Michael Spinks: The History Fights With Larry Holmes Larry Holmes heading into his 49th professional career shouldn't still have been fighting for respect and acceptance. But ever since he had turned professional in 1973 Holmes was fighting the one fight he couldn't win. Holmes had to deal with the quitter references after losing to Duane … Continue reading Michael Spinks: The History Fights With Larry Holmes
A Boxing Memory: Matthew Ellis There are two sides to Blackpool. The bright lights and hustle and bustle of the seafront. The holiday brochures in more normal times only show you want they want to see. The decay and dereliction of the back streets are not seen, and holidaymakers and locals avoid them with equal … Continue reading A Boxing Memory: Matthew Ellis
Al Bernstein Looks Back At The Rematch Between Sugar Ray Leonard & Thomas Hearns In 1981 two fighters treated us to one of the greatest fights in boxing history, and almost certainly the best welterweight title fight we are ever likely to see. Sugar Ray Leonard and Thomas Hearns served up an all-time classic for … Continue reading Al Bernstein Looks Back At The Rematch Between Sugar Ray Leonard & Thomas Hearns
Witherspoon vs Bruno: Blood, Sweat & Tears There was a time not that long ago that British heavyweights were branded and labelled as horizontal. A near-century of failure to capture the biggest and richest prize in boxing resulted in that unfortunate and unflattering assessment. Bob Fitzsimmons, the last British-born heavyweight champion of the world, held … Continue reading Witherspoon vs Bruno: Blood, Sweat & Tears
Holmes vs Cooney: The Colour Of Money A chance meeting at a restaurant, and an exchange of insults, the two fighters moved forward for something more. They pushed and shoved a little, but it was broken up before it developed into anything more serious. Larry Holmes had just stopped Leon Spinks to defend his WBC … Continue reading Holmes vs Cooney: The Colour Of Money
Larry Holmes: The Fight For Acceptance Timing is everything in life, probably even more so in sport. Larry Holmes had the unenviable task, an impossible one in many ways, of having to follow the greatest world heavyweight champion in history. As Muhammad Ali faded as a fighter, and tragically, his deteriorating health took away much … Continue reading Larry Holmes: The Fight For Acceptance
Joe Louis: Why He Should Always Be Remembered By Jules Philippe-Auguste May 13th is a date that every American citizen should know. It is the birthday of one of the most important figures in history. The person I am referring to is the former heavyweight champion, Joe Louis Barrow. If you are confused to why … Continue reading Joe Louis: Why He Should Always Be Remembered
A Boxing Memory: Wilfred Benitez At seventeen, Wilfred Benitez was a world champion. At twenty-eight, he was effectively finished as a fighter. By the time he was thirty-eight, his life was a whole lot different. Too many fights, and too many punches absorbed. The glory days long gone, and his fortune was also a thing … Continue reading A Boxing Memory: Wilfred Benitez
A Boxing Memory: Kirkland Laing When the discussion starts over, who was the best British boxer never to win a world title, two names often form the majority of any such discussion. Herol ‘Bomber’ Graham, despite numerous attempts on the world stage, never did manage to win the big one. Arguably, those chances came too late … Continue reading A Boxing Memory: Kirkland Laing
ALI VS LISTON: THE REMATCH THAT GOT AWAY by Paul Gallender BOSTON, MA - Friday, November 13, 1964 In three days, Muhammad Ali and Sonny Liston would meet at a time when their physical and mental conditions were as closely aligned as they would ever be. The much older Liston was in the best fighting … Continue reading ALI VS LISTON: THE REMATCH THAT GOT AWAY
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