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Tyson Fury Lists His Top-Five Greatest Heavyweights (says he would have beaten them all)

June 21, 2020June 21, 2020 by James Slater

Joe Louis - Bored with lists yet? Just lately, during the lockdown, many people have come out with lists, these lists compiling their greatest this, their greatest that in boxing. Not one to miss out on anything, WBC heavyweight champ Tyson Fury has listed his top-five greatest heavyweights.

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Bored with lists yet? Just lately, during the lockdown, many people have come out with lists, these lists compiling their greatest this, their greatest that in boxing. Not one to … Read more

80 Years Ago Today: “The Brown Bomber” Slugs It Out With “Two Ton Tony”

June 28, 2019June 28, 2019 by James Slater

Long before the heavyweight division was being thoroughly entertained by the wit and the larger than life personalities belonging to Randy “Tex” Cobb and the comebacking George Foreman, a man … Read more

Louis bounces Baer on way to Braddock

June 19, 2019June 19, 2019 by Mike Dunn

Heading into June of 1935, the hard-punching Max Baer of California was considered the caliber of fighter to reign as heavyweight champion for years – Perfectly proportioned for a fighter, … Read more

Video: Joe Louis – Top 5 Notable Wins

January 1, 2019January 1, 2019 by Rummys Corner

Happy New Year, boxing fans! And to kick off the new year, Joe Louis is the featured boxer in this edition of the Top 5 Notable Wins series, and with … Read more

80 Years On: Recalling The Most Famous First-Round KO in Heavyweight Boxing History

June 21, 2018June 21, 2018 by James Slater

Eighty years ago tomorrow (June 22, 1938) the great, the immortal Joe Louis met Germany’s Max Schmeling in a rematch. A sporting event it may have been, yet this fight … Read more

Video: Top 10 Heavyweights by decade

March 21, 2018March 20, 2018 by Rummys Corner

Ranking fighters across different eras is a tricky business. Who was the greatest heavyweight of all time? That is a question that has resulted in endless debate among boxing fans … Read more

Times Live Top-10 Greatest-Ever Heavyweight Champions list sure to cause debate

February 24, 2018February 24, 2018 by James Slater

Joe Louis - It's a list that pops up every now and then, and boxing fans seem to love it when the debate begins: who is the greatest heavyweight champion of all-time; who are the top-10 greatest heavyweight champions of all-time? Over the years, fine publications/ outlets such as Ring Magazine, ESPN, Sky Sports, Boxing Illustrated (for me THE best-ever boxing magazine; RIP Bert Sugar) and even full books have put forth their list of greatest-ever heavyweight champs.

It’s a list that pops up every now and then, and boxing fans seem to love it when the debate begins: who is the greatest heavyweight champion of all-time; who … Read more

70 years ago: The great Joe Louis has his mind set on retirement but is cruelly denied

December 5, 2017 by James Slater

Joe Louis - 70 years ago today, legendary heavyweight king Joe Louis, “The Brown Bomber” was edging towards what he hoped would be a happy, content and thoroughly satisfactory retirement from boxing. Louis was no ego-driven talent, forever in search of 'one more win.' Instead, his world title defended well over twenty times, Joe wished to call it a career and spend his time playing golf.

70 years ago today, legendary heavyweight king Joe Louis, “The Brown Bomber” was edging towards what he hoped would be a happy, content and thoroughly satisfactory retirement from boxing. Louis was no ego-driven talent, forever in search of ‘one more win.’ Instead, his world title defended well over twenty times, Joe wished to call it a career and spend his time playing golf.

But, as history tells us, this is not how things transpired.

Deontay Wilder says he would have KO’d the great Joe Louis!

October 19, 2016 by James Slater

Joe Louis - The old timers won't like it one bit, and it's probable younger fight fans will disagree with Deontay Wilder's opinion on what would have happened had he and one of the great heavyweight champions of yesteryear got it on. Speaking with Lem Satterfield for Premier Boxing Champions, the currently sidelined WBC heavyweight king was asked which fighter in history he would have liked to have fought and how the fight would have gone.

The old timers won’t like it one bit, and it’s probable younger fight fans will disagree with Deontay Wilder’s opinion on what would have happened had he and one of the great heavyweight champions of yesteryear got it on. Speaking with Lem Satterfield for Premier Boxing Champions, the currently sidelined WBC heavyweight king was asked which fighter in history he would have liked to have fought and how the fight would have gone.

Sports Illustrated – Top-100 moments in Sports History revealed: boxing features six times

March 8, 2016March 8, 2016 by James Slater

Joe Louis - Iconic publication Sports Illustrated has covered all the major sporting events around the globe for decades; but what are the publication’s picks for the top 100 greatest moments in sports history?

Iconic publication Sports Illustrated has covered all the major sporting events around the globe for decades; but what are the publication’s picks for the top 100 greatest moments in sports history?

The website of the magazine has just revealed the picks for the top 100, and boxing features quite a few times; six in all. And “The Greatest,” Muhammad Ali, features in no less than four of the choices for momentous moments in the history of The Sweet Science.