Ernie "Indian Red" Lopez, a welterweight contender, was Danny's older brother. Danny was called "Little Red" during his career. Danny simply...
After seeing a tape of Jerry Quarry stopping Earnie Shavers in the first round, I thought it was too bad that Quarry didn't fight Ken Norton about...
After moving to Sacramento, Bobby Chacon won bouts in which he took a tremendous amount of brutal punishment. Matthew Saad Muhammad seemed to...
I didn't write my last post as a knock on former pro fighters as referees in general. In fact, there have been quite a number of capable referees...
Leon Zorrita fought out of Los Angeles as a lightweight, welterweight and middleweight during the 1930s and the 1940s. According to his record on...
There aren't any more celebrity referees like Jersey Joe Walcott and Joe Louis, which is a good thing. Moreover, I believe only active referees...
According to Harry Otty's biography of Charley Burley, the first bout between Ezzard Charles and Burley was on on a card which had an attendance...
According to Harry Otty's biography of Charley Burley, about 800 people saw Burley knock out Jerry Hayes in the fourth round of a scheduled...
Referee Dan Kelley and two of the judges did a terrible job in the bout between Courtney Burton and Emanuel Augustus during 2004. Referee Robert...
Joe Louis didn't have a good night as the referee of the second bout between Joe Frazier and Jerry Quarry in which he should have stopped the bout...
While in California during the 1940s, Charley Burley fought at the following venues along with the capacity of each of them: Hollywood Legion...
Whoa! George Godfrey had a spotty record at best up until 1925 while Harry Wills probably was a bit past his prime by that year. Is there...
I don't deny that Tony Zale and his management choosing Rocky Graziano over more highly regarded opponents had a very strong element of...
Harry Wills had been a heavyweight contender for many years before Gene Tunney became a top heavyweight. Under the circumstances, why should...
According to his record on the BoxRec website, Maxie Rosenbloom had 298 bouts, not 274. 24 of his bouts were no-decision ones. - Chuck Johnston
