In Thomas Hauser's biography of Ali, (the best available, IMO) there is a whole chapter about money. The upshot is that Ali was incredibly...
Joe was enjoying training up young fighters (including his son) and got into the gym work so much that he fooled himself into believing he was...
No doubt that Ali was very promiscuous and unfaithful to his wives during his career. He has admitted it, and claims he regrets his behaviour....
Possibly. Even without considering potential racist motives, Ali was presumably still unpopular because of refusing the draft. Marciano had...
Against a prime (or near prime) Ali, Jones would be well out of his depth. Jones would be smart enough to know this and avoid such a fight....
Sportswriter Mark Kram described Cummings as "A congealed barrel of rust." But it was Cummings who showed us that while Bruno was a great British...
Ali used to call it "going into The Room." He said when you were caught by a huge punch, it was like going into an alternative reality; a crazy...
I read a theory that McClellan's weight cutting was in part responsible for the catastrophic brain damage he suffered in his fight against Benn....
I remember reading that Eddie Futch said to Frazier as they were getting ready to leave the dressing room for the FOTC "This is it, Joe...I can...
I remember reading that Ali said something like "beaten by a blond? I don't think so..." before he fought Joe Bugner. That seemed pretty light...
A friend of mine worked at the Barry Island funfair where he often met Jimmy Wilde. One time, he asked Jimmy for some advice about punching,...
A long time since I watched that fight. I didn't score it, but I thought it was a close fight, at the time. The champion often retains the title...
I don't mean to criticise (let alone 'slam'!) Rocky. I am just greedy for more classic Marciano fights! You are absolutely right that most champs...
As I say, I am a Rocky fan, and my motive is not to put Rocky down, but more of a wish that we had more great fights of Rocky to look back on. I...
I read from one source that Valdez's loss to Archie Moore was controversial, and that it was Valdez who deserved the title shot. I am not sure if...
