Irving "Ash" Resnick (March 6, 1916 – January 18, 1989) was an American mob figure, gambler, boxing promoter and manager.
There are no records as far as Resnick's NCAA stats, but he was good enough to be signed by the Washington team of the ABL.
[3] After that, and between 1941 and 1942, Resnick played for West Haven, the New York Celtics, Troy and New London, all teams of minor or independent basketball leagues.
Resnick, after World War II and his service in the Army were over, signed with the ABL's Trenton franchise for the 1945-46 season.
Resnick essentially rejoined the teams at Troy and Trenton when the 1946–47 Trenton-Troy season began, and he surprised fans and experts alike by leading the league in scoring that year, scoring 563 points in thirty five games played, for an average of 16.1 points per game.
's Philadelphia office reported suspicions that Resnick was also friends with legendary mob figures such as Meyer Lansky and Vincent Alo.
In Las Vegas, Liston met Resnick and his friend, the fellow former world heavyweight boxing champion, Joe Louis, who, according to F.B.I.
during an interview, that Resnick advised him not to place any bets on the fight, and to just watch it on television and see how it (the first Ali-Liston match) unfolded.
[14] Resnick became Liston's manager, a position he shared with a man named Jack Nilon.
Liston's death was ruled as happening from a heroin overdose by investigators, but there have been several conspiracy theories over the years about it.
None of the conspiracy theories or declarations have been found to be true, and Liston's death remains, officially, as caused by an accidental heroin overdose.
[17] Resnick married part time singer and nightclub owner Marilyn Johnson, who was 20 years younger than him, in 1958.
The alleged son, named David Jones, is an entertainer who has met with Dana and Lara on several occasions.