The celebrations continue, as do the tributes, pieces of nostalgia and spoken word, wonderful memories of those people who were there. We’re talking about a simply...
It’s on us. The beginning of the newfangled heavyweight division enters the scene. The last decade of the “Black and White Era” has arrived, dating back...
Perhaps you, the fight fan, were one of the lucky ones who were in attendance last night at Fighter’s Heaven, the fight camp that once belonged...
In sorrowful news, Brazilian media reported that former heavyweight fighter Jose Adilson Rodrigues died at the relatively teenage age of 66. Rodrigues, known as “Maguila” during...
Basing their rankings on the following criteria: overall record, titles, in-ring ability, the folks at Give Me Sport have taken on the lofty task of identifying...
Dan Morley has reached the last group of boxing tough guys… 7) Rocky Marciano – great chin and underrated skill set The Brockton Blockbuster had almost...
PART of one of a three-part series, pro fighter Dan Morley looks at some of boxing’s most famed tough fighters. “The ability to take a punch...
Who were the top ten pound-for-pound boxers in the 1970s? Welcome to part 9 of 13 in the latest boxing survey series, which will survey volunteers...
We know all about the devastating ball of the great heavyweight he was as a professional, but David Tua was also a great amateur, having learned...
FIVE years ago, at the end of a book signing, I was given a plastic bag containing boxing books and magazines. It was a busy time...
Thomas Hearns won numerous world titles in various weight classes, and during his exhilarating and even captivating career in the ring, Tommy appeared in many forms...
AFTER losing to Joe Louis for the world heavyweight title in 1937, Tommy Farr lost his next four fights, all by decision, to James J. Braddock,...
Who is or was the greatest warrior who ever lived? For some, indeed for many, John L. Sullivan is that man. Terror. Beast. A born-to-fight warrior...
Talk about a boxer who could blow heated and frosty in a significant way. Puerto Rican hunk Carlos De Leon was able to box masterfully in...
AUGUST 18, 1969 will be the 55th anniversary of my first professional boxing appearance. Unfortunately, I haven’t kept an exact count of how many times I’ve...
MY thanks to the Welsh EBA Vice-President and Treasurer, Wynford Jones, for his extensive report on this year’s British Former Boxers Hall of Fame, held at...
From 1947 to 1954, heavyweight history featured a timeless series of sagas. I have seen many accounts (despite my own) of the rivalries of the Five...
Sometimes that’s what happens in boxing when you get out and forget all the great things that happened before you fell. You know what I mean:...
