October 29 is a historic day in boxing, marking the professional debut of a young fighter destined for greatness and the historic accomplishment of a champion....
By THOMAS HAUSER — Rahaman Ali – the younger brother of Muhammad Ali – died on August 1 at age 82. The Louisville Courier Journal reported...
Giovanni “Nino” Benvenuti won the gold medal in the welterweight class at the 1960 Rome Olympics where he edged out the young American light heavyweight Cassius...
Avila Perspective, Chap. 311: Jim Lampley Adds Class to the Benavidez-Morrell Rumble Boxing is the oldest sport. For at least the last 100 years or so,...
Boxing in the Pages of Sports illustrated: A Short History Last week, Sports Illustrated laid off virtually its entire staff. This would seem to presage the...
“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...
Thomas Hauser’s Notes and Nuggets: Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali and More Earlier this year, the Metropolitan Opera Company at Lincoln Center in New York mounted a...
Eric Griffin passed away a week ago Saturday (Oct. 7) at age 55 at a hospital in Lafayette, Louisiana. Griffin was no great shakes as a...
Two of boxing’s greatest blow-by-blow commentators were in the news last week. On Saturday night, Jim Lampley returned to the sweet science but in a role...
Two lives unknowingly became intertwined on February 25, 1964, at the Miami Beach Convention Center when Cassius Clay faced the reigning heavyweight champion Charles “Sonny” Liston,...