The Story of Three Men (Max, Joe, and Gerry)
By Tom Donelson There are times in which good men find themselves in the wrong place at the wrong time.…
The Night the Two Greatest P4P Boxers Faced Each Other!
The Night the Two Greatest P4P Boxers Faced Each Other! By: Ken Hissner There have been many opinions on “who…
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…
A Promoter’s Nightmare
By Robert Carson Bill Owens and Al Walker won’t go down in the Boxing Hall of Fame, but in the…
Atlantic City Mobilizes To Get Into Big-Time Boxing in 1921
By Charles Jay The impact of the 1921 Jack Dempsey-Georges Carpentier fight in Jersey City was not lost on anyone…
Doctor Tried To Put Damper on Ali-Frazier Fight
After fifteen rounds of brutal, spectacular action, the general consensus about the first fight between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier…
American Boxers Fighting Out of Japan Back to 1961!
American Boxers Fighting Out of Japan Back to 1961! By: Ken Hissner Japan is a hot bed for boxers with…
One Eye & a Bag of Tricks That Was Philly’s “Gypsy” Joe Harris
One Eye & a Bag of Tricks That Was Philly’s “Gypsy” Joe Harris By: Ken Hissner In the 60’s the…
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…
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.…
Uncrowned Champion Eddie Booker
By: Ken Hissner Ever Hear the Name of Uncrowned Champion Eddie Booker? This writer recently asked my two favorite Historians…
‘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,…
5 Fights that Matter
There are fights that were great within the ring but for me, there are five fights that transcended the sport.…
Why Do Boxers Like Muhammad Ali Continue Boxing Too Long?
By: Ken Hissner There have been some great boxers that have continued boxing too long such as Muhammad Ali. Was…
Muhammad Ali’s 77th Birthday Is Today
By: Ken Hissner In 1960 a brash young boxer from Louisville, KY, came on the scene. Cassius Clay won the…
Flashback: Tommy Hearns, Roberto Duran And The Shot Heard Round The World
By: Sean Crose Both Tommy Hearns and Roberto Duran were already legendary figures back in 1984. Duran, the hardened Panamanian…
Modern Classics: Hagler-Duran
By: Sean Crose It was a turning point fight for both men. One, defending middleweight champion Marvelous Marvin Hagler, had…
Larry Holmes Kicked Off Heavyweight Title Action in AC in 1983
Believe it or not, the first heavyweight championship fight in Atlantic City did not take place until September of 1983,…
The Aaron Pryor Interview
The former Light Welterweight champion and 1996 International Hall of Fame inductee Aaron Pryor discusses his career, the highs, the…
The Feared Fighters of “Black Murderers Row”
By: Ken Hissner There were eight fighters that were feared who were middleweights who fought one another during the same…
Talkin’ Boxing with Chuck Wepner
Former world heavyweight title challenger and good friend to BoxingInsider.com Chuck Wepner took time out to talk some pugilism. The…
Memorable Long Counts In Boxing
By Joel Lipsitt In some important contests a boxer has, for one reason or another, been allowed more than ten…
Classic Biofile Willie Pep 1922-2006
Status: Boxing Hall of Famer. Former World Featherweight champion. His ring record was 229-11-1 (65 KO’s). Birthplace: Middletown, CT Boxing…
Ted “Kid” Lewis – The Greatest Boxer From Great Britain
by Armando Paz Perhaps second only to Jimmy Wilde, Ted “Kid” Lewis (192-32-14 79 KO’s) would be the greatest boxer…
Nasty, Brutish, Short: Al Palzer & The White Hopes
By Carlos Acevedo On May 26, 1911, the first White Hope tournament, a motley assortment of eleven barnyard scrappers and…