In researching the career of journeyman Leroy Caldwell, who passed away last week, I found this story in the Los Angeles Times. "Heavyweight Mircea Simon, long advertised as unbeaten since turning pro last year, joined the ranks of the beaten, although several days after the fact. "Simon, ...

(1) New York was the epicenter if boxing in America during the days when the Horton Law governed boxing in New York: Sept. 1, 1896 to Aug. 31, 1900. The Broadway Athletic Club, which sat near Washington Square in Lower Manhattan, was the site of many of the era's most important matches. However, on ...