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Frankie DePaula and the Mob Frankie DePaula found himself in so deep he could not get out, writes Steve Bunce THERE is too much comedy and violence in the life, times and crimes of light-heavyweight contender Frankie DePaula. The fighter bashed and crashed and slammed his way through a boxing career, his life inside and outside the New Jersey mob for years until he was gunned down in an alley. In DePaula’s circle, men called Mad Dog shot people for fun to please the bosses of the Genovese crime family. It was a time when boxing and the mob lived together. ....
By Randy “The Commish” Gordon In the nearly 12 years Gerry Cooney and I have been doing our SiriusXM show “At the Fights” (also known as “Cooney & The Commish”) we have received countless letters, e-mails, texts, tweets and Instagram messages asking us an array of questions. Many of those questions have been of the “Who do you think would have won between…” One of those letters a few weeks ago asked “Who do you think was the best Middleweight Champion Of all time?” The question gave birth to our show’s first “Fantasy Dream Middleweight Tournament.” We call it that because it is a Fantasy. It is a Dream. The best of different eras can only face each other inside our minds. Yet, this only happens in boxing. We don’t ask each other, “I wonder how Jack Nicklaus would do in a one-on-one against Dustin Johnson?” We don’t ask “Who would have won between “Billie Jean King and Serena Williams?” We never ponder how a Michael Jordan-led ....