Shavers had a massive punch, but he wasn't that fast, didn't have the greatest chin or defense, and had questionable condition. Tyson was superior...
Ray looks like he's 50. Sad to see him so desperate for money that he's fighting in a sport about which he knows nothing.. But that was not even a...
In the Ring With Jack Johnson - Part II: The Reign is coming along nicely. I am hoping (but not promising) to have it published before the end of...
To my knowledge, there is nothing in the primary sources either before or after the fight saying McIntosh bet on Burns. If there is something in...
Don't believe what you read years later. In the Ring With Tommy Burns and In the Ring With Jack Johnson - Part I: The Rise have the local primary...
A true warrior. His fights were all fun to watch. Some of the best light-heavyweight wars ever. He had awesome power, great condition, tremendous...
I discuss the Mick Dooley - Bob Fitzsimmons bouts in my book, In the Ring With Bob Fitzsimmons, using local primary sources. See pages 17 - 19....
Anyone else out there reading it? Great read By Ted Sares on February 18, 2014 It never really seemed like 700 pages because it moved...
This was definitely a more lackluster performance by Sanchez and Castillo's best performance. I think Ruben truly thought he won or at least...
Golota mentally broke against power punchers, but Botha was more of a speed puncher than a power puncher. Hence I think Golota does relatively...
This is correct.
Woop dee doo. Lots of people suspected both fights to be fixed because they couldn't believe Liston lost to a guy they (and Liston)...
Great article. I think Ingo would have done better against Liston than Patterson owing to his much more cautious style - his consistent metronome...
Thanks so much. We'll see. Working on Volume II of Johnson right now.
I'm most likely going to be done after my next Jack Johnson book.
