Jack and Bobby Britton - Chuck Johnston
I didn't think that Mickey Walker could compete with bigger fighters if he was a "straight ahead" slugger. J. J. Johnston told me that he saw the...
The individual who wrote the book review of Toy Bulldog, The Fighting Life and Times About Mickey Walker got the following impressions: 1. "As a...
Mickey Walker certainly was a fine gate attraction for a non-heavyweight at the time, but I don't think he was a great one. I have read that...
A friend of mine sent me a book review of a biography, Toy Bulldog: The Life and Times of Mickey Walker, by John Jarrett. Unfortunately, the...
Yes, Ken Norton had a 42 (including 33 knockout wins)-7 (including 4 knockout losses)-1 record, but Ron Lyle had a 43 (including 31 knockout...
Jack Sharkey certainly had more losses and less K.O. victories than Ken Norton during his career, but the former had the same number of knockout...
Greg Haugen wasn't close to being a Boxing Hall of Fame fighter, but was a capable one with some skill and plenty of heart who had a fairly good...
If "Huge Deal" McIntosh bet on Jack Johnson in the bout with Tommy Burns, why didn't he, as the referee, stop the fight well before the police...
Back during the late 1970s, $750,000. was a lot of money, an important consideration for any professional fighter. - Chuck Johnston
Take note that Ken Norton faced George Foreman, Earnie Shavers and Gerry Cooney only once each. Norton fought Foreman in a bout in which...
As someone who followed boxing during the 1970s and 1980s, I don't rank Ken Norton highly. For one thing, he simply couldn't match up well with...
While doing research, I got the feeling that most American fighters died when they were young (under 45 years old) or old (over 70 years old). -...
I may have made a mistake in regards to the spelling of Matthew Saad Muhammad's first name, but was it sometimes spelled as "Mathew" at the time...
I am sorry to learn that Mathew Saad Muhammad, one of the most thrilling and gamest fighters what I ever saw, has passed away. Who can forget his...
