I have memories of a fighter who fought in Tampa on USA in the era of "Cowboy" Don Shiver and Kenny "The Blizzard" Snow and think it might have...
Thanks. I'll check that out.
I confess a jaundiced eye when looking at the past in sports. While the points made here about taking time to assess the present in historical...
Hard to tell from what little Wills film there is, wish there was more, but at least the Wills-Firpo showed a glimpse of what he was like, if only...
I have a title for a book on Gus Ruhlin - The Boxer and the Suffragette
Thanks for the articles. Matt, of course I have your excellent book on Maher and refer to it often.
Here is an interesting article on Gus Ruhlin's wife, very politically active as a suffragette evidently. http://www.jjon.org/jioyce-s-people/ruhlin
Thanks mcvey. Yes, I see things the way you do for sure. When I was young reading Alexander Johnston's Ten And Out, the parts of that running...
I'm trying to find more information on Gus Ruhlin, beyond the fuzzy film vs Jeffries and mentions in other fighter biographies. I feel like he...
Spinks would be so careful vs Ruddock due to the scary power he has, but I wonder if the hand speed and punches from different angles by Ruddock...
While aware of the gaps in hard boxing research, I do appreciate the Kahn book for the great sense of time, humor and historical context.
Didn't Dempsey's narrative evolve due to having books ghostwritten? I thought I read that somewhere... Roger Kahn maybe.
Well said. Williams.
Holmes too good a boxer for 77 Foreman who often got off track and turned sloppy other than the 76 Frazier fight.
Thanks for the link. Very interesting stuff!
