15th Nov 1940. "In New York's most riotous ring brawl in years, young Al (Bummy) Davis was disqualified for repeated fouling tonight in the 2nd...
D1ck Madden, young Boston heavyweight, shared Max Baer's mood for good, clean fun last night and they put on one of the most amusing travestries a...
I went all over Harlem searching for Sam Langford. Nobody even knew the name. Nobody had heard of him. Finally, someone said "You know, when I was...
"That's right, folks, my robust opinions are in The Times while the Manassa Mauler had to harrumph in the obscure New York Amsterdam News. How...
In 1913, Jess Willard lost a 20-round decision to Gunboat Smith in a bout where Willard's ear was shredded. Years later, Smith would tell just how...
In one of the stormiest scenes in British ring history, Walter Cartier of New York was disqualified Tuesday night for persistent holding in the...
March 1st, 1937. Manchester, UK. Benny Lynch goes down five times in his bout with Len 'Nipper' Hampston. Lynch is immediately disqualified when...
An 1865 'Contest Of Courage' ................................ Two half-naked men stalked each other around a sand-floored ring under the flicker...
21st September 1948 Lee Oma vs Bruce Woodc0ck - Haringey Stadium, London. In New York they thought Oma should win, but they'd had the word and...
it seems to be written by most writers of the time that he was average (layne) and not a great, really top notch contender (liebling off the top...
In one of his sober moments, Mickey Walker had made Doc Kearns promise they would take a trip to Ireland. His father's people had come from...
'Young Joe Walcott' "Shortly before noon three men got out of a taxi and scuttled under the marquee of the Washington Coliseum to avoid the...
meeting marciano I knocked on the bedroom door and a voice you associate with misty New York dockside rasped: ‘Friend or foe?’...
Sparring partner to Mickey Walker – June 1927 (aged 14) "When Mickey Walker was signed up to defend his world middleweight title against...
sugar ray seales cont... It is remarkable that Seales fought thereafter in six different states—California, New York, New Mexico, Nevada,...
