“He could have played piano with boxing gloves on”, said a ringside reporter as quoted in Bert Sugar’s Boxing’s Greatest … more “Lightweight Great Ike Williams Toughest Opponent Was The Mob”
Debates rage regarding the greatest boxer ever (Joe Louis, Ali, Armstrong, Kid Chocolate, Sugar Ray Robinson etc.). However, there’s no … more “Rocky Graziano: Inarguably The Most Exciting Fighter of All Time”
Forty years ago, a near-fatal encounter between Gaetan Hart and Ralph Racine from Niagara Falls Ontario would generate a premature … more “1980: The Year When Canadian Boxing Was Brought To Its Knees By Gaetan Hart And Ralph Racine”
Let’s examine Rocky Marciano’s five heavyweight title defences in wake of his one round demolition of 39-year old Jersey Joe … more “Rocky Marciano’s Last 5 Bouts Were Packed With Drama”
The wild tumultuous life of boxing trainer Teddy Atlas is recounted with brutal honesty in his 2006 autobiography “From The … more “Trainer Teddy Atlas Was Once On A Collision Course With Canadian Boxer Donny Lalonde”
At 27-years of age and in his eighth year since turning professional, the career of George Chuvalo was going nowhere … more “The Fascinating Saga Of George Chuvalo & Irv Ungerman”
The obsession of Jim Jacobs in professional boxing began when he became a collector of old-time fight films; a passion … more “The Amazing Jim Jacobs: Boxing’s Renaissance Man”
Toronto’s forgotten Mutual Arena hosted one of the most memorable bouts in Canadian boxing history, when Sammy Luftspring, from … more “Socking Sammy Proves Right To A New Name”
It was July 26, 1929 when 19-year old Kid Chocolate (aka Cuban Bon Bon) made his Canadian boxing debut at … more “Before There Was Sugar There Was Chocolate”
A wildly partisan throng packed Toronto’s CNE Coliseum on Sunday June 8, 1986 to help encourage Canada’s Golden Boy of … more “Shawn O’Sullivan Canada’s Golden Boy Of Boxing Falls Short On His First Big Test”