I think they became pretty standard during the 1900s. Quite a bit of wrangling about it early on because Jeffries didn't wear them but some of...
I wouldn't be surprised if this is totally untrue, but in Ali's autobiography he says Don King told him it was the chance to get revenge for...
Who's being a "size queen"? The only person talking about size is you, claiming that Machen can't have been much good because he dropped a hair's...
That's cute, trying to make out Harold Johnson was past it because he "never beat another heavyweight". How many heavyweights did he try to beat...
Looks like Bob Armstrong to me.
Under that third clipping it says, "Although much larger than Baer's, 'tis interesting to know that they didn't weigh an ounce more than the...
Felt the need to do some digging on this one. There actually was a debate about the size of Carnera's gloves, because if they were the standard 6...
Also an exhibition bout early in Foreman's career.
Well, Marciano at one point seemed to confirm the rumour - "I have been cutting wood, shadow boxing and doing calisthenics for the past five...
People do love a comeback. As late as 1966 the press were seriously speculating that Marciano was about to return and take on Muhammad Ali....
Not sure why he says the result was never known. It's always been my understanding that Leonard won by knockout.
I think it's obvious what's happened here. Sonny Liston is immortal. In 1970 he realised that people were eventually going to start asking...
Although it's true that his age on his arrest in 1950 was given as 22, this doesn't make anything a "certainty", for the simple reason that the...
Joe Louis knocking out Jersey Joe Walcott would have been a magnificent end to his career. Too bad he couldn't make his retirement stick.
Apparently it was a "thrilling fast moving photodrama", "interspersed with events of usual interest" and "free from any touches of vulgarity"....
