Barney Ross: The Unbreakable Champion On December 23, 1909, a boy named Dov‑Ber David Rasofsky was born in New York City. He was a child of...
Jimmy McLarnin: The Baby-Faced Assassin Who Ruled Boxing’s Golden Era From Ireland to the Canadian West James Archibald McLarnin was born on December 19, 1907, in...
Tucked between history’s infamous boxing dates, are the subtler days that reveal just as much about the sport’s character. November 17 is one of those days:...
Literary Notes from Thomas Hauser Fight to the Finish by Ron J. Jackson Jr (Eakin Press) is an interesting read. The book is devoted to the...
Bygone Days: The Largest Crowd Ever at Madison Square Garden Sees Zivic TKO Armstrong There’s not much happening on the boxing front this month. That’s consistent...
Remembering Prizefighters Danny Nardico and Billy Murray: A Story for Veterans Day “There are now over 4000 pro boxers in our armed forces” said a story...
‘How To Box’ by Joe Louis: Part 6 of a 6-Part Series – Putting It All Together “You got to be a killer, otherwise I’m getting...
Test your knowledge of boxing history in this 15-question multiple-choice trivia quiz. Get 12 or more right and go to the head of the class. To...
It’s Kentucky Derby Week (sort of), so Let’s Talk Boxing This is the week that many of us would have shifted our gaze from boxing to...
Seventy-nine years ago this coming Monday (July 29), Baltimore native Harry Jeffra successfully defended his featherweight title with a 15-round unanimous decision over Toronto’s Spider Armstrong....