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Portrait of Carmen Basilio and Willie Pep

Carmen Basilio and Willie Pep

 

Famous 'Long Count' fight still resonates [Tim Dahlberg]
Ali's opponents reflect on his life, legacy
[Ed Koch]
Sugar Ray Leonard vs. himself [Gordon Marino]
Robinson vs. Fullmer 2: A perfect punch
[John F. McKenna]
Baer vs. Louis: 'Fate Takes a Hand'
[Norman Marcus]
Jack Johnson: Do the right thing
[Robert Ecksel]
1921: Atlantic City's boxing genesis [Charles Jay]
Mustafa Hamsho: If not for Marv...
[Jim Amato]
John L. Sullivan's public humiliation [Christopher J. Shelton]
Moore's death resonates decades later
[Jerry Crowe]

Wyatt Earp's boxing scandal, 1896 [Christopher James Shelton]
From the belly of the beast: Doc Anderson [Robert Mladinich]
Remembering Griffith vs. Paret [Bill Gallo]
The Beast of Stillman's, Part 1
[Springs Toledo]
The Beast of Stillman's, Part 2 [Springs Toledo]
The Beast of Stillman's, Part 4 [Springs Toledo]
The Beast of Stillman's Gym, Part 5
[Springs Toledo]

The darker side of boxing
[Ted Sares]
Pocket Battleship: Sam Langford [Mike Casey]
Terry Norris: Warrior on a mission, Part 1
[Tom Gray]
Terry Norris: Warrior on a mission, Part 2 [Tom Gray]
 
 

 
How good
was 3-time gold medalist
Teofilo Stevenson?

Ken Hissner
 
The great, underappreciated Gene Tunney [James Slater]
Emergence of the first gloved champ
[Christopher J. Shelton]
Dempsey-Carpentier: Tex Rickard's big show
[Sam Gregory]
Joe Frazier: Gotta go back to the old school
[Vivek Wallace]
23 years later, Barkley's haymaker lands
[Lyle Fitzsimmons]
Famous Ring Wars: Patterson-Johansson III [John F. McKenna]
Ali's orbit: Characters always flocked to him [Michael Marley]
Ali, MLK hit Vietnam War with strong combination [Michael Marley]
Critiquing a half-century of Ali wannabes [Lyle Fitzsimmons]
Remembering 'The War:' Hagler-Hearns [John F. McKenna]

Happy 69th, Muhammad Ali [Michael Woods]
Gene Tunney's last dance
[Keith Terceira]
Brawls & Bruises: Gene Fullmer
[Mike Casey]
Ali gave broke college kid a ringside seat to history [Michael Marley]
Bullish on The Bronx Bull [Robert Ecksel]
Could Ali walk through hell in a gasoline sportcoat? [Michael Marley]
Chris Dundee: More than Angelo's brother [Pedro Fernandez]
The Chronicles of Mayweather, Part I [Percy Crawford]
The Chronicles of Mayweather, Part II [Percy Crawford]


FRAZIER VS. ALI


Smokin' Joe takes a swipe at 'The Greatest'

Remembering the great trilogy [Gordon Marino]
The day boxing's 'mothership' landed [Kieran Mulvaney]
Frazier's anger still burns [Mike Casey]
40 years later, Ali-Frazier still a classic [Tim Dahlberg]
Ali, Frazier battled in 'Fight of the Century' [Tim Smith]
The Ali-Frazier trilogy
[Chuck Marbry]



