Roy Jones, Jr. may been a very talented fighter, but his durability was found wanting. As to the fact that he never became a mega-star or a great...
Luther McCarty sustained a fatal injury during his bout with Arthur Pelkey. - Chuck Johnston
Patients often came down with a fatal case of pneumonia after initially coming down with the Spanish Flu. This could present a problem if many of...
Jess Willard was extremely slow while Dempsey looked lightning quick in their bout. As a result, Willard was totally unable to stop Dempsey's...
The decision in favor of Muhammad Ali in his bout with Jimmy Young wasn't that bad. The bout was reasonably close and could have gone either way....
According to various documents in digital form on Ancestry.com, Harry Wills was born on January 20, 1889. - Chuck Johnston
Lem Franklin was light years from being in the class of Harry Wills. To say that Joe Louis made a concerted effort to duck Franklin, a...
When writing about Les Darcy, it is imperative to understand the boxing and political situations in both Australia and United States at the time...
Your point is somewhat valid, John. But Les Darcy was not yet 21 years of age when he fought George Chip in his last bout. His 21st birthday...
Jim Jeffries was dominant and had quite a few title defenses when he was the world heavyweight champion. I consider Jeffries and Jack Johnson to...
As late as the 1970s, there were former world champions who were referees in important bouts even if they had not refereed bouts on a regular...
The Trove is a website which has a huge number of old Australian newspapers in digital form. There was plenty of coverage on Sam McVey in the...
According to one newspaper, Sam McVey sailed to Australia from the United States while working on a ship as a teenager, but I didn't see any...
Sam McVey listed his birthplace as "Welder," Texas on various documents. There is a town named Waelder, which is located in Gonzales County,...
According to his death certificate, Sam McVey also had some damage to his kidneys. I could not find McVey in the U.S. Census Records. Of course,...
