Boxing History

By Carlos Acevedo On May 26, 1911, the first White Hope tournament, a motley assortment of eleven barnyard scrappers and dockwallopers, was held at the National Sporting Club in New…

By Angelo Prospero Jr. They didn't come any smarter, cuter or craftier in the ring than Fritzie Zivic. Born May 8, 1913 in Pittsburgh, this Croatian-American came from a fighting…

By Don Buchan It has been said by some "in the know" that Floyd Patterson could have remained a light heavyweight and gone down in history as one of the…

Henry Armstrong, one of the greatest fighters ever By Tom Donelson Between 1937 and 1938, Henry Armstrong was the greatest fighter ever. He won 27 fights in 1937 with 26…

Rocky Graziano: Remembering Da Rock by Robert Ecksel TheSweetScience.com Former middleweight champion Rocky Graziano personified Nu Yawk. He was born Thomas Rocca Barbella in a Rivington Street tenement in 1922…

By Tom Donaldson (This is another excerpt of my upcoming book, "Boxing in the Shadow" and details the career of Charlie Burley one of boxing great fighters.) A friend of…

By Tom Donelson There are times in which good men find themselves in the wrong place at the wrong time. Max Schmeling, Joe Frazier and Gerry Cooney were three good…

By Jim Amato Although he ended his career losing almost as many bouts as he won. At one time in the mid-60's heavyweight James J. Woody was considered a fine…

How would Ali Rate? By Tom Donelson How would Ali fare against other Great Heavyweights? This is one question that sends boxing fans into a tether. Many of the older…

By Jim Amato During the 60's and the early 1970's the state of California produced several world class heavyweights. Talented and capable boxers like Eddie Machen, Jerry Quarry, Henry Clark,…