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Older Than You Think

Like everyone else during the pandemic, I have at times been desperate for boxing content during the waits between live

“From my first fight I started to run away.” James John Corbett, often referred to as “Gentleman Jim,” never cared

It is 1941 and while some say death and taxes are the only sure things in life, American sports fans

“I’m here training the greatest featherweight of all time.” None other than Emanuel Steward spoke those words, three weeks before

Danny “Little Red” Lopez had won the WBC version of the featherweight crown in 1976 and no one begrudged him