Liston got very drunk frequently. He also consorted with prostitutes and brought them home when his wife was gone. It would not have been hard to...
How do we know which is which? We don't. We love boxing and we like to think it's mostly on the up and up. We try to explain away the obvious...
I read an article from a supposed "insider" that claimed to know how and why Liston died. Liston didn't use drugs, but Joe Louis was a heroin...
I don't know if any of this is true about Holmes, but I'm sure there have been a lot of fixed fights. It is too easy to fix a fight and the stakes...
Wagers the size you are talking about are not made in sports books, where they would shift the odds and leave paper trails. They are made...
Louis wouldn't have retired. He was fighting at that late date to try to pay off his taxes. He would have kept fighting until he knew he was...
Good points. I grew up during Patterson's championship, was a boxing fan along with my Dad and we were both disappointed that Patterson dodged...
I agree that Patterson was a class act. He was a true gentleman. I respect him for that. I don't respect him as a fighter. I remember him as...
The extent of Liston's shoulder injuries in Miami are fairly well documented. Liston tried to get a postponement of the bout, because of his...
I had lost interest in boxing when the fight took place. I remember it because of a local (know it all) sports talk show host. The morning of the...
That's how Joe Louis said he would have fought Liston.
What was unfair about his hiatus? He knew the penalty going into it. NOI was not a religion. It was a criminal enterprise founded by criminals...
Ali had a lot of help from his "friends" in many of those fights. He would have looked better retiring after Manila or maybe even after Foreman.
The multiple titles have ruined boxing IMO. I remember during the 50s and most of the 60s, the HW champion was the most prestigious sports figure...
