Jack Hurley, a truly great all-around boxing man, didn't like the "safety-first" boxers at all. As a manager of fighters, he tried to match his...
In regards to the bout between Charley Burley and Holman Williams that took place in Minneapolis on February 26, 1942, at least that was a...
During late 1941, Charley Burley moved to Minneapolis along with his wife and daughter after being managed by Luke Carney for a short period of...
Sugar Ray Robinson didn't fight in California until late 1947. For that first bout, Robinson fought California Jackie Wilson at the Olympic...
Jake LaMotta fought Lloyd Marshall in Cleveland where both fighters were popular. By the way, a number of the other Murderers' Row fighters never...
Black middleweight fighters such as Eddie Booker, Aaron Wade, Lloyd Marshall, Archie Moore, Charley Burley and Jack Chase had quite a few fights...
The brain trust of Tony Zale would have been committing managerial malpractice if they had their charge defending his world middleweight title in...
In regards to Jake LaMotta to being an opponent for Sugar Ray Robinson, promoters and matchmakers were going out of way to have such a fight...
As an informative exercise, take a look at the venues that Sugar Ray Robinson, Jake LaMotta, Fritzie Zivic, Charley Burley, Holman Williams, Eddie...
I also highly recommend Steve Compton's biography of Harry Greb, Live Fast, Die Young. - Chuck Johnston
Keep in mind that Sugar Ray Robinson was fighting in the lightweight division at the beginning of professional career, so the win over Sammy...
Within a year after becoming a professional fighter, Sugar Ray Robinson beat Sammy Angott and Marty Servo in addition to a number of other capable...
I recommend buying John Ochs' massive three-volume book, The One Is Jack Hurley., which has an incredible amount of information about Hurley, one...
Was there a lot wishful thinking on the part of people who wrote highly positive reports of Jim Jeffries after observing him training and sparring...
Another hard-hitting featherweight was Homicide Hal "The Japanese Sandman" Hoshino, an American-born fighter of Japanese descent who was active...