Iran Barkley's tumble from glory to homelessness [New York Post]
A piece of Philly history dies with Briscoe [William Dettloff]
Remembering 'Flash' Elorde [Eddie Alinea]
Reflecting on meeting 'The Greatest' [Thomas Gerbasi]
Sugar Ray: 'I slipped in Eklund fight' [The Age]
The boy from Brazil: Eder Jofre
[Mike Casey]
Rumble in Jungle nearly became Brawl at Albert Hall
[Jeff Powell]
Graham on Henry Cooper & Jerry Quarry
[Terence Dooley]
Genaro Hernandez dies of cancer [Los Angeles Times]
Graziano: Solid like a Rock [Robert Ecksel]
Moon shots: Sonny & Jerry's black December
[Mike Casey]
Best heavyweight round: Holmes-Norton
[Blake Dreisbach]
Sugar Ray Robinson still the greatest
[Daniel Miltz]
Joe Gans: 'The Old Master' [Keith Terceira]
Billy Conn, through the eyes of his son
[David Ruff]
Dundee: 'Cast is broken; you'll never see it again [Lyle Fitzsimmons]
When is it time? Pardoning Jack Johnson [John Curry]
The rise & fall of Prince Naseem [Andy Olsen]
Yaqui Lopez: Stockton is Fat City
[Robert Mladinich]
In the Beginning [Robert Ecksel]
Famous Ring Wars: Dempsey vs. Firpo [John F. McKenna]
'You can run, but you can't hide'
[Chuck Marbry]
The day Aaron Pryor fought Sugar Ray Leonard [Ken Hissner]
The art & science of Daniel Mendoza
[Christopher Shelton]
Radio revived boxing 90 years ago
[David Hinckley]
 
 
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In-depth interview
with Ron Lyle

Ringside Boxing Show
Nov. 14, 2010

 
Lyle's memory lives on for Ali, Foreman
[Michael Marley]
Rest in peace, Ron Lyle [Michael Woods]

Pancho Villa, in prime, fought twice a month
[Manny Pinol]
Joe Louis & The Bum of the Month Club [Carl Thompson]
Young, gifted & Italian: Nino Benvenuti [Mike Casey]
Sanchez-Gomez: Battle of the 'Little Giants' [Pedro Fernandez]
Welcome to Hell: Stanley Ketchel, 1908: Part I [Matt McGrain]
Welcome to Hell: Stanley Ketchel, 1980: Part II [Matt McGrain]
Welcome to Hell: Stanley Ketchel, Part III [Matt McGrain]
Did Dempsey consider Atlantic City mayor as manager? [Charles Jay]
Henry Cooper: When our best met 'The Greatest' [Mike Walters]
Rest in peace, Sir 'Enry [Thomas Hauser]
Cooper's thunder nearly derailed Clay's title hopes [Mike Dunn]
Sir Henry Cooper was modest to a fault [Des Lyman]
Barney Ross: A friend for life
[Keith Terceira]
Best I've Faced: Mike McCallum
[Doug Fischer]
Emile Grffith: The Natural [Robert Ecksel]
Hector Camacho left the game on his own terms [Ted Sares]

The three best American boxers ever
[Gerardo Granados]

George Kimball: 1943-2011
[Boston.com]
Kimball a news man to his last breath [Mike Lupica]
Kimball fought to give voice to boxing [Michael Gee]
Remembering George Kimball [Pedro Fernandez]
Remembering George Kimball [Matt Richardson]
Kimball cared about fights, fighters [Michael Marley]
Kimball, 67, covered glory days of boxing [J.J. Lawrence]
LeRoy Neiman still bright, bold, name-dropping
[NY Times]
Interview with Leon Spinks
[Doveed Linder]
Charley Burley: Greatest welterweight ever? [Chuck Marbry]
Mexico's greatest bantamweights ever [Doug Fischer]

