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title: "The Good Son: The Life of Ray \"Boom Boom\" Mancini"
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# The Good Son: The Life of Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini

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## Customer Reviews

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    A champ whose burden was too heavy to bear
  

*by B***S on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 17, 2012*

Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini, a lightweight boxing champion, was one of the most popular athletes in the early 1980s.  Mancini was driven to win a boxing title, something his father, Lenny, a lightweight contender, never had an opportunity to do.  World War II interrupted his father's promising career.Mancini, from Youngstown, Ohio, turned pro at age 18.  Although he never had a surplus of talent, his greatest assets were his unmatched work ethic, his intense desire and his refusal to back up.  When he defeated Jorge Morales in May of 1981 on CBS, a star was born.  Ray was the son everyone wanted to have and his father-son story resonated with viewers.Although he only had 20 pro fights at age 20, he got a WBC title fight against the seasoned Alexis Arguello (72-5).  Arguello KO'd him in the 14th round.  Undeterred, Mancini went after Arturo Frias, the WBA lightweight champ.  When Mancini defeated Frias for the title at age 21, the New York Times wrote, "Mancini has the ebullient boy-next-door personality and exciting non-stop punching style to be a superstar."Mancini's fight against Duk Koo Kim, an Asian and Pacific lightweight champ, in November 1982, however, would change everything.  Kim, like Mancini, refused to take a step back and was willing to take a beating.  Prior to the fight, Kim said, "One of us will die."  Unfortunately, Kim did die as the result of the beating by Mancini.In the 13th round, Mancini delivered 44 consecutive punches; Kim grabbed him and after they were separated, Mancini pounded him with 17 more punches.  The fight was called 19 seconds into the 14th round.After Kim's death, Mancini's marketability plummeted and a national debate raged about abolishing boxing.  After the fight, Mancini was changed in every way--physically, emotionally and mentally.  He was called a murderer by many people.  He tried to deal with Kim's death, but he never seemed to be able to cope with it.  Mancini seemingly lost his desire after Kim's death and his heart wasn't in the sport anymore.After losing to Livingston Bramble, Mancini announced his retirement in 1983 with a 29-3 record to go into acting.  He came out of retirement in 1985 and lost to Hector Camacho, and again in 1989 when he lost to Greg Haugen.  Author Mark Kriegel chronicles Mancini's life after his boxing career with his wife and three kids.One of the special parts of the book is the background on Duk Koo Kim, his wife and the aftermath and consequences of Kim's death on his family and his country.  Eventually, Mancini was able to meet Kim's son, who was born after his death, and Kim's wife.  It was a touching meeting where they were able to share their love, understanding and respect for Kim and each other.Although this book lacks the depth of Kriegel's previous biographies on Peter Maravich and Joe Namath, it is still an excellent biography.

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    Great book from the heart of Boom Book
  

*by G***T on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 22, 2013*

Ray and his career are totally interesting and very open;  It is so nice to read a Biograpy about someone that holds little back. We have had to watch so many of our great fighters meet horrible endings to their lives and unfortunately trying to receive the facts about their lives in their words is very difficult.Ray Mancini is one of our great fighters who has it appeares over came the many demons that Stars encounter and is willing to share them.The book also goes into great details on almost every fight he fought and how his career was almost destroyed by the unfortunate death of his opponent Kim Duc (SP)  of Korea and how his fight alterered for quite some time his path to becoming a Champion several times after losing fights due to the pchlogical demons he faced after Kim's unfortunate death due to this fight.I have the feeling that any fight fan would be very comfortable talking to Ray ( except sbout the death of Kim) whereever they met him.I found the book as well written and fun read,,,,,,,,  If you like the truth and honesty written about someone from the fight game I recommend this book

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    Wonderful book.  Captures all aspects of Ray's life beautifully.
  

*by J***L on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 14, 2012*

First fo all Mark Kriegel's writing style has such a good flow this book was a great read and very hard to put down.  The book covers Ray's Father then moves on to Ray as a young boy to where he is today.  They details of the hard times of Youngstown after the mills closed and the way Ray's relationship is portrayed is really special to read.  This book is fair and balanced as it also points out his flaws such as his daughter being sent away due to criminal charges as a kid going through therapy after his divorce and how he was able to recreate a strong bond with his children and even his ex-wife.  The Kim fight is portrayed from both Ray and Kim's side and details a meeting between Ray and Kim's son who his fiance was pregnant with when Kiim lost his life during the fight.

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