The Italian Stallions is a celebration of
another time in the history of North American
society, and, by extension, of North American
sport. It is also a tribute to the classic
rags-to-riches tale of the new immigrant, told
through vivid images of a handful of
Italian-American fighters who, for the middle
third of the 20th century, held sway over the
continent’s sporting psyche in a way perhaps no
other single ethnic group ever has.