Atlantic City Boxing
By Charles Jay Edward L. Bader was the mayor of Atlantic City during a critical time in the city’s history. Under his stewardship (well,...
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Tropicana Atlantic City is where it was happening – every week – in the 1980s By Boxing Insider staff Atlantic City was home to...
By Charles Jay Edward L. Bader was the mayor of Atlantic City during a critical time in the city’s history. Under his stewardship (well,...
By Charles Jay The impact of the 1921 Jack Dempsey-Georges Carpentier fight in Jersey City was not lost on anyone in Atlantic City. Aside...
By Charles Jay In 1921 Jack Dempsey was the king of the hill among fighters and Tex Rickard had the same designation among promoters....
Believe it or not, the first heavyweight championship fight in Atlantic City did not take place until September of 1983, when Larry Holmes, who...
After fifteen rounds of brutal, spectacular action, the general consensus about the first fight between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier among ringsiders was that...
A friend told me recently that the Miguel Cotto-Zab Judah fight drew the largest crowd in the history of Madison Square Garden. Well, I...
Status: Boxing Hall of Famer. Former World Featherweight champion. His ring record was 229-11-1 (65 KO’s). Birthplace: Middletown, CT Boxing Inspirations: “Lou Ambers, Joe...
The former Light Welterweight champion and 1996 International Hall of Fame inductee Aaron Pryor discusses his career, the highs, the lows and a whole...
40-1 underdog James “Buster” Douglas became a worldwide household name on February 11, 1990 – the night he shocked just about everyone by knocking...