The Bad Man and the Boxer
When Basilone Thompson’s fight manager died suddenly of a drug overdose, it came as a surprise. The Big Bass had never known his manager to indulge in so much as a marijuana cigarette. When a new manager showed up unannounced at his apartment in the Bronx one day, he was grateful, but skeptical. He answered the light knock on the door. The man in the hallway was dressed neatly in a suit and tie, with a … Read more