In the early 1980s, Floyd actually did belatedly announce his formal retirement, in part to squelch rumors of a comeback sparked by the marathon...
Titan, I can tell you I did. Vilomar Fernandez was flagrantly robbed of the decision in the match which got Howard to Glasgow, and I was getting...
Seconded. Pat was coming off Sanchez, and Pedroza-Ford was being broadcast by Cosell on ABC from the champion's home. This was Eusebio's best...
"I haven't read "Hit 'em in the labonza!" since Flash Gordon's heyday, (although I've used that terminology myself in a couple of posts here on...
Monzon certainly went out on a high note and made it stick. Galindez did not live long enough to try, but the rematch loss to Jesse Burnett,...
Mickey Walker was famous for his two pack a day habit, and devoted some ink to his cigarette indulgence in his autobiography. Nicotino Roacche...
Lionel Rose.
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Louis said, "Billy Conn had it all," in a televised interview repeatedly shown on ESPN the day Joe passed. Think about this: While the camera was...
If any single event pushed him over the edge, rather than sheer accumulation of blows, I've often suspected Shavers was the culprit. He took...
Former Liston and Frazier corner man Milt Bailey came right out on camera at the conclusion of a panel review of Manila years after the fact to...
Otto Flotto of the "Denver Evening Post" was the only writer who witnessed both Sullivan-Kilraine and, 34 years later, Dempsey-Gibbons. He wrote...
It's a bit of a challenge for me to separate what I've picked up here from other research and footage reviews I've done elsewhere since I...
When Antuofermo and Hagler had that fatal clash of heads in their rematch, it was Marv who reeled around the ring in agony, as Vito merely stood...
I remember watching Vito's post surgery comeback against tough and nasty Mauricio Aladana. Following his rematch with Minter, Antuofermo opted to...
