Greg, I wish you the best of luck in your bout with cancer. - Chuck Johnston
Burt, Archie Moore was one of the Murderers' Row boxers, too. Like others in the group, Moore had a tough time getting lucrative bouts for many...
While reading Harry Otty's biography of Charley Burley, it occurred to me that Burley probably never made more than $4,500. for a bout or more...
Burt, the Murders' Row fighters were up against it during their careers. They rarely had a chance to fight in the major American boxing venues of...
There were a tremendous number of Australia boxers, notably those who were world-class, going to foreign countries to ply their trade before 1910....
Pinklon Thomas also had a terrific jab in terms of accuracy and power. - Chuck Johnston
You say that Marcel Cerdan's best opponents include Jake LaMotta, Holman Williams, Georgie Abrams and Tony Zale? Abrams and Zale were terrific...
When Georgie Abrams drew with Charley Burley, the former was a middleweight while the latter fought mostly as a welterweight at the time....
Burt, Tony Zale was drafted into the U.S. Navy? The U.S. Army was the only branch of the U.S. Armed Forces which had draftees serving at the time....
Clay, I don't know if Sugar Ray Robinson really pushed for a world middleweight title bout with Tony Zale or if Zale went out of his way to avoid...
Burt- Don't get me wrong. While Tony Zale shouldn't have been compelled to defend his world middleweight title in a bout with any fighter from...
I don't blame Tony Zale. the reigning world middleweight champion, for not fighting Charley Burley, Archie Moore, Holman Williams and a number of...
gregluland, Larry Foley appeared to have had a hand in the development of an astounding number of Australian boxers who fought when the Marquis of...
gregluland, I think that Les Darcy is in the same boat as Stanley Ketchell. Both have been considered all-time greats based on what they did for...
I saw both Richard Dunn and Jean Pierre Coopman fight Muhammad Ali on network television. Based on what I saw, I liked Dunn far than Coopman....
