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Portrait of Muhammad Ali Taunting Floyd Patterson
After the Fall: On Floyd Patterson

After the Fall: The Comeback of Floyd Patterson (Part II: Muhammad Ali)

August 6, 2018 Carlos Acevedo

This is the second installment in Carlos Acevedo’s After The Fall series looking at Floyd Patterson’s late career. “He could have knocked Patterson out whenever he wanted, but let’s face it, Clay is selfish and […]

Floyd Patterson vs George Chuvalo
After the Fall: On Floyd Patterson

After the Fall: Floyd Patterson on the Comeback Trail

August 2, 2018 Carlos Acevedo

This is the first installment in Carlos Acevedo’s After The Fall series looking at Floyd Patterson’s late career. “How could the same thing happen twice? How? That’s all I kept thinking after the knockout… Was […]

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The Duke: The Life and Lies of Tommy Morrison

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Shoot the Moon: The Title Reign of Larry Holmes Part II, Ossie Ocasio

July 25, 2018 Carlos Acevedo

This is the second installment in Carlos Acevedo’s Shoot The Moon series covering the career of Larry Holmes. *** Is it any wonder I reject you first? Fame, fame, fame, fame Is it any wonder […]

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Shoot the Moon: The Title Reign of Larry Holmes Part I, Alfredo Evangelista

July 10, 2018 Carlos Acevedo

This is the first installment in Carlos Acevedo’s Shoot The Moon series covering the career of Larry Holmes. *** Oh, I see myself in a brand new way.—Boston   November 10, 1978 There was no […]

Boxer Muhammad Ali Knocking Out Cleveland Williams
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Brief Lives: Cleveland Williams

June 27, 2018 Carlos Acevedo

Photography implies that we know about the world if we accept it as the camera records it. But this is the opposite of understanding, which starts from not accepting the world as it looks. All […]

Joey Archer
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Brief Lives: Joey Archer

June 22, 2018 Carlos Acevedo

A comebacking Ingemar Johansson, who had just seen his reign as heavyweight champion halted by Floyd Patterson, hardly inspired his supporters when, in a huff, he ejected one of his livelier sparring partners from the […]

George "Sugar" Costner's career record was 74-12-3 (43).
Boxing Analysis

Double Take: George Costner, the Man Who Would be Sugar

May 9, 2018 Carlos Acevedo

He was one of the earliest Sugar Ray knockoffs, but unlike other first-wave Robinson devotees—Johnny Saxton, Freddie Dawson, and Johnny Bratton, for example—George Costner actually had the audacity to dub himself “Sugar.” Costner, a welterweight […]

Canelo vs GGG May 5 2018 Fight Was Cancelled
Boxing Analysis

The Lower Deep: On Saul “Canelo” Alvarez

April 24, 2018 Carlos Acevedo

Ever since Brooklyn button man Bugsy Siegel opened the Flamingo Hotel in 1946, Las Vegas has been the pit stop for casual, catchall amorality in the United States. But not even Sin City seems willing […]

Ron Lyle Stares Down George Foremen
Boxing History

Ron Lyle: One Bad Motherf*cker

January 5, 2018 Kyle Sarofeen

Ron Lyle’s biography, Off The Ropes: The Ron Lyle Story, is now available from Hamilcar Publications.  This book is a revised edition, with a new foreword by Showtime boxing analyst and International Boxing Hall of Fame […]

Bundini Brown and Ali - "Can't beat both of us!"
Boxing History

Bundini Brown: Boxing’s Greatest Hype Man

November 27, 2017 Kyle Sarofeen

This piece, written by Hamilcar Publications’ Publisher, Kyle Sarofeen, served as the catalyst for connecting with author Todd D. Snyder to write BUNDINI: Don’t Believe The Hype (August 2020, Hamilcar Publications). *** Put a headdress and […]

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