A Boxing Memory: Joey Maxim vs Sugar Ray Robinson In 1952 only the weather denied Sugar Ray Robinson when he tried to edge nearer to boxing immortality. Only Bob Fitzsimmons and Henry Armstrong had previously won world titles at three different weights, and Robinson tried to join that illustrious list in much simpler times when … Continue reading A Boxing Memory: Joey Maxim vs Sugar Ray Robinson →

A Boxing Memory: Evander Holyfield Evander Holyfield was a few weeks shy from turning 59 when Vitor Belfort dismantled the remains of the former four-time heavyweight champion of the world in less than a minute of a farcical and dangerous exhibition back in 2021. It was a night that was beyond strange, Holyfield and Belfort … Continue reading A Boxing Memory: Evander Holyfield →

Matthew Saad Muhammad: The Ultimate Warrior Matthew Saad Muhammad was finished as a fighter when he was only 28, but he didn’t stop fighting until a decade or so later. Approaching 40, the old warrior still kept fighting for loose change and what had long since gone. Saad Muhammad had taken way too many punches … Continue reading Matthew Saad Muhammad: The Ultimate Warrior →

A Boxing Memory: Gerrie Coetzee We only seem to remember past and sometimes forgotten fighters when it's too late. Retirement comes and the often fickle boxing fanbase forgets, moves on and often barely gives a second thought to what has gone before. The present carries far more weight than the past. The death of the … Continue reading A Boxing Memory: Gerrie Coetzee →

James Toney: Lights Out Too Late? By Lewie Laing Boxing quite often has fighters overstaying their welcome, like a drunk at the bar wanting one for the road, long after 'last orders' were called. Boxing is all some fighters know, boxing is all some fighters have and no matter the level reached or financial rewards … Continue reading James Toney: Lights Out Too Late? →

A Boxing Memory: Ricky Womack A decorated amateur, the riches of the professional ranks lying in wait, and then within a few weeks in 1986 Ricky Womack when he was just 22, committed two armed robberies in separate video stores, the latter resulted in Womack shooting a customer, and he spent the next fifteen years … Continue reading A Boxing Memory: Ricky Womack →

A Boxing Memory: Lennox Lewis Lennox Lewis was born in 1965 in West Ham, London, moved to Canada with his mother when he was 12, finished his stellar amateur career with a gold medal at the scandal-hit Seoul Olympics in 1988, came back to England to start his professional career and in many ways, had … Continue reading A Boxing Memory: Lennox Lewis →

A Boxing Memory: Joe Calzaghe Joe Calzaghe is an anomaly in boxing. Very few fighters leave the sport undefeated. He did. Very few fighters leave the sport on their own terms. He did. All retired fighters seemingly return. He didn't. Calzaghe was 36 and undefeated in 46 fights when he decided to retire in 2009. … Continue reading A Boxing Memory: Joe Calzaghe →

A Boxing Memory: Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Thomas Hearns One famous scribe said the night Sugar Ray Leonard beat Thomas Hearns on that unforgettable night in Las Vegas was the fight that he reached boxing immortality. Leonard had to show a little of everything to turn back the challenge of his nemesis, the only fighter … Continue reading A Boxing Memory: Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Thomas Hearns →