The Chicago Times-Herald, Mar 24, 1900 reported “Baltimore man's eye dislodged from its socket by a head on collision.” ... Joe Gans was considered as the finest lightweight in the world before he finally got a shot against lightweight champion Frank Erne, who was also considered to be among the bes...

funny. i was posting about this on facebook earlier. this is what i quoted.. In 1918, former World Lightweight Champion Ad Wolgast escaped from the hospital where he was being held and lived for a time in the mountains of North Carolina, where he was eventually “discovered” and given over to the car...

gil turner. pushed too hard too fast and too young.

When I started earning big purses I promised to hang up the gloves just as soon as I saved a million dollars. I haven't changed from that plan, except that I want a crack at the title before quitting. If I do get the crown, I want to defend it once. After that I'll have my million, and I'll quit the...

a week off work...thought i might revisit this thread :)

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(*from adam pollocks excellent books on jack johnson)

block reynolds vs declan trainor.

a war.

to me, mickey walkers story would be great fun.....and harry grebs has so much folklore attached to it.

thanks

hang on....these are the results i had listed from it... Round 1: Marcel Cerdan KO 4 Carmen Basilio Emile Griffith W points Kid McCoy Stanley Ketchel TKO 7 Gene Fullmer Rocky Graziano KO 11 Tiger Flowers Sugar Ray Robinson TKO 11 Jack "Nonpareil" Dempsey Bob Fitzsimmons W points Jack La Mo...

i looked for this for years....i even was in contact with murray woroners son.....this middleweight tournament was 1968....year after the heavyweight one....i would love to hear it. how did they have walker beating greb ? i uploaded all the heavyweight ones from 1967 to youtube...scroll down the lis...

I was informed yesterday by his nephew that he (carmine) passed away yesterday morning.
he is to be cremated in tampa, florida.

misterpunch wrote:top article - wonder which publication and the date it came out?

its a scan from one of my own magazines here.....without searching i think a 1960s boxing illustrated.

this whole project...'bits and pieces' on the forums...'classic boxing society' on facebook and a blog.....may be coming to an end soon as i might be taking on a bit of work which will tie me up....but it was fun to do, and i am glad that some people liked it.

December 2, 1896 Frontier lawman Wyatt Earp, legendary for his role in the archetypal Western gunfight, “Shoot-out at the O.K. Corral“, is called upon to officiate at a $10,000 heavyweight championship boxing match. As he strolls into San Francisco’s Mechanics Pavilion to start work, police confisca...

In 1918, former World Lightweight Champion Ad Wolgast escaped from the hospital where he was being held and lived for a time in the mountains of North Carolina, where he was eventually “discovered” and given over to the care of Jack Doyle, a boxing promoter from Vernon, California. Doyle offered to ...

Classic Boxing Society YouTube channel

Muhammad Ali v Tommy Hearns sparring exhibition clip
1981 - Bahamas - preparation for Ali v Berbick

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-Ik77QyAAw

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Jimmy McLarnin in training with his brother Bob - 1930

He trained in an era that predated water chlorination or even widespread pasteurization. People in those days were afraid of fresh water. For this reason Sullivan drank no cold water (he even showered using salt water), fearing that it could be filled with germs (bacteria or protozoa) that could mak...

Within seconds, the crowd of 10,600 had something to cheer as Green discarded caution and charged into Stracey, forcing John back with a furious and continuous assault. It was an opening attack that lacked finesse, the initial onslaught of a man high on adrenaline and relieved to be let loose after ...

On this day May 20th in 1986... A snarling Tyson came to the center of the ring literally foaming from the mouth. The ever cocky Green , he always came to the ring sporting a toothpick in the corner of his mouth, barraged Tyson with insults. The action of the bout was to prove anti-climatic, Tyson a...

Lou Nova, long after he retired, is coming out of the Garden after the fights one night when this guy with a nine-year-old son approaches him. "Lou," he says, "You were one of my great heroes. I saw at least 20 of your fights." Lou did't know the guy from Adam but, particularly i...

Mike Tyson walking to the dressing room with Cus D Amato after his pro debut, 1985

(via john scully)

Friday 15 May 1914
Broadway Auditorium, Buffalo, New York

http://boxrec.com/show_display.php?show_id=113002