SLAUGHTER IN THE STREETS: When Boston Became Boxing's Murder Capital

From the early days of Boston's Mafia, to the era of Whitey Bulger, many of the city's boxers found themselves drawn to the criminal life. Stradley tells the violent and often tragic story of these misguided young men who thought their toughness in the ring could protect them from the most cold-blooded killers in the country. Well illus.