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...
December 16: This Day in Boxing History – Titles, Triumphs and Turning Points December 16 has repeatedly served as a stage for memorable bouts, championship victories,...
December 5 has served, more than once, as a stage for shock upsets, title defenses, and controversial decisions. It is a date that captures the unpredictable,...
Book Review by Thomas Hauser — In his formative years as a writer, Randy Roberts wrote excellent biographies of Jack Dempsey and Jack Johnson. More recently,...
Once upon a time the heavyweight championship was dominated by Americans. No longer. In the 21st century Europeans grabbed one heavyweight title after another and now...
On July 7, 1952, a crowd of 39,025 turned out at Philadelphia’s Municipal Stadium to witness Kid Gavilan defend his world welterweight title against Gil Turner....
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,...
Stephen “Breadman” Edwards’ first fighter won a world title. That may be some sort of record. It’s true. Edwards had never trained a fighter, amateur or...
With little boxing activity over the next two weekends, there’s no reason to hold off anointing Oscar Collazo the Fighter of the Month for November. In...
“He was a great teacher,” said Billy Conn. “[Fighting Zivic] was like going to college for five years, just boxing him ten rounds…” Fritzie Zivic never...