Diego Corrales: Requiem for a warrior [Thomas Gerbasi]
Who's Your Daddy, Part I: Foreman-Frazier [Jim Amato]
Who's Your Daddy, Part II: Monzon-Benvenuti [Jim Amato]
Remembering 'Battling' Jackie Turpin [Terence Dooley]
Jack Dempsey: I was a hobo, but never a bum [Robert Ecksel]
Down goes Frazier! 'The Sunshine showdown' [Christopher James Shelon]
Redeemed Ron Lyle now living his dream [Tina Griego]
Lloyd Honeyghan: Ragamuffin Man, Part I [Terence Dooley]
Lloyd Honeyghan: Ragamuffin Man, Part II [Terence Dooley]
Touching the void: The Hawk & the Schoolboy [Mike Casey]
Gerald McClellan: A tragic story retold [Fernando Arboleda]
Willie Pep vs. Sandy Saddler [Sam Gregory]
Carlos Palomino: The best I ever faced [Michael Rosenthal]
Teofilo Stevenson & Felix Savon, the unstoppable Cubans [Leon de Juda]
Carlos Monzon: Once upon a time in The West [Mike Casey]
How great was Bob Foster? [Jim Amato]
Eddie Machen: Murder or sleepwalking? [Pedro Fernandez]
Ali-Cleveland Williams: The Greatest's perfect fight [James Slater]
Eder Jofre: The greatest fighter under the radar [Ted Sares]
Giving Juan LaPorte his due [Ted Sares]
Back from the brink: Archie Moore-Yvon Durelle [Ted Sares]
Primo Carnera: The Ambling Alp [James Slater]
Walcott vs. Charles: Four fights [Sam Gregory]
Bloody night in Chicago [Ted Sares]

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Micky Ward remembers Arturo Gatti [Lem Satterfield]
Richie Woodhall: The boxer's boxer [Terence Dooley]
Wilfred Benitez: A forgotten champion? [Francisco Cairol]
The greatest slugfest you've probably never seen [W. Gregory Guedel]
Jerry Quarry's painful end [Ted Sares]
The Roberto Duran nobody knew [Ernesto Morales]
'Manos de Piedra:' An eternal flame, Part I [Michael Klimes]
'Manos de Piedra:' An eternal flame, Part II [Michael Klimes]
Bad night in Vegas: Javier Ayala's final fight [Ted Sares]
The crunching power of Carlos Zarate [Jim Amato]
Curtis Cokes: A look back at the Hall of Famer [Jim Amato]
A forgotten legend: Freddie Steele [Robert Jones]
Black pioneers: Johnson, Jeanette, McVey, Langford [Sam Gregory]
Baer-Schmeling: Tale of two Max's [Jeremy Ebert]
Muhammad Ali's legacy revisited [W. Gregory Guedel]
Lavern Roach vs. Georgie Small, 1950 [Ted Sares]
When Sweet Pea reigned supreme [Geoffrey Ciani]
The apparition that was Larry Holmes [Ted Sares]
Sibbo vs. Collins: Blast from the past [Ted Sares]
Doug DeWitt: True Grit [Jim Amato]
Goldfield's Golden Battle: Joe Gans vs. Battling Nelson [Monte Cox]
Joe Gans vs. Battling Nelson remembered [Sam Gregory]
Benny Leonard: Golden talent, Golden Age [Mike Casey]
Bobby Chacon: Bad to the bone [Jim Amato]
Benny 'Kid' Paret: Lest we forget [Ted Sares]
Will there ever be an opening round like Hagler-Hearns? [James Slater]
Barkley-Hearns II: One of history's most-damaging fights [James Slater]
John L. Sullivan: First gloved heavyweight champ [Zachary Daniels]
Ezzard Charles vs. Archie Moore: Classic trilogy [James Slater]
Jack Johnson vs. Barney Oldfield: The Race [John Howard]
Blood brothers: Joey and Jake LaMotta [Ted Sares]
Eddie Mustafa Muhammad: Fighter & trainer
[Ken Hissner]
Benny Leonard: Ghetto Wizard [Keith Terceira]

Beau Jack: A true all-time great [Jim Amato]
The First Lady of MMA, circa 1770s [Christopher Shelton]

Wilfredo 'Bazooka' Gomez, Part I [Michael Klimes]
Wilfredo 'Bazooka' Gomez, Part II [Michael Klimes]
Biofile: Dwight Muhammad Qawi [Scoop Malinowski]

