The Brawler

by Ted Gogoll

An injury may have kept Robbie from his dreams as a professional boxer, but not from cashing in on his natural talent to fight. Confronted with mounting debt and a landlord threatening to evict him and his dying mother, Robbie turns to the New York City Italian Mafia. Local bars and pubs become his ring where two Mafiosi select his unwitting challengers and bet heavy money on the outcome, as if they were ringside at Madison Square Garden. Robbie’s unbeatable, making short work of opponents twice his size—until he finally meets his match.

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First published May 7, 2013