1938 "For a few days at least, there were two Jimmy Slatterys" http://classicboxingsociety.blogspot.ie/2015/02/blog-post_88.html?m=1
REFEREE ALMOST ACCUSED OF MURDER On 5 October 1982, BelfastÂ’s Hugh Russell and Davy Larmour clashed at the Ulster Hall for the Irish bantamweight...
Paul Berlenbach (the "Astoria Assassin"), was born a deaf mute, and remained so until the age of eighteen...then a miraculous event...
In 1918, former World Lightweight Champion Ad Wolgast escaped from the hospital where he was being held and lived for a time in the mountains of...
"They drew a pistol on us and took the belt back" ........................... "Juan Zurita, he was past due for a defense so they named me as...
One day around 1932 Chuck Wiggins was drinking in the Empire Tap Room, when in strolled Tommy O’Brien, a good middleweight from the west...
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i suppose i could throw in our man mike mctigue....although from the limited footage i have seen i have formed an opinion of a boxer almost scared...
thats not the same as prime
you serious ?....he was arguably the best heavyweight from 59 to when clay got him in 64.
i was shouting that from the rooftops to anyone who would listen. woe is me.
i was thinking about this earlier. stood next to him too. but honestly cant remember how tall he was. shoes can make a surprising difference to...
with tyson furys recent scenario and now this...is it becoming near impossible to unify titles in the future ?...or will it push things to where...
i often think about larry holmes when a topic like this arises. that punch he took off shavers..it still amazes me. arguably (or a choice of...
i'd believe that ^^
