Category: Boxing
The Turbulent Stories of Heroic Mitropa Cups
(1927-1942)
Part 3 ~ Boxing
by Gherardo Bonini | Nov 4, 2019 | Boxing, Società Italiana di Storia dello Sport [SISS] | 0
To read the first parts of this series –Â Click HERE for Part 1 and HERE for Part 2Â ...
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Remembering Max Schmeling versus Walter Neusel in August 1934
by Jon Hughes | Aug 8, 2019 | Boxing | 0
85 years ago a boxing match between two German heavyweight boxers, Max Schmeling (1905-2005) and...
Read MoreThe ‘Manassa Mauler’ – Jack Dempsey
Was Jack Dempsey one of the greatest heavyweights of all time ? Clearly this is a claim that can...
Read MoreThe Prize-Fighter ~ Figg
During the early part of the 18 century bare-knuckle boxing came into its own. It differed from...
Read MoreGeorge Foreman ~ Part 3
After the Boxing Career, a Business Giant Emerges
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Read MoreGeorge Foreman ~ Part 2
Reflections on his Bouts in Japan
Missed Part 1? Click on the link – https://goo.gl/xeznsf When he was presumably closer to...
Read MoreGeorge Foreman ~ Part 1
From Juvenile Delinquent to World Champ
George Foreman’s boxing career defied logic. To be heavyweight champion of the world in his 20s...
Read MoreBare Knuckle Bruisers (Part 2)
To read Part 1 Click HEREÂ An extremely crude, yet very dangerous fighter, Molineaux’s first...
Read MoreBare Knuckle Bruisers (Part 1)
The first recorded bare-knuckle boxing match was held in England in 1681, and although such bouts...
Read MoreAndrew Jeptha, a Bibliographic Boxing Champion
by Gherardo Bonini | Jun 18, 2018 | Boxing, Società Italiana di Storia dello Sport [SISS] | 7
From 1985 to 2010, the celebrated boxing historian Barry Hugman edited the Annual British Boxing...
Read MoreWhere are they now? – John Conteh
by Margaret Roberts | Jun 8, 2017 | Boxing, Where Are They Now | 0
In the roll call of British sporting greats John Conteh resides in the space earmarked for...
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