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:...
The British weather did its best to disrupt a charity cricket match between Essex EBA and James Cook’s All-Stars – and to some extent it succeeded,...
Whenever we argue, fans think of two things: the great heavyweight boxer and the heavyweight who should have achieved more than he actually did; many of...
Earlier this year, the satin white shorts that Muhammad Ali wore during his third and final fight (see war) with arch-rival Joe Frazier were auctioned and...
At ONE you often hear state-of-the-art fans debating who is the greatest British player of all time. Most of the names that appear are those of...
Years pass and memories fade, or at least some of them. It was 18 years ago that this writer had the absolute privilege of sitting ringside...
It was 38, a long time ago, when mighty underdog Lloyd Honeyghan won what was then called a “miracle victory”. After Honeyghan, whether he was an...
There is an article on the WBN (World Boxing News) website and some material on Facebook (Tony Holden, who previously promoted Tommy and considers him a...
