Jack Dempsey – Ro...
By Jim Galiano – Jack Dempsey was to boxing what Babe Ruth was to baseball. Both were products of the roaring twenties and both went down in history as larger than life figures in their sport and American culture. Like Jack Johnson before him and Muhammad Ali after, Dempsey was in...
George Foreman: King of...
By Monte D. Cox – Imagine the 1985 Super Bowl champion Chicago Bears lead by Jim McMahon, Richard Dent, Mike Singletary and company coming out of retirement to win the Super Bowl in 2005. Or imagine former Wimbledon tennis champion John McEnroe coming back and winning that...
Comparing Great Fighter...
By Jim Galiano – A lot has been written about how the greats of today would fare against the greats of the past. Although the sport has gone through many small changes over the years… it remains essentially the same. Boxing is an individualistic sport. Fighters are products of...
Carmen Basilio – Blood,...
By Joe Torcello – Canastota, New York is home to the International Boxing Hall of Fame. It is also home to the former Welterweight and Middleweight champion of the world – Carmen Basilio. Carmen Basilio was a fighter, through and through. There wasn’t anything fancy about Basilio. Back...
“Terrible” ...
By Monte D. Cox – The name Terry McGovern might not mean much to boxing fans today, but in his youthful prime he was one of the most awesome hitters in boxing history. His punching power put fear into the hearts of fighters from bantamweight to lightweight. McGovern was like a...