Paul Beston, Author at Hannibal Boxing

When Jack Slew the Giant—and Modern Sports Were Born

July 4, 2019 Paul Beston

One hundred years on, no one can say for sure what happened to the gloves. In December 1934, a decade and a half after they had done their wicked work, the gloves were buried beneath […]

Handlers Raising Leon Spinks On Shoulders

When Neon Leon Met the Greatest: A Look Back, Forty Years Later

September 12, 2018 Paul Beston

Never the world’s greatest mixer, I had accommodated myself to long silences at the 2004 International Boxing Hall of Fame dinner in Canastota, New York, even at a dinner table populated with eager pugilistic fans. […]