I agree that FBI records are spotty at best, filled with hearsay and uncorroborated information. And, yes, their knowledge of the Mob was sketchy through the early Sixties. But, it's been pretty well established that Liston hooked up with the St. Louis Mafia early on, and that his contract was bought out by Frankie Carbo. So, it's not unlikely that he threw the second Ali fight on Mob orders.
Agree 100%, he was owned by St. Louis (and back then that means outfit), and Carbo who was Lucchese affliated.
Missing the Genovese connection, in fact didn't even see it mentioned. And the Fibs didn't know jack shit back then.
But OTOH if the fix was in (and I'm sure it was in the second fight) all the 5 + the Outfit and others cashed in.
To clarify- it didn't directly implicated Genovese, just that Resnick had associates who were known Genovese.
The article is 4 pages, and on page 2 it says this:
"A 1968 report from the FBI Philadelphia office said Resnick “was investigated in the alleged fixing of the first Clay-Liston fight in Miami. He allegedly is a friend of Meyer Lansky and Vincent Alo [“Jimmy Blue Eyes”] and Charles Tourine.”
Lansky was one of the most powerful mobsters of the 20th century, credited, along with his friend and partner Charles “Lucky” Luciano, with building a nationwide crime syndicate. Alo was a member of the Genovese crime family and an associate of Lansky‘s. Tourine, also known as “Charlie the Blade,” was a member of the Boiardo New Jersey gang affiliated with the Genovese family."