When Dick Tiger became light heavyweight king [Pete Madzelan]
Sugar Ray Leonard: The Closer [Ted Sares]
Butch Lewis & the Spinks brothers
[Tom Donelson]
Greatest middleweight trilogy: Zale-Graziano [James Slater]
Dwight Muhammad Qawi: Second best cruiserweight ever [James Slater]
Archie Moore's most memorable triumph [Mike Dunn]
Letters from Archie Moore [Ron DiMichele]
Michael Nunn: What Happened? [John Howard]
Floyd Patterson: The man the system could not beat [Martin Kane]
Cyclone: The Irrepressible Gene Fullmer [Mike Casey]
Dominant heavyweights, '60s-'90s [Jim Dorney]
Ring Wars: Sugar Ray vs. Randy Turpin
[John F. McKenna]
Remembering 'Irish' Billy Collins, Part I [Ted Sares]
Remembering 'Irish' Billy Collins, Part II [Ted Sares]
The time Tunnel: Gene Tunney [Sam Gregory]
Sam Langford: He even predicted where they'd fall [Simon Henley]
Sammy Angott: The only man to beat a prime Willie Pep [Carl Thompson]
Vicious Victor Galindez [Ted Sares]
Ali-Chuvalo: Blueprint for how to beat The Greatest [James Slater]
Quit clowning: When Max Baer got serious [Mike Casey]
St. Valentine's Day Massacre: Robinson slaughters LaMotta [Dax Ferguson]
The University of Eighth Avenue, Part I [A.J. Liebling]
The University of Eighth Avenue, Part II [A.J. Liebling]
Wasted talent: 'Macho' Camacho & Edwin Rosario [Francisco Cairol]
Mexico's five greatest fighters [James Slater]
 

BOXING AND THE MOB


Frankie Carbo

Frankie Carbo keeps a promise, Blinky gets a payoff [Dan Parker]
Boxing & The Mob: The Death of Blinky Palermo [Jack Fiske]
Blinky Palermo, mobster who ran boxing, dies [Ring Talk]
The Jim Norris-Frankie Carbo alliance [Gilbert Rogin]
Runyon without romance [Time Magazine]
Frankie Carbo and the 1940s [Alexander Zammit]
Liston was in trouble in and out of the ring [Mike Puma]
The troubled world of Don Jordan [Carlos Acevedo]
Boxing &The Mafia in the Golden Era [Book review]
'Jacobs Beach: The Mob, the Garden, & the Golden Era' [Book review]

As tough as it gets: George "Elbows" McFadden in 1889 [Matt McGrain]

Carlos Monzon: A glamorous but tragic life [Michael Rosenthal]

Buster Mathis Jr. recalls facing Tyson [Percy Crawford]

Gene Tunney: An erudite champion [George Kimball]

Greb-Tunney I among bloodiest brawls ever [Sam Gregory]

Michael Watson: I'm still a champ 20 years after Eubank [Mirror]

Chris Eubank's Indian Summer [Michael Klimes]

What if Joe Frazier had fought Ron Lyle? [Jim Amato]

Fame, fortune have faded for Detroit boxer [Mike Brudenell]

Tommy Loughran: Poetry in Motion [Mike Casey]

Clever, classy Conn fell late against Joe Louis [Sam Gregory]

Holmes vs. Cooney: The retun of an afterthought [Phil Rice]
Graziano & Zale, vastly different, are forever linked [Sam Gregory]

Corrales-Castillo I: A retrospective [Brandon Desmond]

'Facing Ali' [Book review]

'The Donald' played Trump card for Spinks-Cooney [Charles Jay]
Tommy Loughran: A stylish light heavyweight king [Sam Gregory}

The life and death of Rocky Marciano [John Cameron]

Happy birthday Rocky Marciano [John Cameron]

Lavern Roach vs. Georgie Small, 1950 [Bad Left Hook]

Foreman-Quarry: What a fight it could have been [Jim Amato]

Where are they now? Milton McCrory [Shawn Murphy]

The tragic fate of Gypsy Trollmann [Tobias Hanich]

Noticing Greg Haugen [Phil Rice]

