THE SWINDLER
May 19, 2022
4 minutes
Steve Bunce
@BigDaddyBunce
Voice of boxing
“HE’S living in Dubai right now,” Gerry Cooney told me last week, the giant’s bright eyes smiling at the mention of the man’s name.
He was talking about a man called Harold Smith, the man behind the truly amazing Wells Fargo bank swindle. It was the swindle that threatened to change boxing, a swindle that should be a massive movie. A swindle that was very, very real. And Gerry was right in the middle of it, an innocent observer to the chaos.
At the heart of the madness was a visionary crook; his vision to takeover boxing included using the name of the Greatest,
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