January 1: This Day in Boxing History: Gans, Levinsky, and Boxing’s Early Years January 1 occupies a clearly documented place in boxing history focused on two...
Two Heavyweights, Two Eras: Dereck Chisora and Jess Willard December 29 — A birthday reflection on endurance, scale, and the evolving demands of heavyweight boxing Heavyweight...
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,...
Life comes at you fast. It seems like only yesterday that I stood in a crowd of rubberneckers gawking at the artificial volcano that fronted the...
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,...
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...
New York. Late Friday afternoon, I was walking along West 33rd Street thinking about how Bryant Jennings should fight Wlad Klitschko when I did a double-take....
Jack Dempsey, who has been matched by Jack Goodfriend to fight at the Hippodrome Monday, May 31 is expected to arrive from Reno within a day...