Edwin Virulet: He was a contender [New York Times]

Highlights, lowlights of the past decade [Sports Illustrated]

'Dreams of Wonderful Years:' Duane Bobick [Ken Hissner]

Right on: Ingo's bingo was a thriller [Mike Casey]

Angelo Dundee: 'The best I've trained' [Doug Fischer]

James J. Jeffries retired at his absolute peak [Matt McGrain]

James 'Quick' Tillis: Memories of a Near-Miss Kid [Lyle Fitzsimmons]

The original 'Fight of the Century' [Sam Gregory]

Spinks upsets Holmes! [James Slater]
'Cinderella Man,' a 10-1 underdog, stuns Baer
[Sam Gregory]

'Ultimate Tough Guy: The Life & Times of James J. Jeffries' [Book review]

Stanley Ketchel: The Irresistible Assassin [Mike Casey]

Michael Watson: A boxer, a man [Ted Sares]

141 KOs: The amazing Archie Moore [Paul McCreath]

R.I.P. Johnny Caldwell [Ryan McArthur]

Sugar' Ray Leonard: Better amateur or pro? [Ken Hissner]

200 years ago ... without gloves [Christopher James Shelton]

Where are they now? 'Caveman' Lee [Shawn Murphy]

Strange Days: The Johnny Saxton story [Carlos Acevedo]

Ali: The greatest, but also the toughest [Graham Houston]

Sharkey-Corbett: Battle of unbeatens [Christopher James Shelton]

 

SONNY LISTON


'The Bear'

Closest friends still say Liston was done in [John L. Smith]
Johnny Tocco & Sonny Liston [Pedro Fernandez]

'I shook up the world! I'm a bad man!' [John Carter]
Clay vs. Liston: Fake or Legitimate? [Mike Dunn]
Sonny Liston: Say goodnight to the bad guy [Stuart Cornwell]

Sonny's greatest comeback victory [Mike Dunn]
'Liston and Ali' a worthy read [Thomas Hauser]
Leaving Las Vegas: Sonny Liston [Mike Casey]

 

The most-brutal heavyweight title fight in history [James Slater]

Documentary relives night Seldon's life changed [David Weinberg]

Bob Satterfield: Let's keep the record straight [Ted Sares]

Greatness eluded Brooklyn's Leon Taylor [Sports Illustrated]

Remembering British heavyweight champ Gary Mason [James Slater]

Here's looking at you, Casablanca: Marcel Cerdan [Mike Casey]

The tragic Ali-Holmes fight [James Slater]

Chicanito' remembered as gentleman, warrior [Steve Carp]

Boston's five greatest boxers [Colin Linneweber]

Mexico-Puerto Rico: Roots of 'The Rivalry' [E.G. Morales-Febus]

Featherweight Robinson Pitalua: Drowned in Miami [Jaime Castro-Nunez]

Tribute to a bare-knuckle legend [Irish Independent]

Unlikely tale of the playwrite and the pugilist [Irish Times]

Boxing's most influential: Nos. 1-50 [Kevin Iole]

Boxing's 100 most influential: Nos. 51-100 [Kevin Iole]

The genius of Bob Fitzsimmons [Mike Casey]

Celebrating Ali [Louisville Courier-Journal]

Tony DeMarco: A Boston legend [Ted Sares]

Hall of Fame profile: Ricardo Lopez [The Ring]

The 10 best knockout artists of all time [Jeremy Herriges]

Ron Lyle: 'You can't do it for the money' [Percy Crawford]

Johnny Owens' death still painful after 30 years [BBC]

Johnny Owen's fatal final fight [Neil Prior]

Chico Vejar: Quintessential '50s [Ted Sares]

Mike Tyson on sex, drugs, spirituality [Sports Illustrated]

A Perfect 10: Remembering James Shuler [Ted Sares]

Farewell to boxing legend Art Hernandez [Pete Ehrmann]

Lou Scozza: Buffalo's forgotten scrapper [Keith Terceira]

