February 27- One Birth Date Shared by Four Men: Doug Jones, Tom McNeeley, Ivan Robinson, and Leo Randolph In boxing, the scorecards and titles tell only...
Ricky Hatton’s TKO of Kostya Tszyu in 2005 invited comparison to Randy Turpin’s upset of Sugar Ray Robinson in 1951. The latter is widely considered the...
A Massive Upset in Detroit Evokes Memories of Eugene “Silent” Hairston On the face of it, last Saturday’s super lightweight contest in Detroit between Shohjahon Ergashev...
“Of all his assignments,” said the renowned sportswriter Dave Anderson, “[Jimmy] Cannon appeared to enjoy boxing the most.” Cannon would have sheepishly concurred. He dated his...
This weekend at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Saul “Canelo” Alvarez will attempt to heave his 5’8 frame from middleweight, where he reigns as the...
McFarland & Company publishes books about boxing on a regular basis. Some of them are solid works that contribute to the historical record of the sport....
WIKIPEDIA states that Anton “The Rampaging Estonian” Raadik was the most famous Estonia-born middleweight boxer of the 1940’s and 1950’s, but how many Estonian boxers...
Former middleweight contender Joey Giambra, who appeared in 33 televised fights back in the golden age of televised boxing, died at his home in Las Vegas...