Louie Burke
Louie and his father were doing an interview with ESPN before his fight with Freddie Roach in Las Vegas in 1983. The reporter asked Sammy Burke when he first knew his son would be a boxer.
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Larry Buck
Every boxer I’ve interviewed has his own story of how he got interested in boxing. Larry’s had to do with frozen ears. He grew up in Granger, Washington, a small farming community in the eastern part of the state, near the Oregon border.
Italian Ring Stars by Vince Colitti
Dan, here is my final revision of Italian Ring Stars by era.
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Book Review ‘Joe Gans
Finally! Someone has written a book about boxing’s first African American world champion, and a man that many boxing historians consider the greatest lightweight ever. Colleen Aycock and Mark Scott are to be commended for producing this long overdue biography of Joe Gans, a.k.a. “The Old Master”.
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The Arc of Boxing: The Rise and Decline of the Sweet Science
If you’ve ever wondered how boxing superstars like Roy Jones Jr., Bernard Hopkins, Oscar De La Hoya, Floyd Mayweather, Jr., Lennox Lewis, Mike Tyson, Pernell Whitaker, Marvin Hagler and Roberto Duran would have done against their counterparts of decades past—wonder no more.
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Charley Rose
Ted Carroll wrote about Charley Rose in The Ring: March 1958 – A Perennial Rose; October 1961 – Fun and Frolic; December 1961 – The Strange World of Charley Rose; and, January 1962 – The Strange World of Charley Rose. September 1968 – Charley Rose’s All-Time Ratings March 1975 – Charley Rose Obituary [Below are pdf
Pat McMurtry
Pat McMurtry: The Fighting Leatherneck, by Austin Killeen. This article was published in the December 2009 issue of the IBRO Journal.
Buffalo’s Two-Canvas Knockout
Tony Sisti (1901-1983) was renowned for his work on two different types of canvas.
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Leo Randolph
Leo Randolph: The Golden Prodigy by Austin Killeen. Having struck gold in Montreal at the 76 Olympics, Leo repeated the process in the pros.