Jeff "Left-Hook" Lacey was a strong, game fighter with a fine left-hook, but he had little in the way of skills and was far too easy to hit. His...
Bobby Chacon was not an all-time great. He had plenty of talent and showed that he had fine boxing skills early in his career. But he lacked...
Jack Hurley felt that Rex Layne had a tremendous amount of potential, but stated that Layne needed more instruction and seasoning in the western...
Both Carlos Palomino and Sugar Ray Leonard knocked out Dave "Boy" Green with terrific left hooks. - Chuck Johnston
Before being managed by the duo, Art Winch and Sam Pian, Tony Zale had a manager named Benny Ray, who was the matchmaker at the Marigold Gardens,...
I have read that Joey Maxim paced himself well during his bout with Sugar Ray Robinson. - Chuck Johnston
In light of the fact that Archie Moore's career got a shot in the arm after he was active as a professional boxer for more than a decade, I was...
Eddie Zivic fought to a draw in a four-round bout with Angus Smith at the Ventura Athletic Club in Ventura, California on February 23, 1934....
In the bout with Floyd Mayweather, Jr. and Victor Ortiz, the latter simply wasn't protecting himself, which he was suppose to do in a professional...
According to Charley Burley's record, his bout with Antonio Fernandez was his last one before he moved to Minneapolis with Bobby Eaton as his new...
Charley Burley simply had far too many boring bouts. That fact may have been the main reason that Burley wasn't able get a world title shot or...
These are known gates of shows featuring Charley Burley in main events: Jan. 27, 1938- Tiger Jackson, Pittsburgh ( Duquesne...
Ad Wolgast passed away in Camarillo, California, which is where Camarillo State Hospital was located. Two other former fighters, Terry Kellar and...
From November 24, 1941 to August 1942, Charley Burley was managed by Bobby Eaton. According to a news item in the August 11, 1942 edition of the...
Charley Burley and Sugar Ray Robinson fought in separate bouts on the same boxing cards at least twice. At Convention Hall in Philadelphia on...
