Coopman was unranked, but he actually was one of the top heavyweights in Europe. He was scheduled to fight Richard Dunn for the vacant European...
Walls was one of the rare breed who retired while in his prime and still a ranked contender. His wife had just had a baby and he decided boxing...
They've missed off the last part of that quote, which is: What's Ali? Just a clown, a performer, a theatrical figure. This was in 1978. Even...
Well, I've never seen that 79" figure before. The standard tale of the tape printed in the press for that fight gives Liston's reach as 84" and...
I don't know about the first one, but the second one certainly happened at Sullivan's benefit at Madison Square Garden. Sullivan was described as...
Williams v Daniels wasn't "very close", Williams was a clear winner on all cards by margins of between 5 and 7 points. Likewise, Williams was...
The idea that Williams was ever a protected fighter doesn't stand up. Aside from fighting Liston and Machen, he signed to fight Harold Johnson in...
Maybe I'm getting cynical in my old age but I'm not totally convinced this ever happened. It's a typical Jack McKinney story - he was told an...
As nice guys go, Floyd Patterson is tough to beat. I like his response when asked why he backed off rather than go for the kill against Terry...
Some of these title claims are debatable to say the least. Although the president of the NBA did say ahead of the Stribling-Griffiths fight that...
February 1955, Terrell wins the Chicago golden gloves novice division as a 15 year old middleweight....
No one's suggesting pro experience is less valuable than amateur. Only that, in the absence of any amateur experience at all, the early stages of...
The two situations aren't remotely comparable. Terrell was two years older than Williams. He had been boxing professionally for five years,...
They changed it because press reports from the time give his height as 6 feet. If anyone can find a contemporary source supporting the 6'4"...
I don't really hold it against Dempsey that he lost to Willie Meehan, who was notoriously difficult to beat over 4 rounds. But Dempsey lost to...
