Freddie Dawson started out in Chicago and spent most of the latter part of his career in Australia where he was immensely popular. Eddie Cotton...
Not many films exist of fights in the '40s
I don't think he was a nut at all. The promoter had done a bait and switch with him in his first pro fight. He likely thought he was being forced...
I think it is more likely that the next fighter to break these barriers will be the youngest champion rather than the oldest, at least as long as...
No question the the tournament Ellis won was by far the best. Just for a topping on the cake, I like to include the later Frazier-Ellis showdown...
I'm watching it 16 hours a day seven days a week. I hardly have time for anything else.
I think you are right. It just goes to show how clever and resourceful Rademacher was to wrangle a title shot, and the folklore of boxing is all...
I think Bokaj makes some good points in his post.
Reggie, Jim, Jack, Harold, Stan the Animal, Alonzo, Amos for starters.
You pretty well answered the question already, at least as well as it can be answered now. Unless you can come up with more opinions of respected...
Louis-Schmeling 1, Clem McCarthy: "Schmeling got over two more hard rights to Louis's jaw and made Louis give ground. And there Schmeling...
Rademacher came up with the best money guarantee to the reigning titleholder of any other opponent at the time, so in that sense he was hardly...
Yes, J92, Dempsey often had that shuffling style as he moved forward, but on his toes, one foot forward at a time. I also see similar foot...
Hey, Puggy, just looking at your picture, what are you doing tonight? Oops! I forgot I'm married!
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