Freddie Welsh against Benny Leonard (or any of the other five Hall of Famers he beat stateside) Paul Ingle's win over Junior jones wasn't too...
Primo Carnera? What was his connection to Harry Carpenter?
Probably the tears of laughter he shed while commentating on Joe Awome v Manny Gabriel when they both fell head first out of the ring while...
That's reminded me of this video interview with boxing historian Tony Triem. “(Muhammad) Ali's a bum”. On James J Jeffries - “He never hit as...
Didn't Sam Burns manage the Finnegans? I thought Hill was the trainer.
Haven't noticed their names mentioned and without checking their records, did any of these get a shot at a 'real' world title? Joe Choynski Leo...
Jim Driscoll
Just looked at his rankings from 2006 and he has them tied at #10 back then.
It will be up in my loft, give me a day or two and I'll dig it out.
Glossy pages were introduced in the 1990's, prior to that it was like newspaper quality. But I do have that issue if you want me to look...
Notice you say the June 1911 edition, do you know it's a weekly paper?
There is also footage from his last fight against the Frenchman Charles Ledoux.
No, that is the date they were performing at “Jem Mace's Monster Benefit” in Charing Cross, London. I'm guessing the photo you refer to is the...
'Gypsy Jem' and 'Black Ajax' are of a similar style, stories loosely based on fact but not what I would call a biography. For a long time this was...
It's written as if a voice in Jem Mace's head is telling the story, in other words, completely made up conversations from the author's...
