Category: Featurepost

The real Pancho Villa was a prominent Mexican revolutionary who won fame for his military victories during the early part of the 20th century. Exactly why Francisco Guilledo of

Alas, for so many of boxing’s truly great champions, precious little or no film exists of their exploits, but despite this, we possess solid evidence of their splendid achievements.

HBO’s Tapia begins with an overhead shot of the New Mexico desert. The camera pans across the yellow landscape and settles on a solitary man, walking with his head

Plaster of Torrance: Unwrapping the Meaning of Antonio Margarito, Part Two. Excerpted from The Bittersweet Science. There are times when boxing matches resemble more a bullfight than they do

Last month we marked the anniversary of the legendary and highly controversial, not to mention consequential, first fight between Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito. To pay further tribute to

There is no disputing the oft-repeated truth that Benny Leonard will forever stand as one of the finest boxers who has ever lived. Not as well known is the

Few championship fights in recent history have been retroactively marred by a controversy as serious as that which attends Cotto vs Margarito I. A spectacular bout won by Antonio

It is difficult to say how heavyweight champion James J. Jeffries would have matched up against more contemporary boxers, but there’s no doubt he was an extraordinary fighter. He

By the mid-90’s, the question was being asked by more than a few: was he the best ever? Certainly there had been no one quite like him in recent

For most of boxing history, world title belts didn’t grow on trees, as they say, and even title shots were a rare and much sought-after commodity. Competition was fiercer