In 1926, 19-year old Teddy Baldock was forced to move up to bantamweight, and he had the urge to try his luck in America. His father was against...
January 1986. Muhammad Ali shuffles back into a ring at aged near 44, testing himself by sparring with Tony Tubbs and Tim Witherspoon. "I...
Mike Jacobs 1937 telegram to Max Schmeling......
James J Jeffries campaigning for a rematch with Jack Johnson... "He believes that, if he had felt as well as he did on any of his ordinary...
in relation to the previous post... Cowboy Luttrell Demolishes Jack Dempsey June 11, 2013 Editorial note: Descendents of rugged wrestler Cowboy...
In the summer of 1940, a balding New York restaurant owner named Jack Dempsey launched a comeback at the advanced aged of 45. After his...
In the small room is a large bed he makes up himself, several record albums he rarely plays, a telephone that seldom rings. The larger room has a...
what made Mickey Walker different from the norm was that he couldn’t do things within the boundary of a set timetable. For Mickey, the...
@ 9.20 here...coolness personified with a wink.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x40HigpdewE
October 1937. At Shawfield Park (Glasgow, Scotland), capacity packed with 40,000 and thousands more unable to get in, it was vintage boxing, the...
"The tap on the door came at 6 o'clock in the morning. I knew it was 6 o'clock because there was a clock on the dresser, next to a copy of the...
"I often wonder what other fighters feel, and what goes through their minds when they lose," he said, placing a cup of tea on the table. "I've...
continued from previous post... The next round was the fifth. The pattern was the same and he was on his back again. The first was to nine....
The story of Benny Lynch and Nipper Hampston... .............. There were three weeks before the match against Len Hampston of Batley at...
"After introducing several celebrities in the audience, the ring announcer, Freddie Russo, said in his booming voice, “Ladieees and...
