November 25 has quietly carved out a place as a transformative date in boxing. It’s a day where legends were born, champions fell, and careers took...
Literary Notes from Thomas Hauser The fights between Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney in 1926 and 1927 were among the greatest sports spectacles ever contested in...
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...
Jack Dillon’s name doesn’t resonate with boxing fans today. But he was important in his time. Ernest Coulter Price was born in 1891 and turned pro...
It is the night of September ninth 1899 and Pedlar Palmer is dreaming of home, the pattering of rain against New York glass carrying him back,...
Willie Pep was good at boxing. He wasn’t so good at math. Ah, but hold the phone; we are getting ahead of ourselves. This isn’t a...
How many boxing books does one really need to own? I don’t know, but I’m sure that I blew by whatever that number is a long...
Old books can be enlightening and a pleasure to read. I’m not talking now about classics. Just good old books that have been largely forgotten. A...
Grimmish by Michael Winkler (Westbourne Books) is strange book. And an intriguing one. The book focuses on a one-year period in 1908-1909 when boxer Joe Grim...
The black champion walked to his corner at once and began preparations for departure while McPartland was still struggling against fate on the floor. – The...