Boxing History
By Jim Amato He turned professional in 1970, fighting in the clubs of New England, Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey. In his eighth...
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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 Jim Amato He turned professional in 1970, fighting in the clubs of New England, Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey. In his eighth...
By Jim Amato He was possibly the greatest light heavyweight of all time, The wily “Old Mongoose” Archie Moore. The man who scored 140...
Charles Jay has a chat with the “Easton Assassin” “Though he may have never gained the kind of universal admiration he deserved for his...
By Professor Laurence F. McNamee Students of aesthetics are continually amazed how great events in history seem to run in parallel. Two great events...
By Phillip I. Earl Of all the men who raised a stake and got a start in Nevada none was quite the equal of...
By Pat McElligot Luigi D’Ambrosio was born on November 8, 1913 in Herkimer, NY. Herkimer is a small town, with little in the way...
By Robert Carson Bill Owens and Al Walker won’t go down in the Boxing Hall of Fame, but in the late 1920’s these two...
By Don Buchan In the middle forties when I knew Jack Johnson, we had a bit of fun. I used to rib him a...
By Joel Lipsitt Many well-known fighters have changed their minds after retirement and decided to try and make a comeback in the ring. Most...
The “Basque Woodchopper” began fighting professionally in Spanish rings in 1923 and quickly mauled his way into the first division of European heavies with...