Negroe.” However he was not the villain he is commonly made out to be in American accounts of the fight. His best friend and boxing manager was an Orthodox Jew.

Another legendary fight, against undefeated champion George Foreman, took place in 1974. the fight was called "Rumble in the Jungle." He won that and reclaimed the heavyweight

Floyd May weather was an American boxer. He started boxing in his teenage years. Then he went on to being a Professional boxing. He had a few personal problems in his life that set him back. When he got that out the way he continued being succesful in boxing.

William Dempsey was born on June 24, 1895 in Manassa but his family moved frequently and by the time he was twelve, the Dempsey’s had settled in Provo, Utah. There William attended elementary school until he reached the eighth grade and had to drop out to begin working to help support his family. He picked up any job he could find, from shoe shiner to unloading beets (Jack). By William’s seventeenth birthday, he discovered could make more money by fighting than working, and so began his amazing career. He picked up fights where ever he could and traveled from town to town to do so and eventually developed the nickname “Kid Blackie” after knocking out “One Punch Handcock” in just one punch. Later, William took up the name “Jack” just like his older brother did before him and from that moment his boxing career really began to take off (Jack).

Muhammad Ali fought many boxing greats throughout his career. One of the toughest fights he faced and eventually lost took place outside the ring and that opponent was Parkinson's disease. For decades, Ali bravely battled Parkinson's publicly and played a major role in educating people about this neurological disease.

In New York, Arnold Rothstein was “the man.” He was a bootlegger, he also sold narcotics, and he started off many big names in crime such as Charles “Lucky” Luciano, Frank Costello and Dutch Shultz. Rothstein made friends with as many bootleggers and gamblers as he could. He never wanted anything to go wrong. He was sort of paranoid but Rothstein was a very powerful man. The most incredible act ever made by a thug just may have been the fixing of the 1919 World Series between the Reds and the White Sox. Many of the White Sox star players wanted higher wages, owners of the club refused. But Rothstien changed that. It was said that he paid off eight of the White Sox players 10,000 dollars each. The Red’s would have lost but with a little help from Rothstein the White Sox did lose and Rothstein got back all of his money winning bets.

“Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.” - Muhammad Ali. Muhammad Ali is by far one of the biggest names in boxing. Anytime Ali’s name is mentioned it automatically brings up the thought of a fight, but most people probably do not think about the type of fighting he did outside of the ring. Ali fought for peace and justice twenty-four seven. He also focused on respect and standing up for what he believed in (“Muhammad Ali, Co-Founder of the Ali Center.”).

Joe Louis is known as one of the greatest boxers of all time, and he certainly loved what he did. There was a time in our economy where wrestling was dominated by gambling interests, but Joe Louis earned an honest name and helped elevate this sport back to what it once was by establishing his reputation and bringing people’s interests back up from the decline. His real name was Joseph Louis Barrow. He went by his fighting name, Joe Louis, but also had the nickname of the “Brown Bomber”. He didn’t necessarily have the most facile life, but he almost always persevered and made do with the hand life dealt him.

after a fight he would "slam his head down on the table and cry like