Larry Holmes “The Easton Assassin”

Larry Holmes “The Eas...

By Jersey Jim. Larry Holmes stepped into the ring in what at least “appeared to be” one final time on July 27, 2002.  His opponent, the once colorful Eric “Butterbean” Esch.  The result was a ten round decision victory for Holmes.  His final record now stands at 69 Wins,...
Boxing In the 21st Century

Boxing In the 21st Cent...

By Jersey Jim. Are the fighters of today better than the fighters of times past? This has always been one the most heated, debated points of the sport from one decade to the next. We now have, from John L. Sullivan’s time in the 1890’s till today, approximately 117 years of “Gloved”...
Dream Fight:  Victor Galindez vs John Conteh

Dream Fight: Victor Ga...

Computer Simulation by Greg Gorecky This bout is long overdue, as Conteh and Galindez were the top two contenders following the retirement of Bob Foster, but due to the infinite wisdom of WBA President Elias Cordoba and  WBC President Jose Sulaiman the tiles were split in half with...