Jim Jeffries came from a somewhat middle class family. Harry Greb's family may have been lower middle class with his father, Pius, able to...
Bones Adams had a fine set of skills, some of which few, if any, fighters had during his era. As a result, I enjoyed watching him fight. - Chuck...
Jake LaMotta could land telling blows throughout a bout even if he wasn't the hardest puncher in the world. As pointed out by a number of other...
Pipino Cuevas's lack of boxing skills would make him an easy opponent in a bout with the highly skilled Donald Curry, who also could punch to...
I am sorry to learn that Rocky Lockridge has passed away. In addition to watching him fight on television, I saw him get stopped by Juan LaPorte...
I had bought and read Harry Otty's fine biography of Charley Burley, but discarded it along with many other books when moving from Ventura,...
Monday Night Football games on ABC drew tremendous ratings with Howard Cosell, Dandy Don Meredith and Frank Gifford in the announcing booth....
In the February 5, 1970 edition of the Sioux City Journal (Sioux City, Iowa), I found an obituary of Tommy O'Loughlin, who managed Charley Burley...
While being so exciting in the ring and a tremendous gate attraction, Rocky Graziano was not that good as a fighter. During the middle 1940s,...
Howard Cosell was obnoxious and wasn't knowledgeable about the fine points of certain sports, notably boxing and football. He also wasn't the...
Before having his rematch with Ezzard Charles, Charley Burley fought Holman Williams for the second time during 1942 and the third time overall....
In regards to the boxing show being staged at Forbes Field on May 25, 1942, there isn't any question that the rematch between Fritzie Zivic and...
It may be that simply being a professional boxer was catastrophic for Ad Wolgast. - Chuck Johnston
It should be pointed out that Marty Servo joined the U.S. Coast Guard and had been inactive as a result for a few years after his second bout with...
Yes, it is. - Chuck Johnston
