Kid Gavilan had plenty of boxing skill and smarts. - Chuck Johnston
John Tate had good boxing skills and was talented, but lacked durability. - Chuck Johnston
Mike Tyson did very well with Kevin Rooney as his trainer and with Jimmy Jacobs and Bill Cayton as his managers. While Rooney may have not been...
Yes, there has been clinching in boxing, but I have never seen a fighter who clinched on such a constant basis as John Ruiz did during his career....
I seriously doubt the John Ruiz's fighting style was old school. Do you think that old-time promoters and matchmakers would have someone like...
John Ruiz should have been disqualified each time he was using his trademark fighting style in a boxing ring. - Chuck Johnston
You stated it well. At the beginning of his bout with Earnie Shavers, Ken Norton was using his cross-armed defense with his back on the ropes,...
I know that Ad Wolgast was a patient at Patton State Hospital in San Bernardino County, California beginning in the late 1920s before being moved...
In bouts between southpaws and fighters with orthodox stances, there is going to be incidents in which the fighters are going to be stepping on...
With Jimmy Jacobs and Bill Cayton, Mike Tyson had a solid management team. By all accounts, Kevin Rooney, Tyson's trainer, made his charge toe...
It is difficult to project how Teofilio Stevenson was going to do in the professional ranks, especially in 10-round or 12-round bouts, based on...
In his prime, Charley Burley was an a welterweight or a small middleweight, so he was not as big as Marvin Hagler. He lost two bouts to...
I believe that the this footage of Tommy Ryan talking about his boxing career was filmed well after 1920, possibly after 1930. Back in 1920,...
My two favorite boxing films are the Set Up and Raging Bull. The Set Up is a gritty film noir movie featuring Robert Ryan as an ageing club...
After reading about the bout between Marvin Hart and Jack Johnson, I got the impression that Hart did quite well and was the aggressor. As a...
