Ever Hammer: The Hurricane from Chicago
Ever Hammer, the durable Swede from Chicago, stormed out of the Windy City in the early 1910s and quickly proved every bit as tough as his name implied.
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Biography
Carlos Palomino: The Fighting Thespian
I met Carlos at Jerry’s Famous Deli in West Hollywood, CA.
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The Great Mickey Walker
The world, by heaven, had a fighter on its hands when Edward Patrick Walker made his way into it on July 13, 1901.
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Richard Savala
Knowing Richard’s family background, it’s no surprise that pugilism would show up on his future radar screen.
Tony Lopez
With his father a former pro and his older brother Sal already boxing in the amateurs, it wasn’t much of a stretch for precocious little Tony to follow in their footsteps.
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.
Davey Moore
On December 15, 2020, the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) announced that Davey Moore was elected to the class of 2021 in the Old Timer Category. Later the IBHOF announced that the June induction weekend would pause for one more year while fighting Covid-19 and celebrate new inductees June 9-12, 2022. Davey’s election to the IBHOF was long overdue. He was elected to the World Boxing Hall of Fame in 1986.
Vince Martinez, One of Boxing’s Forgotten Warriors
There are many stories of past greats and famous boxers that have been written and rewritten over the years. But what about the many who fought and made a name for themselves but seem to be forgotten as the years pass by. Vince Martinez is one of them.
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Reuben Vargas
Reuben Garcia Vargas was born May 17, 1932, in Orange City, CA. Managed by Bert Brodose (and later co-managed by Frank Sinatra), he was the most prominent Mexican-American Heavyweight in the mid to late 1950’s.