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Boxing Books

Macho Time: The Beginning of a Spanish Harlem Legend

September 30, 2020 Christian Giudice

The following article by Christian Giudice is a companion piece to his book, Macho Time: The Meteoric Rise and Tragic Fall of Hector Camacho. *** Back in the late 1970s, the Cosmo Theatre on 176 […]

Boxing Profiles

Vulgar Display of Power: On Ricardo Mayorga

September 22, 2020 Jimmy Tobin

“It is my duty to take you to a rehabilitation center,” Rosendo Alvarez told him last week in a video posted to Alvarez’s Facebook page. The contrast in their appearances was telling. Full face, clear […]

Rat Bastards

Rat Bastards: Roberto Medina

September 14, 2020 Carlos Acevedo

Like the raw and lawless frontier territories of Oklahoma or the Far West in the nineteenth century, boxing has often functioned as an open city, of sorts, for those with checkered pasts looking to start […]

Al Bernstein At International Boxing Hall Of Fame
Boxing Profiles

Mr. Bernstein: A Life in Boxing

September 1, 2020 Paul Zanon

“Phil Mushnick wrote a column when I was going to cover the Hagler versus Hearns fight. I was only five years into my job with ESPN and he said, ‘Your career feels to me like […]

Boxing History

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 […]

Boxing History

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 […]

Boxing Profiles

Daniel Dubois: Road to Recovery

August 4, 2020 Paul Zanon

“You’re going to see fireworks,” said “Dynamite” Daniel Dubois, ahead of his fight with “Juggernaut” Joe Joyce on October 24. Dubois added, “You’re going to see a great technical boxing display from me, with speed […]

Rat Bastards

Rat Bastards: Thomas (Tommy Ryan) Eboli

July 28, 2020 Carlos Acevedo

This is the second installment in Carlos Acevedo’s Rat Bastards series, which takes a look at the fight game’s greatest miscreants. *** Before he became just another chalk outline on the cratered streets of 1970s […]

Wetzlar, GERMANY: Germany's Armenian-born Arthur Abraham (R) fights against Colombia's Edison Miranda late 23 September 2006 at the Rittal Arena in Wetzlar. IBF middleweight champion Arthur Abraham retained the title with an unanimous decision over Edison Miranda. The judges scored the fight 114-109, 116-109 and 115-109 in favor of Abraham. There were no knockdowns but the champion suffered a broken jaw in the fourth round. AFP PHOTO / DDP - THOMAS LOHNES == GERMANY OUT (Photo credit should read THOMAS LOHNES/DDP/AFP via Getty Images)
Boxing Profiles

Dream to Make Believe: The Impossible Life of Edison Miranda

July 22, 2020 Jimmy Tobin

“That is what comes of knowing the worst—one is left alone with the worst and it’s like peace.” —Graham Greene, The Heart of the Matter *** February 1981. Edith Jeanette, only fourteen years old, abandoned […]

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.
Boxing History

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  […]

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