Tunney actually tried to put this to the test. He wanted to promote a Gargantua v Tony Galento bout in Philadelphia which, he imagined, would...
I've read that Tunney had this prejudice against southpaws. He was co-manager of Abe Simon at one point but dumped him because he was so furious...
With hindsight, Walcott v Charles for the vacant title just seems like common sense, but it's understandable that not everyone went along with it...
In part, it's because of the law against transporting fight films between US states, which was brought in after Johnson - Jeffries and not...
Primo Carnera once lost a fight to a giant gorilla. [MEDIA]
This would have been a pretty uncontroversial choice when Louis said it in 1964. At the time, the majority of people who weren't picking Louis...
I don't think there's much doubt that Johnson - after realising he couldn't outlast Willard - was chasing the knockout. A few years later Willard...
It's odd, I only came across a handful of references to this, when you'd think it would have been more widely commented on. Evidently it dated...
I had to look this up. Apparently New Jersey rules at this point stipulated 2 minute rounds. You may well ask why that would matter when this...
Lesnevich seems to have been open to the idea of defending against Charles. In June 1947 it looked like a done deal that they would fight in...
I don't know when he started calling him his idol. This article from 1984 describes them on friendly terms, but Foreman is pitying Ali more than...
For what it's worth, Rodrigues was clinging to the WBA #10 spot when he fought Foreman, so he does just about count.
There are any number of pictures of Bethea with his mouth open after the Liston fight, and yet the one you picked was a fuzzy action shot where...
So, no answer to my question, or any reference at all to your idea that Bethea was so famous that it should be easy to find pictures of him...
And the search for pictures of Bethea displaying a dazzling row of pristine, undamaged teeth? How's that going?
