Jeffries against Johnson is a famous one.
I don't think there was a big difference in size. When Sullivan fought Ryan for the title, aged twenty-three, his weight was variously given as...
Just to fill in the details of the summary on boxrec, the next-day reports from the Oakland Tribune: https://pasteboard.co/JUeAnQm.png and the...
It was certainly broadcast live at the time, but as this was the 1940s and videotape didn't exist yet, it may well be that it was never recorded.
It's debateable whether any of Sullivan's gloved contests before Corbett can be considered title defences. There was a widespread perception at...
I won't pretend to be any sort of expert, but here's contemporary reports on a couple of Belcher's early wins - both against heavier opponents....
Jimmy Bivins is probably up there - Ezzard Charles, Archie Moore, Joey Maxim, Charley Burley.
I know that when the NBA first brought in their system of grouping the ratings into logical contenders, outstanding boxers and honorable mentions,...
Going by the official scorecards, plus the AP and UPI cards, there were 11 rounds arguably won by Ali and only 3 indisputably won by Frazier....
There's just no suggestion in the next-day reports that this was anything but a serious fight. The San Francisco Chronicle describes it as a...
I don't think there was anything wrong with the decision - the San Francisco Examiner and the Chronicle both said it was fair. As the Examiner...
Liston was obviously something special from the start, the way he seemed to appear out of nowhere in 1953 and start scoring world-class amateur...
Many of the earliest references do give a birthdate in 1871, but apparently his mother sent him a letter all the way from Ireland to let him know...
I don't know where you got the idea Clarence Henry only had two amateur bouts. He was a national Golden Gloves champion.
No, assuming the story is true at all, Charles sparred with Liston while training for Bob Satterfield, at the very beginning of 1954. As Swag...
