The first two decades of the twentieth century were a time of rapid evolution for the sport of boxing. Legal restrictions were being lifted around the world, and ...
On November 26, 2020 / By Hunter BreckenridgeIn boxing history, there are the champions and there are those who fight among them. For every Muhammad Ali, Joe Louis and Jack Dempsey, there were hundreds of ...
On October 26, 2020 / By Patrick ConnorIf boxing’s greatest era is that in which it was most popular, then Jack Dempsey is the fighter most identified with the sport’s zenith. The ‘Manassa Mauler,’ whose ...
On June 24, 2020 / By Eliott McCormickIt is not for nothing that late scribe Jimmy Cannon called boxing “the red light district of sports.” Pugilism is no stranger to corruption and criminals and over ...
On April 5, 2020 / By Michael CarbertHeavyweight champ Jess Willard was 6’6, but he was absolutely destroyed by Jack Dempsey who stood five inches shorter and gave away 58 pounds. Another huge champion, Primo ...
On January 17, 2016 / By Sean Crose“Boxing is the sport to which all other sports aspire.”
– George Foreman
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