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HARD TIMES: The Mystery of the Jack Dempsey-Jess Willard Fight
**** It is, for boxing, as enduring a mystery as the Bermuda Triangle or the identity of the Man in the Iron Mask. On July 4, 1919, in Toledo, Ohio, Jack Dempsey ushered in the Golden Age of Sports with…Read More
RED ARROW: The Mysterious Death of Sonny Liston
**** “You should remember that you were born to die.” Blind Willie McTell **** Las Vegas, Nevada, 1970. His life was a firetrap; his days were dry tinder. A small spark here or there—some ash…Read More
DARK SUN: Remembering Joe Frazier
**** Joe Frazier, whose first fight with Muhammad Ali—an event that attracted worldwide attention–sealed his legacy as one of the defining American sports figures of the last 50 years, died of liver…Read More
The Dream Becomes the World: Vitali Klitschko-Manuel Charr Preview
**** Manuel Charr will play the part of Jack Roper opposite Vitali Klitschko—in the role of the white Joe Louis—when the two heavyweights square off on Saturday at the Olimpiyskiy in Moscow, Russia,…Read More
The Horror of it All: David Haye-Dereck Chisora Preview
**** The spirit of P.T. Barnum makes a transatlantic crossing when David Haye and Dereck Chisora square off in London tomorrow night at Upton Park in a 10-round scrap for the British Empire Dustbin Championship.…Read More
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JIMMY BIVINS 1919-2012
**** “The fight game is a monstrous thing…They just froze me out….They told me I’d…Read More
ENFORCER: The Life & Crimes of Gus Dorazio
**** Gus Dorazio, a fearless but limited contender during the late 1930s and early 1940s, made his name…Read More
Imagine A Day At The End Of Your Life: Larry Holmes-Gerry Cooney Revisited
**** They met thirty years ago under the stars in that neon desert of illusion, Las Vegas, drawn together…Read More
DARK MIRROR: When Max Baer Met Ben Foord
**** After fraying American purse strings on an outlandish “comeback” tour against an assortment…Read More
DIRTY POOL: On David Haye, Dereck Chisora, & Frank Warren
**** A dangerous precedent was set last week when Frank Warren circumvented the British Boxing Board…Read More
NO CLASS: Vitali Klitschko W12 Dereck Chisora
**** Vitali Klitschko successfully defended his McFit heavyweight championship of the world against…Read More
Geezers Need Excitement: Vitali Klitschko-Dereck Chisora Preview
**** Vitali Klitschko returns to the ring tomorrow night when he prepares to spank the latest l’enfant…Read More
NASTY, BRUTISH, SHORT: AL PALZER & THE WHITE HOPES
On May 26, 1911, the first White Hope tournament, a motley assortment of eleven barnyard scrappers and…Read More
DEMPSEY SPEAKS!
**** “Any time somebody gives you a story of how he felt during a fight take it with a grain of…Read More
PERSPECTIVE
**** “Prison sucked. But at least no one gave me trouble. One inmate, though, tried the first…Read More
TOMMYROT! Wladimir Klitschko W12 David Haye
***** What a shame the downpour in Hamburg failed to wash David Haye out into the Elbe tonight as the…Read More
Flash Point: On Wladimir Klitschko Versus David Haye
***** In the last six and a half years, Wladimir Klitschko is 13-0 with 10 knockouts. He has been one…Read More
HENRY COOPER: 1934-2011
***** “Anyway, we were brought up during the war on a council estate in Bellingham, in the Borough…Read More
Wladimir Klitschko-Samuel Peter Report on The Queensberry Rules
My recap of the Wladimir Klitschko-Sam Peter fight, “Embraceable You (With Occasional Violence)”…Read More
PERSPECTIVE
“So in the tenth round I hit him with one of my right hands, but it was on the ear. Tore his ear…Read More
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