After his tougher than expected fight with Billy Conn, Joe had an easy one round knockout win over Tami Mauriello three months later. It was the easy fight he needed before taking what would be the toughest of his professional career his next time in the ring. On December 5th, 1947, Joe took on Jersey […]

  After his destruction of Max Schmeling in their rematch in June of 1938, Joe Louis was recognized as the legitimate champion of the world. He began fighting often, taking on all comers, and gaining in popularity with each bout, Many critics called his opponents the members of the ‘Bum of the Month Club’. However,

After his knockout of Primo Carnera, Joe signed to fight another ex champ in Max Baer on September 24, 1935 in Yankee Stadium in New York. Louis easily took care of Baer, knocking him out in the fourth round. Later in the year, he knocked out Paulino Uzcudun, and found himself as the number 1

  Joseph Louis Barrow was born on May 13, 1914 in Lafayette, Alabama. HIs family moved to Detroit, Michigan in 1926 where he attended a vocational school for a while. His amateur career began at age 17, when he lost his first bout. He followed that with many victories however, and in 1933 won the

 Henry Armstrong was born Henry Jackson Jr. on December 12, 1912 in Columbus, Mississippi. His family moved to St. Louis, Missouri, where he graduated with honors. Henry began his professional career on July 28, 1931, and was knocked out in three rounds by Al Iovino. He got his first win later that year with a

 HBO began covering boxing on January 22, 1973 with it’s coverage of the Joe Frazier vs George Foreman bout in Jamaica. However, their boxing calendar only consisted of a major fight or two a year until 1981, when they starting showing fights on a regular basis. The commentating team at time included Barry Tompkins as

   Here is my list of the 10 greatest old time boxers of all time.

  Evander Holyfield and Buster Douglas signed to fight on October 25, 1990 at the Mirage Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. Evander trained diligently as always, and came into the fight at a muscular 208 pounds. Douglas on the other hand came in fat and sloppy at 246 lbs., and the stories that had

   After his knockout of Michael Dokes in March of 1989, Evander Holyfield’s next venture into the ring was in July, an easy second round KO of Adilson Rodrigues in Lake Tahoe, Nevada. It was his fourth win as a heavyweight, and he was how ranked by all the sanctioning bodies as a contender for

  After unifying the cruiserweight championship with his defeat of Carlos DeLeon in April of 1988, Evander Holyfield decided to move up to the heavyweight division. His first opponent was James ‘Quick’ Tillis in Lake Tahoe, Nevada on July 16th. Evander had bulked up to a muscular 202 pounds, and used weight lifting to do