Howard Davis: The best I faced [Ryan Songalia]

Dokes still dynamite to Akron fans [Akron Beacon Journal]

Chasing Jack Chase, Part I: The Dead End Kid [Springs Toledo]

Chasing Jack Chase, Part 2: A Candle in the Glove [Springs Toledo]

Chasing Jack Chase, Part III: Unredeemed [Springs Toledo]

Chasing Jack Chase, Part 4: Californ-I-Am [Springs Toledo]

Chasing Jack Chase, Part 5: Fade to Black [Springs Toledo]

Legendary Gleason's Gym goes the distance [Reuters]

 
ROCKY MARCIANO

'The Rock' at his lethal best

FBI files: Marciano got death threats before fight [Matt Stout]

Marciano Revisited: Part One [Thomas Hauser]

Marciano revistied: Part Two [Thomas Hauser]

The life and death of Rocky Marciano [John Cameron]

Happy birthday Rocky Marciano [John Cameron]

Rocky Mariano and generational bias [Ted Sares]
Rocky Marciano: The Slippery Slugger [Ted Spoon]

Holmes & Marciano: Unappreciated vs. beloved [Colin Linneweber]

 

The mysterious case of undefeated Terry Marsh [Ken Hissner]

Triumph & tragedy: The Ray Mancini story [Matthew Hurley]

Mancini-Kim: Beyond the brink [Ted Sares]

A century later, Joe Gans gets his due [Baltimore Sun]

Cult classic: Danny Nardico vs. Charley Norkus [Ted Sares]

Roberto Duran's last stand as champion [Pedro Fernandez]

Roberto Duran's last stand as champion, Part 2 [Pedro Fernandez]

Roberto Duran's last stand as champion, Part 3 [Pedro Fernandez]

The Kid: Remembering Gavilan [Ted Sares]

Mac Foster was a champ for what he gave us [Fresno Bee]

Joe Gans: The Old Master [Keith Teceira]

10 fights fans never got from De La Hoya [Ben Thompson]

Buster Mathis faced the best during golden era [Mike Dunn]

Johnson vs. Jeffries, the 100th anniversary [Christopher James Shelton]

Revsiting Holyfield-Lewis I [Geoffrey Ciani]

George Foreman KOs Michael Moorer [James Slater]

Benn vs. Logan: Ferocity extraordinaire [Ted Sares]

Johnson-Jeffries: A flashpoint in U.S. race relations [The Ring]

100 years after 'The Fight of the Century' [San Francisco Chronicle]

No event can compare today to Johnson-Jeffries [New York Daily News]

Tex Rickard brought famous fight to Reno [Reno Gazette-Journal]

The history of boxing's gold medal winners [Ken Hissner]

The seminal Master: Why Jack Johnson would be king today [Mike Casey]

Where are they now? Carlos Palomino [The Sweet Science]

Max Schmeling as villain & hero [Karl E.H. Seigfried]

Heavenly art: The wonder of Nicolino Locche [Mike Casey]

Why isn't Fitzsimmons in all-time Top 10? [Chuck Marbry]

Bowe's life since his peak has been full of loss [Washington Post]

Should have been but never was: Cuevas vs. Palomino [Jim Amato]

Marvis Frazier: No regrets [William Dettloff]

Bobby Chacon & Danny 'Little Red' Lopez [Ted Sares]

 

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Sam Langford: Boxing's greatest uncrowned champion [Adeyinka Makinde]

'Simply the best' -- Chris Eubank [Mark Henbridge]

Ezra Sellers: Chill or be chilled [Ted Sares]

San Francisco was once boxing's hub [The Ring, 6-18-10]

Mosley-De La Hoya I, a classic encounter [Tom Gray, 6-15-10]

Cosell was often bigger than fighters, themselves [Michael Rosenthal]

Harold Johnson: Master mechanic haunted by Archie Moore [Mike Casey]

Aaron Pryor finds peace outside the ring [Dayton Daily News]

