While environment may be a cause for mental illness in many cases, genetic characteristics also play an important part, especially for people with...
It appears that Cyclone Workman also boxed as "Cowboy Ed Warner," a light-heavyweight who was active mostly in California after having his first...
Floyd Patterson didn't match up well with Sonny Liston and probably Muhammad Ali. Liston and Ali each stopped Patterson twice. Yes, Patterson...
Harry Greb's contemporaries generally had lifetime knockout percentages which were far from impressive by recent standards. Maxie Rosenbloom,...
From 1920 to 1925, I would think that Jack Dempsey, Georges Carpentier and Benny Leonard made more money than Harry Wills. A recent biography of...
I still don't think that any highly successful boxer could absolutely hate the sport, especially at the time he was active. - Chuck Johnston
There have been quite a number of highly successful professional boxers who didn't like certain aspects of their sport, but I doubt that any of...
Neil Clisby was a quite active black heavyweight based in Southern California during his career. As result, a good number of Southern California...
Some people have compared Willie Meehan to Butterbean, also known as Eric Esch. Despite being pudgy for at least part of his career, Meehan was a...
When I say that Jack Dempsey's accomplishments pale to those of Joe Louis, it doesn't mean I feel that Dempsey was a bum. While Dempsey was a...
Compare the records of Jack Dempsey and Joe Louis. Does anybody think that Dempsey came close to what Louis accomplished as a top heavyweight?...
Arturo Frias - Chuck Johnston
A bout between Jack Dempsey and Harry Greb would be far interesting and much better than Dempsey's fight with Georges Carpentier. I once thought...
Based on what I have read, I feel that the bout between Tony Fuente and Fred Fulton was far more suspect than the first one between Fireman Jim...
If Fred Winsor was banned in California after the Tony Fuente vs. Fred Fulton debacle, it wasn't for long. Winsor managed a number of fighters...
