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The Dark Corner: Jake LaMotta, Survivor

July 10, 2022 Carlos Acevedo

This excerpt comes from Carlos Acevedo’s first book, Sporting Blood: Tales from the Dark Side of Boxing, an expanded edition of which will be available from Hamilcar Publications September 6. Acevedo’s latest book, The Duke: […]

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Oscar Bonavena Implodes: How “Ringo” Ruined His Career Before His Death

September 16, 2021 Hamilcar Publications

The following is an excerpt from pages 74-76 of Shot at a Brothel: The Spectacular Demise of Oscar “Ringo” Bonavena, by Patrick Connor (Hamilcar Publications, August 2021) *** Bonavena botched a proposed showdown with George […]

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The Duke: The Life and Lies of Tommy Morrison

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A History of the Pretty Boy: From Tony Janiro to Ryan Garcia

February 9, 2021 Carlos Acevedo

Carlos Acevedo is the author of the critically-acclaimed Sporting Blood: Tales From The Dark Side of Boxing. Read more of Acevedo’s journalism work here. *** In Raging Bull, Jake LaMotta (as played, in ferocious Method […]

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Brief Lives: Virgil Akins

December 30, 2020 Carlos Acevedo

Finally, after all the hard years toiling in hothouse gyms and all the years crisscrossing the country as an itinerant journeyman—smoke-filled halls, catcalls and hisses when facing the local hero, narrow losses tallied on doubtful […]

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El Cubano Mexicano: The Legacy of Jose Napoles

November 25, 2020 Patrick Connor

  “El Cubano Mexicano.” It took a few years, but that’s what Mexican press came to call him. Before that, he was simply, “El Cubano.” José Nápoles, the celebrated former welterweight champion, died last year […]

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A Dry Season: The Last Comeback of Joe Frazier

August 19, 2020 Carlos Acevedo

Somehow, they found themselves connected yet again. Years after the Thrilla in Manila, Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali mounted quixotic, perhaps dangerous, comebacks eight days apart, and they hinted at renewing their rivalry in a […]

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Red and Gold: The Apprenticeship of John Lepak

August 12, 2020 Jimmy Tobin

“THIS DOOR HAS LED MANY TO PAIN AND FAME” stenciled in yellow and blue block letters on a red door. A greeting, a warning, a bit of promotion. If you wanted pain, wanted the fame […]

Left to right: Jack Kearns, manager of Jack Dempsey; Mrs. Maxine Dempsey; and Jack Dempsey, heavyweight champion. Mrs. Maxine Dempsey of Wells, Nevada, divorced wife of Jack Dempsey, has openly accused her former husband of evading military service during the war. In his draft questionnaire Dempsey claimed he was the sole supporter of his wife. This she denies and says she has letters from the heavyweight champion which will substantiate her charges. Mrs. Dempsey is now a dance hall girl in Wells, a small town near the Nevada Utah border. Department of Justice agents are investigating Mrs. Dempsey's charges.
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Rat Bastards: Jack Kearns

July 10, 2020 Carlos Acevedo

This is the first installment in Carlos Acevedo’s Rat Bastards series, which takes a look at the fight game’s greatest miscreants. *** “Hell, winning was the big thing. I never could stand a loser.” —Doc  […]

American heavyweight boxer Muhammad Ali comes out of retirement only to lose a fight to current champion Larry Holmes in Las Vegas, 2nd October 1980. (Photo by Chris Smith/Popperfoto via Getty Images/Getty Images)
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Shoot the Moon: The Title Reign of Larry Holmes Part VIII (Muhammad Ali)

July 8, 2020 Carlos Acevedo

This is the eighth installment in Carlos Acevedo’s Shoot The Moon series covering the career of Larry Holmes. *** October 2, 1980 He is having trouble sleeping. The long, long nights bleed away. From time to […]

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All That Terrible Blood: Bobby Chacon, Bazooka Limon, Atonement

June 3, 2020 Carlos Acevedo

“There she was, that little cutie. All that terrible blood. The blood just ran off. She looked pretty. I loved her so long—I only had love for her. I always loved her, but I lost […]

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