Sugar Ray's Montreal memories still good as gold [Dave Spencer]

Edre Jofre tops all-time bantamweight survey [East Side Boxing]

Larry Holmes: "Alive and enjoying it" [Colin Linneweber]

Brooklyn College: Boxing Mecca [Wall Street Journal]

The 10 greatest KOs in boxing history [Colin Linneweber]

Joe Frazier still smokin' on his 66th birthday [Robin Leach]

Mike Tyson, Part 1: 1981-1989 [Pedro Fernandez]

Kilbane vs. Kilbane: Fighting spirit in Canton [Gary Brown]

McGuigan recalls his 1985 win over Eusebio Pedroza [saddoboxing.com]

Mercante Jr. walks in dad's huge footsteps [Robert Mladnich]

Murphy Griffin, Mancini's trainer, dies at 88 [Fox Sports]

The Third God of War: Henry Armstrong [Springs Toledo]

Holmes, Frazier recall facing Ali [Luaine Lee]

 
 
 
Remembering
Pancho Villa,
the first Pinoy star

Antonio Santiago
 

Upset specials: Douglas over Tyson is tops [Kevin Iole]

Ten boxers praise old foe Ali [Bill Brownstein]

Buster Douglas exposed the Tyson lie [Kevin Mitchell]

Mike Weaver: An unlikely champion [Jim Amato]

Frazier-Ellis was a must-win for 'Smokin' Joe' [Frank Lotierzo]

Where have the great heavyweights gone? [Bill Gallo]

Philadelphia trainer Al ennell dies [John F. Morrison]

Ex-champ Paul Banke battles on after AIDS [Jerry Crowe]

Jerry Quarry knew his punches, poetry [Herb Benham]

Harry Carpenter, voice of BBC boxing, dies at 84 [BBC]

'Facing Ali' a film that gets it right [Stanley Crouch]

Lorraine Chargrin earned her place in boxing [Jim Jenkins]

The best ever? Sugar Ray Robinson [Rick Brown]

Mercante counts as one of all-time greatest [Bill Gallo]

Carmen Basilio interview [Geoffrey Ciani]

Kennedy McKinney: Hall of Fame worthy [Ken Hissner]

Life deals nasty blows to George Chuvalo [Jack Knox]

Top 100 Fights: Pettway KOs Simon Brown [Mark Lyons]
'Dreams of Wonderful Years:' Duane Bobick [Ken Hissner]
Lou Scozza: Buffalo's forgotten scrapper [Keith Terceira]
The greatness of Rocky Marciano [Chuck Marbry]

Heavyweight history, Part I, with Emanuel Steward [Geoffrey Ciani]

Heavyweight history, Part II, with Emanuel Steward [Geoffrey Ciani]

Heavyweight history, Part III, with Emanuel Steward [Geoffrey Ciani]

On being a professional fighter: Interview with Jeff Bumphus [Phil Rice]

Thunder & Lightning: 20 years after Chavez-Taylor [PH Burbridge]

Muhammad Ali had no quarrel with Viet Cong [USA Today]

Spider Kelly was a Derry hero [Derry Journal]

How greatness eluded heavyweight Greg Page [Pavel Yakoviev]

Pain for Love: A tribute to Diego Corrales [13thround.com]

Blood & Guts: The Incredible Kid Lavigne [Mike Casey]

The Brash Prince: Profile of Naseem Hamed [James Forster]

Interview with Goody Petronelli, Hagler's trainer [Pavel Yakovlev]

Where are they now? Johnny Bumphus [Shawn Murphy]

Dundee: I thought Muhammad was a dope on the ropes [Geoffrey Ciani]

The Jewels in Jerry's Crown: Quarry at his very best [Mike Casey]

Hagler-Hearns: Will & Determination [Pete Madzelan]

Lionel Rose can't speak, but he can laugh and cry [Ron Reed]

Donald Curry's bad night on The Boardwalk [James Foster]

Ali-Norton, through Ed Schuyler's eyes [Lee Groves]

