For everyone interested in the British boxing scene in the 1920s and the 1930s, they could not do anything better than read two books, which are...
In 2020, in our series at the 50 best competitions, which took place in Great Britain and Ireland, I took a clash of February 1979 between...
Because the war is still crazy in Eastern Europe, it is demanding to imagine the time when the Ukrainian will again enter the ring with the...
There are many ways in which a contemporary heavyweight boxer can prepare for an crucial championship competition, but the boxing three 15-rounds during the week would...
Randolph Turpin, despite a long and colorful career, is best to remember today for two meetings with Sugar Ray Robinson, which took place in 1951. His...
Two brothers are unusual, winning the British title, and even more so because they won the same British title. Dick and Harry Corbett were the first...
The first professional boxing tournament that will take place in Finland took place on May 16, 1935 in Messuhalli, Helsinki. British boxing under Queensberry began 64...
In England in the summer months of 1939 it was clear that a storm was coming. Just over two decades from the end of the First...
The Second World War was a decisive moment in British history. For many years later, “pre -war” and “post -war” phrases strongly resonated with a general...
Tommy Tiger, a Nigerian boxer who settled in Leicester, is my great favorite in the class of journeymen from the behind schedule 1950s and the 1960s....
In the early years of the last century in Liverpool there were two boxing places in the direct competition: Malakoff Club at the Cleveland Square and...
For anyone who reads Bn 40 or 50 years ago, the 1950s were often presented as a golden age for British boxing. This will have a...
From the debut in Winsford, to boxing in Myrtle Street Drill Hall in Crewe, and then five performances in Madison Square Garden in the early 1950s....
Kevin Batchelor has recently produced a huge book that tells the story of the Belsize boxing club from the very beginning in 1882 until his death...
There was no smaller British trainer between the wars than Jack Goodwin. Exilesk himself, like many good coaches and fertile brother Joe Goodwin from Spitalfields, who...
The pages of Boxing historical books show that there was once another warrior who thought that he could defeat the world champion in heavyweight in his...
In the case of a country with less than a million population, Guyana produced some known boxers. The best of them is the great Joe Walcott,...
With closely trimmed hair and staring from the hood and eyebrows, the warrior hits the time-honored pose. Poker face reveals the burning faith and warrior. This...
