Boxing history articles
There have not been too many notable heavyweights to come from Colombia, but rough, tough and gutsy slugger Bernardo Mercado came pretty close to fighting for the world title on … Read more
“Nobody hits like Shavers. If anybody hit harder than Shavers, I’d shoot him,” Randy “Tex” Cobb. There have been legendary heavyweight slugfests and then there is the Tex Cobb Vs. … Read more
It would prove to be the first of many – many world titles won and many great nights for Thomas Hearns. It was 40 years ago when the great Thomas … Read more
July 27, 1918. Harrison, New Jersey. Jack Dempsey Vs. Fred Fulton. The fight lasted all of:18 seconds. Dempsey and Fulton, two big punchers, met in what could be described as … Read more
A prime Julian Jackson was some incredible puncher. Holding a grenade in each fist, the born puncher from The Virgin Islands thrilled fans with a whole slew of, well, thrilling … Read more
Forty years ago, a near-fatal encounter between Gaetan Hart and Ralph Racine from Niagara Falls Ontario would generate a premature end to the 24-year old Racine’s promising career. Heading into … Read more
Has there ever been a greater fighter who lost his pro debut? A greater fighter than Henry Armstrong? It sure seems doubtful. Armstrong, for many one of the top-five greatest … Read more
Salvador Sanchez is a former featherweight world boxing champion who was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1991. Sanchez made his professional boxing debut on May 4, … Read more