I just picked up on ringtv.com that Bill Dettloff, THE RING magazines Senior Writer, is working on a biography of Ezzard Charles. This content is protected I figured there's probably a few old timers on ESB who could feed him some good info for his work.
Ezzards cousin, and former manager, Richard Christmas, hangs around my gym a bit. He would be a great resource. I may be able to put them in touch if he is interested. Richard is a real old timer who probably doesnt do the computer thing though.
Yep, a bit of a Dempsey-Tunney underwhelming type of reception.... Cox says that Charles was "too subtle and pure of a sweet scientist to capture the imagination of the public".... There might be some truth to that.
man, a work that needs to be done. it's amazing how many great figures from this great sport have so little written on them.
Charles, from what I've read was a very decent, interesting man, at least from my point of view...with "Tunneyish" habits like reading, painting and playing a mean standup bass...he was, from what I've read of him, which unfortunately, is not a lot, a classy guy...and along with him being one of my favorite fighters, is quite a combination. He was a perfect fit for that greatest of decades, IMO.