Louis after 1948 was depressing to watch and so were the early boxing telecasts. The production values were primitive, the commercials were...
It would be a competitive bout. Floyd was a little bit faster in 1960 and had reached the pinnacle of his career while Quarry in '67 was a young...
He could jab you all night and pop you pretty good with the right hand. He had great balance and always seemed to be fighting at his preferred...
Those jazz-influenced fellers from New Orleans, Ralph Dupas and Willie Pastrano.
We know Liston's instinct was to intimidate his opponents. That intimidation factor was an essential part of his arsenal. Would Liston intimidate...
Larry had too much size and reach, better movement and that punishing jab. This is a terrible matchup for Floyd.
By the end of 1970 he probably couldn't earn the $13,000 he was paid to fight Wepner unless he took on a contender, such as Ellis or Quarry or...
Eddie Machen has never received proper credit for his performance against Liston. This was an important televised fight to determine the...
Mulling over the imaginary Liston vs. Holyfield fight -- as an exercise to keep my brain functioning in OK shape . . . Holyfield obviously would...
During his prime years, roughly 1958-63, nobody tested Sonny's strength. That's why it's a shame he never fought Chuvalo. That match would've...
Don Cockell was crazy. How else to explain fighting Rocky Marciano with a bad kidney?
She's 94 and still kicking.
Mamie's Wikipedia says so. Fortunately for Jack it didn't work out. What other surprising facts about fighters' private lives do you know?
I see in the Cockell fight the first signs of Marciano's decline from his peak. It's quite possible that Rocky saw this too. I theorize that his...
Fights I'd love to see but can't: Liston-Marshall 1. Liston-Folley. Liston-Dejohn. Julio Mederos vs. Harold Johnson (the infamous "poisoned...
