TALES ABOUT LIGHTWEIGHTS Part Two – Eye-Talians and Eye-Poppers
TALES ABOUT LIGHTWEIGHTS Part Two — Eye-Talians and Eye-Poppers By Angelo Prospero Jr. Frankie Ryff and Orlando Zulueta put on…
The Great Prize Fight
By Michael J. Brodhead After the great days of the Comstock discoveries and before the early twentieth-century mineral strikes in…
When Langford whipped (?) Jack Johnson
By Don Buchan In the middle forties when I knew Jack Johnson, we had a bit of fun. I used…
Boxing Champions without Ammunition
By George D. Blair The former champ lunged at his young opponent. He threw a looping right which once had…
Larry Holmes – The Champ Speaks
Charles Jay has a chat with the “Easton Assassin” “Though he may have never gained the kind of universal admiration…
MARVIN HART VS. JACK ROOT (part 2)
By Guy Louis Rocha and Eric N. Moody The Heavyweight Championship Fight That Time Forgot The main problem confronting Egan…
Lindbergh’s Flight: A Boston Connection
By Professor Laurence F. McNamee Students of aesthetics are continually amazed how great events in history seem to run in…
Jack Dempsey – Carpentier Fight Almost Wound Up In Atlantic City
By Charles Jay In 1921 Jack Dempsey was the king of the hill among fighters and Tex Rickard had the…
Lou Ambers – The Herkimer Hurricane
By Pat McElligot Luigi D’Ambrosio was born on November 8, 1913 in Herkimer, NY. Herkimer is a small town, with…
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…
A Hagler-Leonard Story
By: Marley Malenfant In my old man’s gym hangs a framed picture of Marvin “Marvelous” Hagler with the black and…
The Comeback Itch
By Joel Lipsitt Many well-known fighters have changed their minds after retirement and decided to try and make a comeback…
Cassius Clay aka Muhammad Ali’s Final Loss in Olympic Trials in 1960
By: Ken Hissner Ali in 1960 was the Golden Gloves National heavyweight champion and the AAU National light heavyweight runner-up.…
J. Woody – A Fine Prospect In The Mid 60’s
By Jim Amato Although he ended his career losing almost as many bouts as he won. At one time in…
Fritzie Zivic – A Real Pro
By Angelo Prospero Jr. They didn’t come any smarter, cuter or craftier in the ring than Fritzie Zivic. Born May…
Tyson’s Place in boxing history
by Tom Donelson How does one place Mike Tyson in perspective as a fighter? There are fighters that most pundits…
Why Jeffries Came Back for Johnson & Marciano Didn’t for Johansson!
Why Jeffries Came Back for Johnson & Marciano Didn’t for Johansson! By: Ken Hissner James J “The Boilermaker” Jeffries was…
One Hundred and Eight Years Ago Jeffries and Johnson Fought
By: Ken Hissner On the 4th of July in 1910 James J Jeffries was “forced” by his pastor during a…
Do You Remember: Jerry Quarry
By Jim Amato Mike Tyson was the self proclaimed “Baddest Man On The Planet.” Even after his decisive loss to…
Men of Iron: Tom Sharkey
By L.L. Roberts Tom Sharkey was born and raised in Ireland of the 1880’s. Already a hard lad, a stint…
Ali’s Place in Boxing History: Comparison
How would Ali Rate? By Tom Donelson How would Ali fare against other Great Heavyweights? This is one question that…
Lewis-Holyfield I: The Fight That Put Boxing Down (And Almost Out)
By: Sean Crose People were mad for a long time. A very long time. If it’s true that history is…
Muhammad Ali In Fat City History
By: Jorge Martinez Recent events have exposed fissures in our union and rocked our national identity. It is in this…
Book Review: The Fight by Norman Mailer
By: Stephanie Kent In The Fight, we follow Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Norman Mailer during the suspenseful weeks leading up to…
STANLEY SCOTT: Knock Him Out or Be Knocked Out Was His Game!
STANLEY SCOTT: Knock Him Out or Be Knocked Out Was His Game! By: Ken Hissner “He was one of the…