Burns finally gave Johnson his shot in Sydney
It was 113 years ago this week that fistic history was made in Sydney, Australia.
It was 67 years ago this month that the immortal Sugar Ray Robinson, then the middleweight champion and fresh off a one-punch kayo of challenger Rocky Graziano in April, attempted to wrest the light-heavyweight crown from Cleveland’s Joey Maxim, who outweighed him by 15 ½ pounds.
It is unfortunate that some fighters are remembered more for the fight or fights they lost than for any of the positive accomplishments they had in the ring.
After Jim Braddock demystified the frightening power of Max Baer on June 13, 1935, it drove the heavyweight division into an unexpected state of flux.
By Mike Dunn: One of the most controversial title fights took place on the Fourth of July, 1912, in Vernon, Calif.,