When ballpark fights ruled boxing [Don Stradley]

Jim Watt vs. Howard Davis, 30 years later [William Dettloff]

Feb. 16, 1970: Joe Frazier vs. Jimmy Ellis [Pete Madzelan]

Where are they now? Paul Vaden [The Sweet Science]

Hall of Fame Friday: Ezzard Charles [The Ring]

Hall of Fame Friday: Joey Giardello [The Ring]

Five greatest Boston boxers of all time [Colin Linneweber]

Leon Spinks: 'I just want to be Leon!' [Ken Hissner]

Sugar Ray Leonard: The Great Illusionist [East Side Boxing]

Luminaries of Welsh boxing history, part one [Pavel Yakovlev]

Luminaries of Welsh boxing history, part two [Pavel Yakovlev]

Ali-Frazier soars above modern scene [Washington Post]
Today's heavyweights pale by comparison [David Anderson]
Down goes Smokin' Joe Frazier [Michael Marley]
Measured against all time: Joe Frazier [Cliff Rold]
Thoughts on the passing of Joe Frazier [John J. Raspanti]
Reflections of the great Joe Frazier [St. Louis American]\

Chico Vejar: Quintessential 1950s [Ted Sares]
Frazier a champion, not a celebrity [Boston Globe]
Frazier much more than just a raw slugger [Frank Lotierzo]
Ex-champ Buster Douglas reflects on Frazier [Brad Cooney]
Larry Holmes remembers Frazier [Gary Blockus]
Joe Frazier: The real 'Rocky' [John F. McKenna]

An appreciation of a champion [Gordon Marino]
The world lost one of the greats [Tim Donaldson]
Eddie Mustafa: Frazier an outstanding man
[Percy Crawford]
James Toney: Frazier is an all-time warrior [Percy Crawford]
Ron Lyle: Frazier down to earth, real deal [Percy Crawford]
Michael Moorer reflects on Joe Frazier [Brad Cooney]
Video: Smokin' Joe dies [Associated Press]
Frazier was a symbol of the sport [Rich Mancuso]
There will never be another Joe Frazier [Thomas Gerbasi]
Joe Frazier passes away from liver cancer [Eric Thomas]
Smokin' Joe's 10 greatest moments [Hans Olson]
Personal memories of Smokin' Joe [Gianluca Di Caro]
Ali-Frazier: The wars between the greats [Mark Kram]
Important lesson learned from Frazier [New York Post]
'Fight of the Century' remembered [Dan Levy]
Joe Frazier's five greatest moments [Ryan Rudnansky]
Mayweather offers to pay for Frazier's funeral [Josh Slagter]

The best of all time A to Z: Armstrong [The Ring]

The best of alltime A to Z: Burley [The Ring]

The best of all time A to Z: Charles [The Ring]

The best of all time A to Z: Duran [The Ring]

The best of all time A to Z: Elorde [The Ring]

The best of all time A to Z: Foreman [The Ring]

The best of all time A to Z: Hagler [The Ring]

The best of all time A to Z: Ibeabuchi [The Ring]

The best of all time A to Z: Ketchel [The Ring]

The best of all time A to Z: Louis [The Ring]

The best of all time A to Z:  Moore [The Ring]

The best of all time A to Z: Napoles [The Ring]

The best of all time A to Z: Olivares [The Ring]

The best of all time A to Z: Pep [The Ring]

The best of all time A to Z: Qawi [The Ring]

The best of all time A to Z: Robinson [The Ring]

The best of all time A to Z: Saddler [The Ring]

The best of all time A to Z: Tunney [The Ring]

The best of all time A to Z: Uzcudun [The Ring]

The best of all time A to Z: Villa [The Ring]

The best of all time A to Z: Walker [The Ring]

The best of all time A to Z: Xeque [The Ring]

The best of all time A to Z: Yarosz [The Ring]

The best of all time A to Z: Zale [The Ring]

Hall of Fame profile: Carlos Palomino [Michael Rosenthal]

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