According to Rick Farris, Hap Navarro, a Hollywood Legion Stadium matchmaker during the 1950s and a virtual walking encyclopedia of California...
I think that there would some interest in a world heavyweight title bout between Jack Johnson and Sam Langford, but nowhere near the level that...
Jimmy Young had far more boxing skills than John Ruiz. If Ruiz was allowed to use his awful "jab-and-grab" style against Young during the...
I agree with you for the most part, but I can't blame John Ruiz for finding a loophole in order to compete successfully in the heavyweight...
If active during the 1970s, John Ruiz probably would do his utmost to have Tony Perez be the referee in his bouts. After all, Perez allowed...
They use to say that someone who was extremely frugal or watched his money carefully had the first dollar he ever earned. Rocky Marciano was...
During the early 1940s, California probably had more top middleweights than the entire world does at the present time. - Chuck Johnston
That sounds like a very fanciful tale, to put it mildly. - Chuck Johnston
Based on U.S. Census records, I believe that Sonny Liston was born about 1931. I found him in the 1940 U.S. Census, but not the one for 1930. -...
Thanks for the information about Harry Greb's birth, Steve. I have to admit that the story about Greb being delivered by a midwife at the family...
Based on U.S. Census records that I have seen, Harry Greb's mother, Anna, was of German descent. - Chuck Johnston
In Bill Paxton's book, there is a copy of Harry Greb's birth certificate which says that he was born in a car at Fitch and Dauphin (streets?)....
The description of Harry Greb's birth in Bill Paxton's biography, The Fearless Harry Greb, is something I take with a grain of salt. According to...
I have find information about many fighters while using U.S. Census records on the Ancestry.com website. It may be that many such fighters were...
I agree that the result would have been the same even if John L. Sullivan won the bout instead of Jim Corbett. In addition, I also agree that...
