Floyd Patterson had more ability and skills than Mathew Saad Muhammad. Saad had a huge heart, but was far too easy to hit. - Chuck Johnston
I liked Mathew Saad Muhammad/Matthew Franklin as a fighter, but he would not match up well with Ezzard Charles, who had far more all-around...
Mickey Davies was the matchmaker at the Olympic Auditorium for a time during the 1960s. I think that Don Chargin was Davies' successor. - Chuck...
I use to attend boxing matches at the Olympic Auditorium during the 1970s and 1980s. Much of that time, Aileen was the promoter while Don Chargin...
I have been reading ringside reports of Charley Burley's bouts over the last few weeks. The information that I looked for in such reports were...
Both bouts between GGG and Canelo were fine bouts and well-worth the money, but they fell short of being classics. - Chuck Johnston
The second bout between GGG and Canelo was reasonably close, so the decision could have gone either way without any hint of a so-called robbery....
Charley Burley would have stopped Rocky Graziano. Of course, Graziano's brain trust probably would not let their charge fight Burley even if the...
Mike Tyson was one thrilling, charismatic fighter, so I would think that he had a terrific chance to make a staggering amount of money if he was...
As I recall, the bout between Bruce Curry and Monroe Brooks was shown on one of the major networks. It was an absolutely sensational bout, one of...
Steve Compton's biography of Harry Greb is vastly superior compared to the one written by Bill Paxton. The amount of research that Compton did on...
If one wants to learn about the professional boxing scene in the United States from the 1910s to 1970, I would highly recommend The One Is Jack...
I have been trying to find the gate receipts of each boxing show that Charley Burley fought on during his career. So far, I have found a number of...
What was the humidity during the Maxim-Robinson and the third Ali-Frazier bouts? In other words, the heat is only one of many elements when it...
Carlos Zarate looked absolutely terrible while fighting Wilfredo Gomez, which was an absolute shock to me. Yet up to that time, Zarate was so...
