Like anyone who identifies as something of a boxing diehard, I’m familiar with the name Ezzard Charles. However, if pressed I could not tell you much more than ...
On January 11, 2021 / By Ronnie McCluskeyNo matter how you break it down, Errol Spence vs Danny Garcia has one major thing going for it: it’s one of the best matches that can currently ...
On December 4, 2020 / By Rafael GarcíaIt was the classic clash of the old king vs the future king when the once-great Beau Jack met Kid Gavilan in Chicago Stadium in a ten round, non-title ...
On October 14, 2020 / By Robert PortisBy 1948, everybody knew the party was almost over for Beau Jack. The former lightweight king and the all-time champ when it came to headlining main events at Madison Square ...
On July 12, 2020 / By Michael CarbertOn this day way back in 1922, the man they would come to call “The Bronx Bull” was born. Jake LaMotta would go on to not only become ...
On July 10, 2020 / By Robert PortisCuba’s messy political issues in the last half-century have made for countless stories of struggle and triumph, though more the former than anything else. From rafting across shark-infested ...
On June 4, 2020 / By Patrick ConnorKid Gavilan, aka “The Cuban Hawk,” had been a top ranked boxer for years before he won the world welterweight title, having bested such rough customers as Tommy ...
On April 2, 2020 / By Michael CarbertOur ratings of the all-time greatest fighters in each of the traditional eight weight classes continues with a look at the storied ranks of the welterweight division. As ...
On November 13, 2019 / By Robert PortisIt was, until recently, the premier division in boxing, the weight class with the most elite-level talents and the most tantalizing match-ups to be made. Over the decades, ...
On June 1, 2018 / By Sean CroseThe last line of defense for a boxer is the durability of his mandible. Here are the 12 best chins in boxing history, the men who faced the ...
On May 30, 2018 / By Robert Portis“Boxing is the sport to which all other sports aspire.”
– George Foreman
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