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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

Here is my list of the Top 10 Greatest Fighters of All Time.

Here is my list of the Top 10 Middleweights of All Time.

This is my list of the Top !0 Light Heavyweights of all Time. 1. Michael Spinks 2. Bob Foster 3. Archie Moore 4. Roy Jones Jr. 5. Ezzard Charles 6. Matthew Saad Muhammad 7. Dwight Braxton 8. Virgil Hill 9. Victor Galindez 10. Billy Conn                    

After the tremendous win over Arguello in November of 1982, talks of a rematch immediately were in the works. However it’s rare that rematches take place immediately, and it was the same in this case. Pryor took a bout on April 2, 1983 at the Sands Casino Hotel in Atlantic City, and stopped Sang Hyun