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
Wilder vs Fury: Two Fights, One Champion Badly overweight, battling severe mental demons, any thoughts of a successful boxing comeback looked remote at best for Tyson Fury. Frank Warren took a punt, and Fury miraculously launched an unlikely return. Two fights in, and the evidence proved inconclusive in terms of recapturing former glories. But the … Continue reading Wilder vs Fury: Two Fights, One Champion
Mayweather vs. McGregor: A Union Of Mutual Convenience In August 2017, two worlds formed a union of mutual convenience. Conor McGregor, the biggest star the world of MMA has ever seen, crossed the great divide and entered a new domain to challenge Floyd Mayweather in a boxing match. When it was first talked about, it seemed … Continue reading Mayweather vs McGregor: A Union Of Mutual Convenience
Ali vs. Berbick: The Final Goodbye There can’t have been a more depressing end to a boxing career than how Muhammad Ali signed out on a truly memorable and often historic run in the sweet science. Ali could have resisted the urge to keep chasing further glory and the need to fight his dwindling finances. … Continue reading Ali vs Berbick: The Final Goodbye
Holmes vs Ali: An Uncomfortable Night In Vegas Timing is everything in boxing. Taking a fight at the wrong time can have devastating long-lasting consequences on a career. Equally, it can have tragic life-changing implications, you have to know when to let go. Larry Holmes had the unenviable task of having to follow Muhammad Ali … Continue reading Holmes vs Ali: An Uncomfortable Night In Vegas
A Boxing Memory: Hagler vs Hearns On April 15th 1985 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, two fighters gave us everything, and a little bit more. One came for redemption, the other for greatness. They met head-on, in the most dramatic, brutal 8 minutes of action we are ever likely to see in a boxing … Continue reading A Boxing Memory: Hagler vs Hearns
