Category Archives: Boxing History
Jackie Kallen on Boxing: Remembering Angelo Dundee
By Jackie Kallen I am writing this with a very heavy heart. The boxing world has lost a true legend and I have lost a dear friend. Angelo Dundee was more like an uncle to me than a mere business …
No Mo Joe – A Poem for Joe Frazier
By Jim Gustafson No mo joe November 8,2011 At about six AM, I picked up the paper By the street where the drive way opens to the city. It laid Curled up in a cheap plastic sack to keep it …
Smokin’ Joe Frazier – A Perspective
by Charles Jay I don’t know that it’s such a natural thing to wax poetic about Joe Frazier, because he wasn’t that kind of fighter, or that kind of figure outside of the ropes. His was a story of true …
Joe Frazier: Remembering Smokin’ Joe’s 10 Greatest Moments
by Hans Olson In honor of Joe Frazier…here is a collection of the greatest moments from Smokin’ Joe… 1. The Fight of the Century It will forever live as the most anticipated fight of all time. On March 8 1971, …
The Mount Rushmore Of Boxing – Honoring The Most Important Figures
By Barry Lindenman Recently, I started thinking of the most important figures of the boxing world of the past century. More importantly though than coming up with this list is how to honor these historic individuals. When you hear the …
Scoring the “ROCKY” Rounds
By Barry Lindenman It’s the classic: the boxing movie by which all other boxing movies are measured against. Surprisingly, after all the times I’ve watched “ROCKY”, albeit as a fan, I’ve never watched the movie and scored the rounds, as …
Champs And the Chiefs: Heavyweight Champions & Presidents of the United States
A Historical Perspective About the Heavyweight Boxing Champions and The Presidents of the United States By Barry Lindenman The heavyweight championship of the world: ideally, the most respected, most revered single athletic accomplishment; the ultimate sports achievement. The President of …
‘The Donald’ Plays His Trump Card for Spinks vs Cooney
By Charles Jay Donald Trump may have been a key factor in the demise of the United States Football League, by leading the charge for a switch from the spring/summer to the fall, but there was another sport where he …
Henry Cooper Was Legitimate Legend Of British Ring
By Charles Jay Henry Cooper, who died last week just shy of his 77th birthday, was a hell of a credible heavyweight from the United Kingdom who really captured the imagination of the British public, to the point where he …
Did Jack Dempsey Really Consider AC Mayor To Become His Manager?
By Charles Jay Edward L. Bader was the mayor of Atlantic City during a critical time in the city’s history. Under his stewardship (well, along with Nucky Johnson, something we learned from “Boardwalk Empire”), he got the Convention Hall built, …
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