It's certainly true about the bone chips. Lastarza later claimed (undoubtedly wrongly) that he would be able to do better in a rematch after an...
I remember Henry Cooper wrote in his book that Billy Walker was on a British amateur team which famously won all 10 bouts in a match against a...
I tried to track this down once. The reports I've seen from the day all give the quote as some variation on "I'll lick hell out of Wills" or...
That's a little unfair. Ray's exhibitions against Louis were right at the tail-end of his career, when he'd already dropped out of the ratings....
Aside from the fact that the 1930 and 1940 censuses make it clear that he was born no sooner than late 1930, it would be miraculous if he was able...
Favourite Fatty Langtry story: in 1905 he challenged John L Sullivan to fight him for the "fat men's championship". https://pasteboard.co/JsZLFSO.png
That's right, except Young didn't back out. He was suggested by Don King as the replacement but then rejected - by the promotional company or by...
Courtney actually did have a bit of a local reputation, and boxed a four-round exhibition with Fitzsimmons shortly before meeting Corbett. Seems...
Johnson accepted this offer and the bout was scheduled for London in October. Then the war started and it fell through....
Interesting. The earliest reference I could find to "Sam McVea" was from 1908, which would be while he was in Paris, so maybe it's true.
He seems to have been confused about this himself. He put McVey on his passport application but McVea on a postcard to his sister.
Some reports took a different view of the Dempsey-Greb sparring sessions. Sep 2: "Greb boxed and slugged, Dempsey merely boxed. He never...
Most of the press reported that Flynn had won. He seems to have just swarmed Langford and denied him punching room....
I think this is just the boxrec rankings. Which, like any purely stats-based system, inevitably throws up some funnies.
Sonny looking thrilled with the opportunity to make a new friend....
