When Boxing was Big in Butte, Montana Prior to World War I, prizefighting in the United States was controversial. Preachers denounced it from their pulpits and...
Every Joe Gans Lightweight Title Fight – Part 9: Jimmy Britt There is no difference between a white man and a colored man when they are...
Gans is a wonderful fighter, but his showing in his fights during the last five months indicates that he has gone back to some extent. –...
Color ought not to cut any figure in the ring so long as a man is willing to do his best. – Joe Gans As 1903...
Where did you get this fellow? – Joe Gans, November 14 1902. I have embarked upon some difficult projects over the past thirteen years writing about...
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...