An early 1970s Ring Magazine contained a list of how certain fighters ranked in certain categories in the opinion of Nat Fleischer. I believe...
Jesse Burnett worked as a gardener during his career. I think that Charley Burley was working full-time in a factory in San Diego while fighting...
During 1903, the sports section in one edition of Los Angeles Times contained an item about Jack Johnson being a possible contender for Jim...
I didn't see the bout, so I can only say that Deontay Wilder should get a lot of credit for going the distance and winning a lopsided decision...
How long had Jack Johnson been a heavyweight contender at the time that Jim Jeffries retired for the first time? It was only two or three years...
I didn't see the bout between Deontay Wilder and Bermane Stiverne, so I can't comment on how good they looked while fighting tonight. However, I...
I don't understand the focus on only Jim Jeffries for not agreeing to defend his world heavyweight title in a bout with a black fighter. Keep in...
It didn't help Ezzard Charles that he was the immediate successor to Joe Louis as the world heavyweight champion, which is similar to a coach or a...
In his second bout with George Foreman, Joe Frazier tried to stay away and box him instead of fighting in his usual very aggressive manner. The...
A black fighter never fought in a world heavyweight title bout during a period of twenty-two years after Jack Johnson lost the title to Jess...
I was trying to find fighters who were committed to institutions for mental illnesses besides dementia. Before losing his title and having...
Cyclone Workman (Marvin Parley Workman) was active as middleweight boxer and wrestler in Utah and Idaho during the 1910s and 1920s. It appears...
Ken Norton simply didn't match up well with big punchers. Joe Frazier would have taken Norton out very quickly. - Chuck Johnston
In Southern California during the 1970s, a tape of the first bout between Jose Napoles and Armando Muniz was shown on television (probably on a...
As someone who saw a tape of first bout between Jose Napoles and Armando Muniz, I agree that the officiating in it was incredibly corrupt. It...
