The Good Son: The Life of Ray ‘Boom Boom’ Mancini Audiobook (Free)

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

Frank Sinatra fawned more than him. Warren Zevon had written a tribute track. Sylvester Stallone produced his life story as a movie from the week. In the 1980s, Ray “Increase Increase” Mancini wasn’t merely the light-weight champ. An adoring general public considered him a nationwide hero, the real Rocky.

Nonetheless 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, transpired in the fourteenth circular and never regained consciousness. 90 days later, Kim’s despondent mother took her personal life. The deaths would haunt Ray and mess up his cautiously crafted image, instantly transforming boxing’s All-American Boy into a pariah. With the vivid design and deep reporting that have earned him renown like a biographer, Tag Kriegel has created a fast-paced epic. THE NICE Son is an intimate history, a saga of fathers and fighters, loss and redemption.