It's entirely possible that this was only an excuse by Choynski, Evan, as we certainly know that excuses are made in abundance by fighters who...
"Feb. 25, 1900. To the Editor of the World: This man Choynski went into the ring with a broken rib. He should never have done what he did. He is a...
That depends. If you believe the stories coming out from the time in regards to Choynski entering the fight with a broken rib that was said to...
Ali speaks of that sort of deal in his bio 'My Own Story' on pages 198-200, and how he was offered a position in the National Guard by a Illinois...
I don't have it any longer unfortuntely and haven't for quite some time, but one of my favourite boxing books from my younger days was the boxing...
If you head over to their site and check out the Brooklyn Eagle's report of Kid Lavigne's fight with Joe Walcott in Dec of 1895 you'll find...
These two were actually signed to face each other for LaMotta's middleweight title in the summer of 1950 at the Polo Grounds, but because of...
To make a long story short and this is going off the top of my head, Weaver did sign to defend against Cooney and the fight was set for the fall...
The Johnson-Grim fight as reported by The Washington Times on July 25th, 1905; "PHILADELPHIA, July 25--The bell clanged last night at the...
Try this again; http://www.ourfutureourpast.ca/newspapr/np_page2.asp?code=n2op0462.jpg
http://www.ourfutureourpast.ca/newspapr/np_page2.asp?code=n2op0462.jpg I've posted that before on here, I think, but there's some good stuff on...
In my opinion, rating fighters on an all-time basis is an overrated practice in it's self, or at least over discussed, so I'll just say all of...
That's what I was sort of wondering myself, although soon after those meetings were going on, as well as soon after Johnson stated that he'd...
The in-ring meeting was said to have happened on Sept 20th, 1910, and here's a couple of quick quotes on it, McGrain; "Boston, Mass., Sept....
McGrain, I'd be interested in your views regarding Johnson issuing the statement only a couple of days after the Jeffries fight, when, while he...
