Boxing History
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...
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By: Hans Themistode Despite Oscar Valdez sporting an undefeated record through 30 professional bouts, most are under the assumption that the 31-year-old will hand...
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...
By Angelo Prospero Jr. The most revered of all the lightweight champions was Benny Leonard, born Benjamin Leiner, and known as “The Ghetto Jewel.”...
TALES ABOUT LIGHTWEIGHTS Part Two — Eye-Talians and Eye-Poppers By Angelo Prospero Jr. Frankie Ryff and Orlando Zulueta put on a furious fight that...
By Angelo Prospero Jr. Wallace “Bud” Smith was one of a handful of lightweights who died tragically. Others were Bummy Davis, Orlando Zueleta and...
By Michael J. Brodhead After the great days of the Comstock discoveries and before the early twentieth-century mineral strikes in the Tonopah-Goldfield area, Nevada...
By George D. Blair THE MAN FROM MINNESOTA It is doubtful if any community of comparable area and population anywhere in the world the...
By Robert Carson He used to attend all the fights in and around the Kansas City area. A familiar figure with two cauliflower ears,...
By George D. Blair The former champ lunged at his young opponent. He threw a looping right which once had been straight as an...
By Murray Gaby (Note: This is part one of a two-part story that was originally published in 1980) Take a look at the boxing...
By Murray Gaby (Note: This is part two of a two-part story that was originally published in 1980) Heir apparent to Stillman’s a as...
By Tom Donelson The most important prizefight in boxing’s history would take place on Boxing’s biggest stage – Madison Square Garden. It was Ali-Frazier...