Joe Frazier in the ring personifies the best about boxing.
Save Cooney, Smith and the Truth, Holmes was taller or as tall as any of his 20 defense victims. His reach was longer than Muhammad Ali's. Hardly...
Agreed: Marciano would not have his short man's style; Holmes could not fight comfortably from the outside.
I was reminded of this nifty tale the other day as I watched “When We Were Kings”, the award-winning documentary on the Rumble in the...
The strategy that moose generally use is to try and turn their opponent to attack his vulnerable side, perhaps breaking ribs, incapacitating the...
I owe Eastside Boxing a lot. In six years, I have learned much here and enjoyed many, many riveting moments reading, laughing and contributing in...
I'm sorry, but you don't know what you're watching. Dempsey is working on the inside-game mechanics that softened up Jack Sharkey and is...
The story must be boxing's most persuasive: - the African continent, enamored with the Greatest! - the Greatest achieving redemption from the...
Very true. Too bad he ruined his mainstream image; too bad he in part took boxing's entire image along for the ride. Just last weekend I was at...
In the immediate postfight interview at Manila, an exhausted Ali stated that if he hadn't been in top shape, "I know I woulda' lost. He is the...
Norton. This fight had everything: the highest stakes (the title!); Holmes' trademark arrogant-skills-based dominance; down-to-the-wire drama,...
Absolutely. The knockout punch on old Artha' was a swift, lethal missile. Such a blow on Wlad's chin would not be nice.
An overdue thread! Big Jess Willard was doing the right thing against Dempsey: jab, jab, grab, spin, smother, jab, right hand. The Pottawatomie...
Duran would give "Money" a much-needed dose of reality. In a word, Duran's pressure, workrate and two-handed power would either break...
Joe Frazier had no business being as great as he was with the pudgy physique he had. The noble exception was the Fight of the Century: he was...
