Jersey Boy

FINALLY, THE TRUE STORY of the Mafias execution of Jersey City legend Frankie DePaula can be told:


-Was his world title bout with Bob Foster fixed by the Mob?

-Did the Mob kill Pat Amato, his first manager,
in order to pave the way for him to sign with their front man Gary Garafola?

-How did he come to be involved in a notorious
heist of $80,000 worth of electrolytic copper?

-Was his dalliance with the step-daughter of a high-ranking mobster the reason for his shooting?

-Or did the Mob kill him for giving up information
on their involvement in the copper theft?



Although Frankie appeared to some to be a
true life exemplar of a character from Dead
End; a wild and unreconstructed deviant
headed for disaster, his life is set against
the backdrop of the oftentimes dysfunctional
environs of Jersey City, for long the seat
of power of an administration dominated for
decades by Mayoral potentate Frank Hague
and maligned by the corruption of local
politicians and the increasing influence of
organized crime.

PRAISE FOR JERSEY BOY

The author tells it like it was...Anyone who was around boxing in those days or has any knowledge of what the sport was like in the 1960s and early 1970s should read this book. Its worth every penny.

---J. Russell Peltz, IBHOF inductee and noted Boxing Historian & Archivist

"A brilliant biography...Makinde brings it all to life through meticulous research, painstaking chapter notes and a smooth, lyrical writing style."

---Murray Greig, The Edmonton Sun

"It's a cracking read"

---Steve Bunce, BBC Radio London Boxing Hour Show

"Makinde writes in elegant yet precise prose"

---eastsideboxing.com

"A book worthy of a Hollywood encore"

---maxboxing.com