Yes, Breland came out of the '84 Olympics in Los Angeles where the Russians, Cubans, and East Germans boycotted, but even without some possibly...
Been there, my friend. I mean, half of my magazines didn't even have the covers on them anymore and the other half were probably bent all up,...
You're right, Sal; http://www.boxrec.com/media/index.php/The_Ring_Magazine_Covers:_1984 He was on there for their August issue for that year,...
I don't recall him featured on any Ring covers, but I do recall one issue of KO Magazine from just before the Olympics that featured Breland on...
I'm not sure it was so much of a robbery, Russell, as it being more of a case of some saying that Greb shouldn't have lost his title on a decision...
Thanks for posting, that, Senya. I was taking my quote from Thomas Myler's 'The Sweet Science Goes Sour', which has a chapter dedicated to the...
According to Fox he confronted Palermo after the second Ossie Harris fight in 1946 and asked him about the fight because he suspected it was fixed...
In addition to the dehydration Foreman was said to have been suffering from, during his stay in the hospital following the Young matchup the...
Here's a couple more opinions from the New York writers as reported in the day-afters; "Instead of fighting in close as he had done with such...
Tony Zale actually had a fight against Billy Pryor in Aug of 1941 which had (or still has...I don't quite trust wikipedia articles, as my sources...
This is true. Greb made the announcement on the morning of Feb 12th, 1926 while in Arizona for his fight with Owen Phelps, including him stating...
In regards to their second fight, didn't Tunney himself say something about Greb being justified in calling the decision a bad one, and then gave...
Judging by the reports of the time, I might be inclined to go with Battling Nelson in his fourty round loss to Ad Wolgast back in Feb of 1910,...
It wasn't only because of the 1988 Games, my friend, as there was also plenty of controversy surrounding the 1984 Games, as well, with a number of...
The return fight between Langford & Ketchel was just about all set to go, as it was in the first week of June (1910) when a deal was struck for a...
