Have there been any contemporary accounts of Jim Jeffries fighting Hank Griffin, Frank Childs or Denver Ed Martin? I haven't seen them. There...
Even among people with highly educated and affluent backgrounds, there aren't many who truly knew how to handle and invest their money when they...
I have done research on many former fighters while using records on the Ancestry genealogical website. Based on such research, I can tell you that...
Boxing is a business. Rocky Graziano was the greatest drawing card among non-heavyweights by a huge margin at the time. A great case can be made...
Steve Compton's biography of Harry Greb and Clay Moyle's biography of Sam Langford would be at the top of my list. Give me more time to compile a...
I was very impressed when seeing Greg Page in some amateur bouts and shortly after he be a professional. But when seeing him fight early during...
Nat Fleischer's Black Dynamite series has quite a number of inaccuracies. As someone who has been trying to track down information on Sam McVey...
Tracy Callis and I wrote that book. - Chuck Johnston
Take a look how both Benny Leonard and Harry Greb fared during 1919. It is true that Willie Ritchie may have had an edge in the first bout with...
It takes a tremendous amount of research and other work to produce a book like Steve Compton's biography of Harry Greb, let alone Bill Paxton's...
My copy of Steve Compton's biography of Harry Greb has arrived. I was completely unprepared for the massiveness of the book. While I have not...
Besides fighting an incredible number of top flyweights, bantamweights and featherweights, Midget Wolgast was active beyond his "sell-by" date....
As someone who is a native of Montana, I have been interested in the history of boxing in that state. While looking at early 1920s newspapers on...
Don't forget Holman Williams, Eddie Booker and Archie Moore! - Chuck Johnston
I think that it is a stretch to compare Gene Tunney in terms of ability with the likes of Al McCoy, Johnny Wilson and Mike McTigue. In my...
