Tyson Fury finds himself in the same predicament today as James J. Jeffries in 1910. Following his hollow performance against Jack Johnson in the “Fight of...
LOS ANGELES-Sitting in a private dining room of the ritzy Palm Restaurant, Regis Prograis wears an expensive-looking gold chain as he explains bits and pieces of...
Literary Notes from Thomas Hauser (Book Reviews) Tyrone Everett was a stylish southpaw who preferred boxing to slugging which made him the antithesis of the typical...
Reviews of Two Atypical Boxing Books: A ‘Thumbs Up’ and a ‘Thumbs Down’ Jack Johnson sheared the world heavyweight title from Tommy Burns in 1908 and...
Luther McCarty “is the embodiment of all that goes to make a ring champion, the possessor of speed, hitting ability, an aptitude for learning the finer...
Book Review by Thomas Hauser — Last on His Feet: Jack Johnson and the Battle of the Century (Liveright Publishing Company) with art by Youssef Daoudi...
We’re going way back, but there was a time when the Fourth of July was a big day for boxing in the U.S. The high-water mark,...
Larry Holmes Challenged Me to a Fight (I Declined) “Mama always said, life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get,”...
The world of prizefighting is braced by men with a wide range of skills, but rarely has there been a jack-of-all-trades as versatile as Adam Pollack....
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...