There was a time When I believed Lem Banker was helping Liston, a drug addled pugilist, to becomeVery little debate Liston took a dive in both fights. His gambling debts were huge.
There was a time When I believed Lem Banker was helping Liston, a drug addled pugilist, to become
more responsible and respectable, but with Banker’s mob ties and gambling profession, it seems more likely
Liston was being used while Banker was ‘making bank’.