By: Hans Themistode Nine. To every one else it’s just a number but too Canelo Alvarez (50-1-2, 34 KOs) it means everything. It was clear that from the beginning that…
By: Ken Hissner Kristian “Mr. Reliable” Laight from Warwickshire, UK, this past weekend passed the USA’s Reggie Strickland by having the most losses in the history of boxing with 277…
By: Ken Hissner This writer remembers reading about Brazil’s Eder Jofre seeing a dead chicken ran over by a vehicle in the middle of the road. He never ate meat…
By: Ken Hissner Ever Hear the Name of Uncrowned Champion Eddie Booker? This writer recently asked my two favorite Historians Henry Hascup and Chuck Hasson. Hasson brought up the name…
By: Ken Hissner With no world champions in Philly here in 2018 you wonder about the “good old days!” This writer has expressed “the Philly Jinx” which seems to happen…
By: Ken Hissner This writer had an old friend named Joe “Shannon” Schabacker who fought in the 1920’s and was trained by Jack Blackburn. Shannon bought Blackburn a new suit…
By: Ken Hissner How many times do boxers fight in a small facility and become world champions and “forget where they got their start?” IBF World Super Middleweight champion Charles…
One Eye & a Bag of Tricks That Was Philly’s “Gypsy” Joe Harris By: Ken Hissner In the 60’s the baddest gym in Philadelphia was the 23rd PAL on Colombia…
Louis-Galento: A Hype Master Proves He’s More Than Just Hype By: Sean Crose Tony Galento had some kind of left. Just how powerful was the stocky heavyweight's power punch? Powerful…