Erik “El Terrible” Morales hasn't earned significant laurels since he handed Manny Pacquiao his first (and last) defeat on American shores. That was in 2005. Two...
Another uncrowned king surveys the field. Cocoa Kid wasn’t the only African American spoiling for a fight during those bleak and desperate years of the 1930s....
Baltimore’s Boxing Legacy, 1893-2003 by Thomas Scharf “JUST WATCH MAH SMOKE,”Part 4: “Knock the Eight Ball Out!” Just a few weeks after the bribery hearing, Cocoa...
Cocoa Kid and manager.“JUST WATCH MAH SMOKE,”Part 3: The Great Informer Jimmy Leto took a decision over Cocoa Kid in 1933. The fight was close. The...
S.S. Ponce entering New York Harbor“JUST WATCH MAH SMOKE,” Part 2: My Ship Is Coming In Harry Durant was an expert angler, a playwright, lawyer, judge,...
Cocoa Kid's father… soon before his disappearance at sea.“JUST WATCH MAH SMOKE,”Part 1: Lost at Sea In 1901, a nine-year-old went missing in Georgia. “Negro Boy Disappeared...
Cocoa Kid's comeback begins… “JUST WATCH MAH SMOKE,”The Secret Journeys Of Cocoa Kid INTRODUCTION Cocoa Kid was only eighteen years old when he signed to meet Connecticut’s...
“And there was boxing, wrote Louis Golding in 1940, “Thank the Lord, despite the thousand barriers, there was boxing. For I have been a boxing fan...
“I have always found that no opponent is very dangerous if you can keep a left hand sticking in his face, get in and get out,...
Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. ~ Luke 6:36 After the title match between Manny Pacquiao and Antonio Margarito was signed in July, trainer...