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TCS On The Boxing Bulletin
My article on 1920s lightweight phenom Al Singer is featured on The Boxing Bulletin. His tumultuous–and colorful–career was tainted by gangland links, and his promise as a fighter was cut short by…Read More
MAC FOSTER: 1942-2010
“I got in it for the money, but I saw that there were more things involved. There are two ways to get respectability, the right way and the wrong way, and I’d like to be known for doing…Read More
PERSPECTIVE
“I got home to Cincinnati and the friends who used to hang around all the time played it cool. They dropped in once in a while, but mostly it was to make a touch. The people in the street still…Read More
The Lowdown: Raymond Munson, Barry McGuigan, & Vets Return From War To Box
(A roundup of recent boxing articles and news bits, some offbeat, some under the radar, some just interesting, across the cyberworld.) The Death of Raymond Munson Raymond Munson, Philadelphia fight…Read More
PERSPECTIVE
“When people buy a fight ticket, they’re paying to see blood and knockdowns. Every time I go into the ring I expect to be busted up. It is as much a part of the business as boxing gloves.…Read More
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PERSPECTIVE
Between the boxing, wrestling, and refereeing, I started making a good buck, but it was work. I was…Read More
Boxing Is Taking Over America!!! (Or Is It?)
(In an effort to show that not all boxing blogs have to be off-the-cuff ravings devoid of analytical…Read More
LOU FILIPPO: 1925-2009
“I was never rated. In those days there were only eight weight classes, with 10 fighters in…Read More
¡FENÓMENO! How Jose Basora Spanked Jake LaMotta, Smacked Fritzie Zivic, Spooked Out Sugar Ray Robinson & Wound Up Nearly Forgotten
***** Jose Basora, one of the toughest, sharpest dressed middleweights of the 1940s, owed his extraordinary…Read More
NO EXIT: The Short Life & Strange Career of Eddie Machen
**** Perhaps he crossed the path of a black cat once too often, or was given to recklessly overturning…Read More
The Mickey Mouse Club: Florida Undermines Boxing Safety
Under normal circumstances, should such phenomena exist in boxing, no one would care about Hector Camacho…Read More
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