Gypsy Jem Mace by Jeremy Poolman … simply awful. I also didn't like the Jerry Quarry biography, I forget the author's name but it's the one with...
Has Pollack released an expanded version of his Fitz biography or a volume 2 because all mine says about the Ruhlin fight is … 1900 KO6 Ruhlin....
The Dempsey book hasn't been published yet. I've been waiting for it to come out for a good few years now but it keeps getting pushed back and...
# 186 Denmark Hill
Surely Carpentier was never considered the greatest ever European boxer above Jimmy Wilde at any point in time? Most famous and popular, very...
This picture is from the Heavyweight title fight between Tommy Burns and Bill Squires in August 1908 and the referee is Harry Nathan. This is The...
I'm never quite sure who is recognised as world champion or just a claimant but I know Leo Houck beat many world champions and top contenders. He...
Yes, that must have been around ten years ago. I felt sorry for the bloke, she really tore him a new one.
Has there ever been a worse title fight than Johnny Nelson v Carlos De Leon? Johnny Nelson v James Warring may well be runner-up. "The...
Is the answer Bert Gilroy?
Looks like you both need to buy Clay Moyle's biography on Langford which covers this exhibition bout.
Many years since I read it but I remember it being a good read and well worth the purchase. Definitely had the feel of a personal recollection. I...
From Buddy Baer's autobiography: Our grandfather, Aschill Baer, was a French Jew from Alsace-Lorraine who migrated to America as a youth. (His...
Colin Jones v Milton McCrory I Colin Jones v Milton McCrory II Roy Jones at the Olympics
Laing's biography is a great book, especially if you were following British boxing throughout his career. Much of the story is told via many of...
