I don't know how many fights he had, but he started as a 13 year old flyweight in 1958 so it could well have been as many as 90.
D'Amato started calling Marciano out in January 1956 - after his last fight but before anyone knew he was going to retire. Patterson had just...
Charles wasn't always consistent in his recollections of when he sparred with Liston, but the most specific reference he gave was that he was in...
Before the fight, Walcott was talking about going on a world tour, possibly culminating in a defence against British champion Johnny Williams in...
The claimed record of 6-0-2 comes from a report in the Oxnard Courier in March 1902 - ahead of McVey's first recorded bout against George...
Coopman was unranked, but he actually was one of the top heavyweights in Europe. He was scheduled to fight Richard Dunn for the vacant European...
Walls was one of the rare breed who retired while in his prime and still a ranked contender. His wife had just had a baby and he decided boxing...
They've missed off the last part of that quote, which is: What's Ali? Just a clown, a performer, a theatrical figure. This was in 1978. Even...
Well, I've never seen that 79" figure before. The standard tale of the tape printed in the press for that fight gives Liston's reach as 84" and...
I don't know about the first one, but the second one certainly happened at Sullivan's benefit at Madison Square Garden. Sullivan was described as...
Williams v Daniels wasn't "very close", Williams was a clear winner on all cards by margins of between 5 and 7 points. Likewise, Williams was...
The idea that Williams was ever a protected fighter doesn't stand up. Aside from fighting Liston and Machen, he signed to fight Harold Johnson in...
Maybe I'm getting cynical in my old age but I'm not totally convinced this ever happened. It's a typical Jack McKinney story - he was told an...
As nice guys go, Floyd Patterson is tough to beat. I like his response when asked why he backed off rather than go for the kill against Terry...
Some of these title claims are debatable to say the least. Although the president of the NBA did say ahead of the Stribling-Griffiths fight that...
