BIG BAD BOB – Back when America got up early to get ahead and men were men, “going west” put hair on your chest. The unforgiving...
“Introducing John L. Sullivan” [without acronyms] by George Bellows (1923) The Heavyweight King Tyson Fury knows what the alphabet gangs do not: They don’t decide who the...
Sunday, October 11 marked the third anniversary of the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board. Traditionally speaking, it’s the leather anniversary. We’d prefer to ignore the modern gift...
Friday afternoon, at the weigh-in. “I love the Boston accent,” said a tourist behind me. We were standing on the sun-splashed cobblestones at Faneuil Hall as...
New York. Late Friday afternoon I was walking along West 33rd Street thinking about how Bryant Jennings should fight Wlad Klitschko when I did a double-take....
Jungle Fever In 1927, William “Gorilla” Jones, 20, was invited to fight in Akron, Ohio by promoter Suey Welch. Jones accepted the offer, toyed with his...
“Is That a Pistol in Your Pocket?” Rubbing shoulders and who knows what else with Mae West at ringside was a rogues gallery of gangsters; many...
Mae West Weakens Legs Mae West burst onto the Hollywood screen like it was hers the whole time. She was fashionably late— Night After Night (1932)...
Three months ago, Bernard “The Alien” Hopkins raised his gnarled hand to fight the most dangerous light heavyweight on the planet. Many wondered why. Those who...
In 1988, Sugar Ray Leonard defeated Donny Lalonde and was handed two world championships for the price of none. HBO’s Larry Merchant sniffed at this. After...