Dollree Mapp was an ex-wife of Jimmy Bivins, a one-time fiancee of Archie Moore and a party in the Mapp Case, which resulted in the landmark 1961...
edward morbius, there was quite a bit of coverage of boxing in certain newspapers even during the Progressive Era. Yes, there was a very...
It appears that California had over 1,000 professional boxing shows each year from 1925 to 1929. Since the average show had five bouts at the...
I have read that Jim Jeffries showed very little interest in boxing after he retired in 1910. Yet he refereed quite a number of bouts, managed...
It appeared that Jim Jeffries was popular where he lived, the Los Angeles area. Of course, Los Angeles was a virtual backwater city at the time...
The elimination of same-day weigh-ins appears to have resulted in greater weight differences between boxers far too often at the time they fight...
I am through with predicting who is going to be inducted into any sports hall of fame after finding out that **** Allen came very close to being...
Something to keep in mind is that record compilers have looked for results of bouts in old newspapers over the last forty or fifty years. I...
Joe Frazier was one terrific fighter, but he didn't match up well with George Foreman regardless of which fighting style he used. - Chuck Johnston
John Ruiz belongs on any greatest clinchers of all time list with his constant "jab-and-grab" style. - Chuck Johnston
I think that when discussing the question of mental illness among former fighters, the subject of dementia should be excluded in order to bring...
To put it mildly, I don't think much of the 2015 International Boxing Hall of Fame class as a whole. - Chuck Johnston
At his peak, Rid**** Bowe was a terrific fighter, but he had only a few years at best as a top fighter. As a result, I would be reluctant to...
A fight with Sugar Ray Leonard would have been great for Pipino Cuevas financially, but I think that Leonard would have taken him apart, much like...
During the late 1970s and early 1980s, Pipino Cuevas was the most popular fighter of Mexican descent, especially in Los Angeles and the rest of...
