In March of 1985, heavyweight champion Larry Holmes scored a tenth round stoppage of undefeated contender David Bey and then immediately announced that he was done. As in, finished.
On this day back in 1954, Rocky Marciano and Ezzard Charles clashed at Yankee Stadium to contest, for the second time in just three months, the heavyweight championship of
A few days back the boxing world marked the anniversary of the birth of legendary heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano, and we will always pay tribute to the one and
The great Joe Louis, already something of a legend, made his first defense as heavyweight champion against Welshman Tommy Farr just nine weeks after his title-winning knockout over James J.
“Before each round Ricardo looks up to the heavens, then goes out to kill, kill, kill. It’s like he’s asking permission from God to annihilate the other guy.” In
It is hardly controversial to say that 1976’s Rocky is the most identifiable boxing movie of all time. It won the Academy Award for Best Picture that year; it
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
Over the years, indeed over the decades, we have seen numerous boxing films get made; some of … continue Director Spike Lee Is Resolute In Making The Joe Louis
