Great article posted over on CBZ by Jack Johnson concerning Dempsey with some insightful comments concerning Fitzsimmons, Langford......
I imagine the fight must have looked a lot different in person, and especially to the third man in the ring, George Siler, who was quoted locally...
The Chicago Defender -July 4, 1936 Schmelings Camp Tells How Joe Louis Was Outsmarted And Beaten To The Punch By Careful Study. By Mitt New York,...
Thought this might be of interest to many here:...
Here's a good read and at a reasonable price since it's a library rebound:...
"Clay, you should write a list of more obscure books, at least, seeing as you have a library of boxing books, with many most of us have never...
"You didn't make it in Clay? That's bull****. Both your books are better than 90% of what's on that list. " Hah, thanks. Many really good books...
40 boxing books recommended by The Ring magazine article: http://ringtv.craveonline.com/blog/174983-holiday-reading-2012
There's one in the works. I'm working on a biography about him with his nephew Ted Zale. We're getting close, down to the last four chapters now.
The only reason I bothered to post that was I'm pretty sure that Don Stradley's intention in the review referred to in The Ring was to state that...
"You're in the wrong thread c." On the first page of this thread someone said that both Joe Walcott and George Dixon were born in North America.
"Joe Walcott, (March 13, 1873 – October 1, 1935) also known as Barbados Joe Walcott to distinguish him from the American known by the same...
I read 'The Pittsburgh Kid' by Paul Kennedy and thought it was well done.
Try www.prizefightingbooks.com :)
The book mentioned this particular 1906 clip and indicated that it was simply a staged two round affair designed to provided the public with some...