Nel Tarleton from liverpool became the British featherweight champion in 1931, and fought for the world title in 1934...and he had only one lung...
When Mick Leahy won the British middleweight title against George Aldridge with a first round ko....Sugar Ray Robinson, Muhammad Ali (then Cassius...
On his pro debut in 1910 future Australian sensation Les Darcy fought Guv'nor Balsa over a scheduled 10 rounds, the fight was scored a draw and it...
"MUMBLING INCOHERENTLY, the shriveled little man shuffled into the charity ward of Chicago State Hospital. The doctors looked at him with a...
"They drew a pistol on us and took the belt back" "Juan Zurita, he was past due for a defense so they named me as contender and gave me a shot at...
The former light-heavyweight champion who was paralytic drunk when he entered the ring with Jack Sharkey. 1928. Madison Square Garden, New York....
"Dressing room No. 26 in the rear of New York's Madison Square Garden is a windowless pit that holds heat like a thermos. Behind its heavy steel...
"The facts clearly show that in 1926 I tried desperately to arrange a fight with Harry Wills but the deal collapsed when my guarantee was not...
"My break finally came. If you could call fighting Ernie Shavers a break. I had no choice. I'd waited too long to get a fight that mattered. If it...
continued from previous post... ............. DH: By this time had you relocated to the west coast? JG: Yes, my manager and I had moved to...
Joey Giambra fought under a completely different set of rules in the 1950s than those afforded the fighters of today. There was no such thing as a...
London. 1979. Muhammad Ali, considered by many to be the greatest heavyweight champion of all time, was really heavy and overweight as he...
"Grimm took the first round by storm, slamming Johnny to all corners of the ring, with a series of two handed attacks. Dias somehow recovered his...
Sept. 19th 1956. New York. The State Athletic Commission indefinitely suspend former lightweight champion Paddy DeMarco for conduct detrimental to...
previous post continued... The IBC sent out prefight placards bearing a picture of Hurley leaning over Matthews in the corner. No one could...
