Boxing As An Escape From Societal Madness The year 2020 has been roiled by a potpourri of turmoil. Terribly damaging wildfires again rage on the West...
With a record of 31-20-3, Ross “The Boss” Puritty joins “Fearless” Freddie Pendleton (47-26-6), Darroll “Doin Damage” Wilson (27-10-2), Jesus Soto “Pantera” Karass (29-13-4),Cristobal “Lacandon “...
On June 3, 1997, Darroll “Doin’ Damage” Wilson met Courage “No Limit” Tshabalala at Philadelphia’s legendary Blue Horizon where no seat was a bad seat. The...
Beware Fearless Freddie Some fighters launch and sustain long winning streaks; others engage long losing streaks. Some, like Mexican cult legend Quirino Garcia (40-28-4) and the...
“The Ding-A-Ling Man,” 5’10” Darnell Wilson, was 24-17-3 when he faced off against 6’4” 250-pound Mexican-American heavyweight David “Nino” Rodriguez (36-0 and with a menacing KO...
In our latest quarterly survey, we asked our respondents this question: “What famous person — living or dead — could have been a successful boxer AND...
Next month, forty years will have passed since I attended a boxing show at the Silver Slipper in Las Vegas that enriched my memory bank like...
Many count Castillo vs. Corrales (2005) as their favorite. Fans of an earlier generation were partial to Graziano vs. Zale (1947), Pep vs. Saddler (1949), DeMarco...
The discussions around which boxer possessed the best chin are endless. Names like Chuvalo, Cobb, and Hagler quickly emerge; Juan LaPorte and Kid Gavilan less so....
Most boxing careers reflect a variation of a bell-shaped curve. The downward slope on the right-hand side indicates the decline of the fighter in question. Sometimes,...