This is the fifth installment in Carlos Acevedo’s Shoot The Moon series covering the career of Larry Holmes. *** February 3, 1980 Seems no one’s talking ‘bout those crazy days gone past, Weren’t they amazed […]
More than thirty years have passed since the last heyday of the jiggly heavyweight. In the 1980s, when boxing mirrored the “Greed is Good” era with dollar bills wafting in the air like shredded junk […]
Not long ago, the heavyweight division, for years the madman in the attic of boxing, had a chance to shuck off its straitjacket and bring some normalcy back to a loony class brimming with healthy […]
Frankie Carbo is one of the central figures in Jacobs Beach: The Mob, The Garden & The Golden Age of Boxing, by Kevin Mitchell, from Hamilcar Publications. *** Among the many criminal charges Frankie Carbo […]
This is the fourth installment in Carlos Acevedo’s Shoot The Moon series covering the career of Larry Holmes. *** “Dyn-o-mite!” —J. J. Evans September 28, 1979 “Holy Christ, I was down and struggling to […]
This is the third installment in Carlos Acevedo’s Shoot The Moon series covering the career of Larry Holmes. *** “Someday we’ll find it, the rainbow connection. The lovers, the dreamers, and me.” Kermit, The Muppets […]
Of all the striking facts about The Hardest Game—a collection of boxing reportage by Hugh McIlvanney—one stands out above all: most of these exquisite pieces were written on deadline. Whether for The Observer, The Sunday […]
This is the sixth piece in a ten-part series looking at the fighters whose stories make Donald McRae’s Dark Trade the enduring classic that it is. Learn more about the 1st U.S. edition of Dark […]
This is the fifth piece in a ten-part series looking at the fighters whose stories make Donald McRae’s Dark Trade the enduring classic that it is. Learn more about the 1st U.S. edition of Dark […]
This is the final installment in Carlos Acevedo’s After The Fall series looking at Floyd Patterson’s late career. “Glass jaw? I’ve been beaten, but only by champs. I’m still around after 17 years. If I […]
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