This is my continuing list of fights I watched on HBO over the years. 21. Mike Tyson vs. Carl ‘The Truth’ Williams. July 21, 1989. Another trip to my sister’s Lisa’s apartment on a Saturday night, and another short night. I was really starting to dislike Tyson, and I rooted hard for anyone he fought […]

I continue my list of the fights I’ve watched on HBO over the years. 16. Mike Tyson vs. Pinklon Thomas. May 30, 1987. I went over my other sister’s house to watch this one on HBO, since she had just gotten married, and was on her honeymoon. The bout from the Hilton Outdoor Arena in

This is my continuing list of the fights I watched on HBO over the years. 11. Larry Holmes vs. Michael Spinks 2. April 19, 1986. I didn’t want to go watch the fight with my cousin Paul, so I opted instead to go to a nearby hotel and pay $25 for a room. Since I

I continue my list of the fights I watched on HBO over the years. 6. Ray Mancini vs. Livingstone Bramble 2. February 16, 1985. I went over my cousin Paul’s house to see this one while my mom babysat. This was a rematch of their first war on June 1, 1984 in Buffalo, New York.

My blog is about old-time boxing, but even though today is a tribute to my favorite wrester of all time, he has a special tie to boxing in my memories. Hulk Hogan was born Terry Gene Bollea, on August 11, 1953 and began his professional wrestling career in 1977. He worked the circuit, but came

Since it’s inception in 1973, HBO grew from humble beginnings to become the home of professional boxing until it stopped covering the sport in late 2018. Here is the beginning of a list of fights I personally watched on HBO.

  Ken Norton met Larry Holmes on Friday, June 9, 1978 at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada. I tuned into the action on ABC on my 11″ black and white TV in my bedroom. I was not a serious boxing fan at the time, and was just about to graduate high school with absolutely

  After his heartbreaking defeat to Muhammad Ali in September of 1976, Ken Norton took the rest of the year off. He returned to action on May 11, 1977, with his fight broadcast live on prime time network television on NBC. I remember watching the bout on my little 11 inch black and white TV

After his huge upset over Muhammad Ali on March 31, 1973, a rematch was signed for September 10 at the Forum in Los Angeles. I didn’t see the bout on closed circuit, but settled for newspaper clippings, and the replay on ABC not long after. Ali came in lighter for the rematch, but barely won

,Kenneth Howard Norton Sr., was born born on August, 1943 in Jacksonville, Illinois. He was an outstanding athlete in high school, and enlisted in the United States Marines Corps after two years at Northeast Missouri State University. He served from 1963 until 1967, and it was there that he discovered boxing. He compiled a record