Gene Tunney – Odd...
By Jim Galiano. In a time when America’s Boxing hero’s were hard drinking, hard living, warriors of the ring, Gene Tunney was definitely cut from a different mold. He suffered the same misfortune as Larry Holmes would suffer many years later. He followed in the footsteps of an iconic...
Lennox Lewis: Assessing...
By Jimmy Krug. Perhaps no other champion in recent history has been evaluated so many times and from as many different angles as Lennox Lewis has. On paper Lewis was one of the most physically imposing champions in the history of the division, standing 6’ 5” with an 84” reach. His jab...
Max Baer – A Champion R...
By Jim Galiano. Some called him a “Killer.” But for Max Baer, fighting was just a job that paid the bills. He once said, “Some guys string electrical wire for a living. I punch people with my fists.” That’s how he looked at it. It was nothing personal. Baer possessed one of the...
The Forgotten Trainer o...
By Harry Wiley. My dad was Harry Wiley the trainer of Sugar Ray Robinson . He was born October 23, 1907 in New York City. After graduating from Dwitt Clinton in Manhattan he decided to have a go at boxing. He started well and won his first seven fights, then “disaster” He got...
The Greatest Light Heav...
By Jimmy Krug. On April 22, 1903, Jack Root defeated Kid McCoy (W10) in Detroit, Michigan for the newly created, Light Heavyweight title. This past April, the Light Heavyweight division quietly celebrated its 106th birthday. And while there was no fanfare, no parades, and probably...