Former Welterweight Champion Curtis Cokes Passes Away At Age 82
In sad news, it has been reported how Curtis Cokes passed away yesterday at the age of 82. The world welterweight champion from 1966 to 1969, Cokes was a superbly … Read more
Boxing History
Boxing history articles
Why Are Philadelphia Fighters So Tough, Talented And Hardened?
The city of Philadelphia is known as “The City Of Brotherly Love,” yet an apt nickname for the home to approx 1.584 million people could easily be “Fight City.” Some … Read more
Ten Years Ago Today: Vitali Klitschko Beats Albert Sosnowski
…but the German fans scream for Haye Ten long years ago today, I found myself at The Veltins Arena in Gelsenkirchen, Germany to watch WBC heavyweight king Vitali Klitschko win … Read more
James Shuler And What Might Have Been For “Black Gold”
Today, May 29, would have seen Philly middleweight James Shuler celebrate his 61st birthday. Who knows what kind of a ring career the man known as “Black Gold” would have … Read more
When Larry Holmes Went Too Far – The Infamous “Rocky Couldn’t Carry My Jockstrap” Presser
Larry Holmes had some great nights in Las Vegas. Holmes beat Gerry Cooney in the biggest heavyweight fight of the 1980s in Vegas. Holmes got off the floor, somehow, to … Read more
“Adios” – 15 Years Ago Today Julio Cesar Chavez Scored His Final Ring Victory
After a quite incredible 113 pro bouts fought over 25 long years, Mexican legend Julio Cesar Chavez still wasn’t done. Not quite. On this day back in 2005, a 43 … Read more
Premature Stoppage In First Froch Battle Still Burns George Groves
It’s six years this week (May 31) since the bitter rivalry between British super-middleweights Carl Froch and George Groves was settled. In the hugely demanded return fight, held at Wembley, … Read more
Who Shot Cleveland Williams?
The name Dale Witten may not be familiar to a fight fan, yet Witten, in November of 1964, may well have changed heavyweight boxing history. Witten certainly forever changed the … Read more
Recalling A Peach Of A One-Punch KO – Michael Nunn Vs. Sumbu Kalambay
It was the sweetest KO Michael Nunn ever scored and it might have been Nunn’s finest ever ring performance. Back in 1989, southpaw Nunn, the IBF middleweight king, was making … Read more
Muhammad Ali IS The Greatest Heavyweight Ever And The Years He Was Forced To Stop Fighting Prove It
We’ve been reading quite a few ‘greatest heavyweights of all-time’ lists just recently, and in almost each case Muhammad Ali has been placed right at the top. Deservedly. Definitely. Unquestionably. … Read more
