Nobody ever described Jake LaMotta as well as he once described himself. Or, actually, maybe describe is the wrong word. It’s more like he was confessing. Or possibly he was explaining something that ...
These days, there is precious little boxing that takes place over the holidays, save for the customary late-year shows in Russia and Japan. For promoters, it’s a financially perilous decision to stage ...
Frankfurt, Germany, Dec. 24, 1950: Welterweight boxing champion Sugar Ray Robinson is interviewed after arriving by train in Frankfurt for his Christmas night fight against Hans Stretz. At right are ...
Jose "OnFire" Aguirre and Tim "Dogg" Fears knock out the interviews at the ceremony to introduce the Sugar Ray Robinson stamp, only the second fighter in history to have his own stamp. Listen to ...
There were chartered flights in the air, heading for the United States, two days before the bout. British dignitaries and sportsmen -- among them the mayor of Turpin's home town -- were en route.
Speaking on the WiseNuts Podcast, Toney made no mistake in naming the late, great Sugar Ray Robinson as the only fighter in ...