Real good story about Joey and Cartier. I too am saddened by his loss and I too, feel he was a connection to my younger days.
One of my five favorite fighters. Tough as nails, great boxer, never ducked anyone. Fought them all. He was a great family man as well. I only met...
Just remember his name. Rahman Ali.
Floyd Patterson had a brother Ray Patterson seven years younger than Floyd who was also a heavyweight. He won the N.Y. Gloves is 1961 and fought...
Truth is the undercard was pretty much a non-factor. The buzz leading up to the main event was the undercard. Celebrities all over the place....
I dont remember who was on the undercard. I looked at my ticket stub thinking it might be on there. I haven't looked at that stub for years. I...
I was 31 years of age in 1971 and I was at the fight with my wife. We paid 50.00 each for our tickets and had nice seats. I still have the stubs....
Along with those names from the 50's add Eduardo Lausse, Tiger Jones, Holy Mims, Joey Giambra, Rocky Castellani, Spider Webb, Rory Calhoun, Marcel...
I wouldn't be so sure about that. Pavlik is a big strong hard punching and determined fighter. No one is a lock to destroy him. You named some...
Cotto has shown signs of running out of gas in a couple of his recent fights. Namely against Mosley. In that fight he pretended he was boxing...
Never said it wasn't done. It's just that years ago, there were no junior or super divisions. A welter would have to go from 147 and fight 160...
The idea of fighters being great in their division and stepping up in weight class is a relatively new one. I know Henry Amstrong did it and...
Rocky Marciano. We will never know what it would have taken to defeat him. As a pro, he always did what it took to win. 49-0
What makes him so interesting is that he has the ability to knock out anyone he fights. He is tough, durable and a tremendous puncher. The guy is...
Mills Lane. Steele was not only no where near the ref Lane was, he was one of the all-time worst. For one thing, Steele was always in the way. He...
