The Italian Stallions : Portraits on Canvas, and in Words

Once upon a time, the North American fight game was the immigrants' game.

In shadowy reaches and fetid gyms the hardscrabble newcomers would congregate, seeking something beyond the bleak existence at the bottom of the social totem pole.

For a while, boxing was the preserve of the newly-minted, red-blooded Irish American lads.

The Italian Stallions tells the story, through more than 100 classic images, many of which have never been published, of the men who attained fame during the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s.

Carnera, Pep, Graziano, Basilio, LaMotta, Marciano and LaStarza.