According to the "Ring Expert" (Ring Magazine, September 1931) the scoring was as follows: Round One -- Stribling Two -- Stribling Three --...
I think another factor beyond the actual fight that the boxer is engaged in at the time is the context of the fighter's entire career. Is he a...
Your comment about the Gibbons brothers' ears reminds me of the story James J. Johnston used to tell about meeting Jem Driscoll at the dock upon...
I think so too.
Lee Savold and Vince Martinez employed elements of the St. Paul style. Martinez was managed by Billy Daly who managed Lee Savold during his most...
Primo Carnera, Tony Galento--Wrestling Joe Louis was a first-rate horseman Ken Norton, Sr. football and track Eddie Machen, football in high...
I concede the point that the second fight was important to Loughran earning the title shot against Carnera, but not that it was more impressive or...
I think he's answered his own question if he'll only listen to himself!.
Not sure I understand the point of this response. Sounds non-responsive and an attempt to be a smart ass. My main point is that the first...
There's also some footage of his fight with Soldier Jones on the Dempsey-Carpentier undercard. It's short and not very revealing, and it has to be...
I look at it that Loughran was hard to nail solidly. Sharkey was able to do it and that's impressive.
Sharkey's win was by kayo and over a prime Loughran. Loughran's win was by decision and over an over-the-hill Sharkey.
For the record, Dempsey skipped 1922, '24, and '25 entirely. Johnson skipped only 1911 entirely. You can quibble with both of them equally about...
Hey man, keep a punchin' and a dodgin.'
The University of Notre Dame has an extensive boxing collection. I am sure it has a lot of stuff that the Library of Congress doesn't have,...
