Vincent the Chin Gigante rose to the top of the Genovese crime syndicate, becoming its Boss in 1986. Early in his life he was a heavyweight boxer who fought in various venues around New York City. In 1957 he and Vito Genovese were arrested by narcotics agents of the Treasury Department on drug related charges. Convicted and imprisoned their cases were appealed as high as the Suprem Court of the United States. Gigante began his ascent in the Genovese family as a small time gambler who signed Brooklyn College students to gamble on basketball games. Gigante had one brother who became a Roman Catholic priest.
