The Good Son, Mark Kriegel
The Good Son, Mark Kriegel
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The Good Son
The Life of Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini

Author: Mark Kriegel

Narrator: Holt McCallany

Unabridged: 9 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/18/2012

Synopsis

From the bestselling author of Pistol and Namath, a vivid, revealing, and fast-paced biography of the great boxer Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini.

Frank Sinatra fawned over him. Warren Zevon wrote a tribute song. Sylvester Stallone produced his life story as a movie of the week. In the 1980s, Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini wasn’t merely the lightweight champ. An adoring public considered him a national hero, the real Rocky.

But it all came apart on November 13, 1982, in a brutal battle at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Mancini’s obscure Korean challenger, Duk Koo Kim, went down in the fourteenth round and never regained consciousness. Three months later, Kim’s despondent mother took her own life. The deaths would haunt Ray and ruin his carefully crafted image, suddenly transforming boxing’s All-American Boy into a pariah. With the vivid style and deep reporting that have earned him renown as a biographer, Mark Kriegel has written a fast-paced epic. The Good Son is an intimate history, a saga of fathers and fighters, loss and redemption.

About Mark Kriegel

Mark Kriegel is the author of two critically acclaimed bestsellers, Namath: A Biography and Pistol: The Life of Pete Maravich. He is a veteran columnist and a commentator for the NFL Network. He lives with his daughter, Holiday, in Santa Monica, California.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Marcia on October 21, 2012

Seldom have I come across a book on the "NEW" table and snatched it up immediately. The thought of reading about Boom Boom Mancini and his boxing career was a surprise, and a must-have. I wonder if the writer is from the tri-state area, writing about Beaver Falls' Joe Namath, Aliquippa's Pistol Pete......more

Goodreads review by Dimas on October 08, 2012

I'm one of the young folks out there who can still call themselves a boxing fan. What I am not, however, is a boxing historian. So any chance I can get to read up on some of the old-time guys, I take it (well, old-time for me. I'm in my early 20s). A couple of months ago I found out that veteran spo......more

Goodreads review by Jeffrey on November 01, 2012

Touching book about a boxer who achieves his dream of winning the title his father never got a chance to win and the guilt of having killed a man in the ring. Ray Mancini's story was something seemingly crafted by a gifted screen writer, especially on the day he knocked out Frias in the first round......more

Goodreads review by Jon on August 31, 2023

A great example of why boxing biographies are so interesting. This covers so many angles of what drives some people to be how they are. From the need for adoration, redemption and all too often self destruction.......more

Goodreads review by Scott on November 20, 2013

Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini was my favorite boxer as a young teen, and remains my favorite even today. He could knock the living daylights out of you, could take a punch, and his story was awesome. Until tragedy struck. I assume most everybody knows about it, and it takes up a large portion of the book,......more

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