This excerpt will vanquish 95% of the suggestions on this thread. It's an excerpt from The Gods of War: Boxing Essays (which you all better buy...
Word was that Zivic fouled him with thumbs and the fact is that Booker finished that fight with his left eye swelled shut. That was in '39. Did...
Well-said, man. Tracing who beat who and how within the Row and is mind-boggling. These were internecine wars like no other. I recently went...
It's a tradition by now, these Murderers' Row series that appear once or twice a year on The Sweet Science.com This one is only two parts, but...
"A Crown for Cocoa Kid" http://queensberry-rules.com/2012-articles/june/a-crown-for-cocoa-kid.html
Yes, and here's the thing: A fighter like Holman Williams is not a guy that has a number. During his prime, he could outbox boxers and outpunch...
That'd be good.
Okay.... Ed Brophy, the director of the IBHOF just called. He said that he was encouraged to contact Carlos Ortiz and ask him to do Cocoa Kid's...
I am not at all sure that anyone is left. I tried to find someone but could not. There may be someone out there but even they may not know who he...
One of those decisions was a bad one. Leto was managed by Lou Viscusi, who was shady, and who tried to bribe Cocoa Kid to throw the fight. Cocoa...
I was hoping you'd show up on this thread. I haven't contacted the CT press, but I'm working on an essay now called "A Crown for Cocoa Kid" and...
The issue isn't Ortiz. He expressed surprise when he was called to the podium to induct Cocoa Kid. He didn't know who Cocoa Kid was and that right...
I spoke with the great Carlos Ortiz Wednesday night and he is a true gentleman -very sharp and very courteous. It wasn't his fault in the...
I and others tried to contact officials at the IBHOF about who would be inducting Cocoa Kid. I specifically asked if any of Cocoa Kid's relatives...
On another note, Overlin may have been the sharpest and wittiest fighter ever. His interviews are hilarious. (I doubt Kid Norfolk was funny.)
