If asked to name the first big international prizefight on American soil, most boxing historians would name the 1921 match between Jack Dempsey and Georges Carpentier,...
Former featherweight and lightweight champion Frank Erne was back in the news last week with the announcement that he is entering the International Boxing Hall of...
On Jan. 9, 1900, Terrible Terry McGovern and George “Little Chocolate” Dixon locked horns in the arena of the Broadway Athletic Club in New York City....
I need to talk to you about George Dixon. I placed him at number four on my featherweight list. He made double-figures for title defenses at...
It was reported in the early days of 1905 that former welterweight and middleweight contender Tommy West was shot five times by a man named Paul...
GREATEST FEATHERWEIGHTS, PART IV — Monsters abound in this, the penultimate installment of The Fifty Greatest Featherweights of all time. That said, the demarcation line between...