“I’m convinced that Salvador Sanchez was the best Mexican fighter of all time. Even better than Julio Cesar Chavez.” — Wilfredo Gomez “He consistently showed the understanding and awareness
A year ago, the boxing world was facing the possibility of a most unexpected event: an actual prizefight between Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr., the former “Kid Dynamite”
Does Matthew Saad Muhammad qualify as, pound-for-pound, a truly “great” fighter in terms of skill and talent? Maybe not, but strictly in regards to heart, courage, excitement and the
Earlier this month serious fight fans and boxing history buffs tipped their hats and raised a glass to the memory of the late, great Eddie Futch as they marked the
In what proved to be both one of the biggest upsets of the year, as well as one of 2015’s best action fights, Krysztof Glowacki scored a stunning knockout
It’s odd seeing something you have lived through presented as history. Aside from the sense of mortality that it engenders in a person, there is also the natural thought
In its visual style and heady narrative, Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962) resembles few other films of its genre and ranks among the greatest boxing movies of all time.
Until December of 1952, some eighteen years after he had embarked on what would eventually be an all-time great pro career, Archie Moore was part of that long list
