There was previously a printable version of boxer's record, but I can't seem to find a link to it anywhere. Haven't used the site for a while, so maybe I'm missing something and the printable version was removed for some reason? Simply choosing "print" in browser displays everything, inclu...

Capt. Cooke in Boston Police News (May 21, 1887): Great Jupiter! Who ever heard the like of that challenge of Kilrain's so-called "backer," directed to John L. Sullivan? The challenge is for Sullivan to fight Kilrain "in six months or less," under London prize ring rules, "w...

asmund wrote: ↑01 Mar 2022, 23:20NATO is a defensive alliance. This basis for the alliance (since 1949) has never been broken.

Have you asked Serbians about that?

These two bouts are missing: 1895-02-13 Baltimore American (Baltimore, MD) (page 8) "Joe" Gans, the colored light-weight champion, defeated two men in the ring at Kernan's Monumental Theater last night. The first was James Davis, colored, whom Gans made a punching-bag of, and stopped in th...

The Topeka state journal. [volume], August 30, 1900, LAST EDITION, Image 1
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn ... d-1/seq-1/

Did Mccoy ever address this later in life? McCoy claimed he had learned about his wife (Julia) being unfaithful to him (with his close friend Frank) a couple of weeks before the Corbett fight was to take place, and that he couldn't train properly and he didn't care about the fight anymore, but that...

https://boxrec.com/en/event/389797/357116 Memphis Pal Moore and Bobby Burns fought three times in June 1915, all three times 10-round draws. 1915-06-07 D-PTS10 Arkansas Physical Development Association, Argenta, AR, USA 1915-06-21 D-PTS10 Arkansas Physical Development Association, Argenta, AR, USA 1...

They met three times in 1914, first on June 22 at Memphis, second time - at Hot Springs Athletic Club, Hot Springs, AR on October 27 (10-round no decision bout, which non-local Little Rock Arkansas Gazette reported in favor of Jackson), and third time on November 9 at Memphis. Two bouts are listed c...

https://boxrec.com/en/event/89563 Billy Waltz' opponent wasn't Joe Mandot. 1921-02-16 Harrisburg Telegraph (Harrisburg, PA) (page 13) The opening ten round bout between Billy Waltz and George Mandot went the limit. The crowd was divided as to the merits of this battle. Waltz is an aggressive boy, bu...

https://boxrec.com/en/event/131807 Was an official decision, not a newspaper one. Venue - Phoenix A.C., Memphis, TN, USA. Referee: Billy Haack "An applause of approval greeted Referee Haack when he stepped between the two and holsted Mandot's hand as a signal of victory" (Memphis Commercia...

https://boxrec.com/en/event/335851
This bout was held on 1912-10-14, not on 1912-10-04, the venue was Southern A.C., Memphis, TN, USA
Referee Billy Haack.

There was a battle royale and two preliminaries, but only one was listed in next-day Commercial Appeal - Pete Webber W-PTS8 Cleve Atwell.

https://boxrec.com/en/event/335872 The Mandot-Walsh bout was held on 1910-06-04, not on 1910-06-11. 1910-06-04 card was at Royal Athletic Club, New Orleans, LA, USA Joe Mandot W-KO1 Cess Walsh Nobles W-PTS Jim Crossen (probably 6 rounds, but not mentioned explicitly in next-day Times-Democrat). 1910...

https://boxrec.com/en/event/728606 The bout is listed as a TKO2 victory for Carpentier. This should be changed to TKO8 victory for Til instead, per post-fights reports in L'Auto (Nov 30, 1909, page 4), Dunkerque-Sports (Dec 5, 1909, page 5), Boxing (London, Dec 11, 1909, page 354). Carpentier hurt h...

1930
Oct 28 Jimmy Du Valle TKO St. Louis (round not specified in Globe-Democrat)

1931
Mar 19 Roy Johnson TKO1 St. Louis (130lbs)

Bob wrote: ↑15 Dec 2020, 21:48Mississippi Valley Amateur Association 126 lb. Title (confused with Missouri?)

Mississippi Valley Amateur Association was organized in St. Louis on Jan 3, 1930.

Thanks.
Some additional ama bouts would be

1932
May 19 Joe Grajada L3 San Pedro
May 26 Bill Espinoza KO2 San Pedro
Jun 1 Lupe Hernandez KO3 Hollywood
Jun 16 Augie Soliz W San Pedro
Jun 18 Augie Soliz W Los Angeles
Jul 1 Johnny Hines L4 Los Angeles - 1932 Olympic games preliminaries, 126lbs

Anybody tried to compile his amateur record? There obviously were lots of them, but I'm not sure I want to go through LA and other newspapers in 1931 and 1932. Maybe somebody has researched it already?

Britton's series with Lewis was split even, if you consider both official and newspaper decisions. Unfortunately, I don't have my notes of the series at hand, and can't link to a thread with short summaries and retyped reports, that I posted at another forum a while ago, and which ended at their 12t...

I wasn't debating his achievements, I talked about his obvious technical flaws that could/would be exploited by lots of heavyweight punchers, had they fought Norton.

Foreman, Quarry (short-handed and much smaller), Garcia (1975 bout), Stander (short, slow and fat), Shavers, Cooney. When Frazier was staying at mid-range and throwing hooks, he didn't stop bobbing and weaving. Norton is regularly attempting the same thing, but he stops bobbing and weaving when he s...

How much footage have you watched of these fighters? None. Norton may have belonged on the list due to the length or lack thereof of his reign, but he was a notch above most all of those guys as a fighter, and was robbed against Ali in their 3rd bout. He also looked one of the worst if not the wors...

Head-to-head I can imagine lots and lots of heavyweights who might have poor skills and no achievements whatsoever, but who had a punch and who could be aggressive. Something Norton couldn't deal with, at least he never proved he could. So based on achivements, Norton could be Top 50, but head to he...

This delusional "historian" thinks Lennox Lewis was the best heavyweight of all time, and has Ray Leonard, Roy Jones and Floyd Mayweather in his top 10. So, wrong guess.

It wasn't explained in any sources I've seen on him. He was called (Young) Tipton Slasher from the earliest fight report that could be found of him. A very short description of his style, by sporting writer who didn't know what boxing is and was easily impressed. 1900-02-04 The Chicago Sunday Tribun...

Norton was a piece of s**t who had no clue how to fight when being pressured. There are hundreds, if not thousands of mediocre heavyweights in history who would have knocked him out in a few rounds. He didn't do anything clever against Ali, whenever Ali started moving, Norton had no idea what to do....