Boxing History
By Professor Laurence F. McNamee Students of aesthetics are continually amazed how great events in history seem to run in parallel. Two great events...
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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...
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...