Mexico’s Bantamweight Sensations of the Fifties
When you think of Mexican bantamweights the names of Hall of Famers Ruben Olivares and Carlos Zarate quickly come to mind.
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Henry Hank
Henry was born Joseph Harrison in Greenville, Mississippi on February 9, 1935. He moved to Detroit with his parents when he was 6 years old. He later changed his name to Jusuf Salaam when he embraced Islam in 1971, near the close of his professional career. Young 18-year-old Harrison took the name Henry Hank out of admiration for triple crown hall-of-famer Henry Armstrong.
Eder Jofre
Eder Jofre – The Second Best Pound-for-Pound Fighter in Boxing History By Dan Cuoco Sugar Ray Robinson is generally considered by most boxing experts as the best pound-for-pound fighter of all time. I agree wholeheartedly! But who is number two? I’d like to make a case for former bantamweight and featherweight champion Eder Jofre of
The Early Jack Dempsey – Another Visit
By Robert Soderman (June 27, 2000) Published in IBRO Journal 67, September 22, 2000 Another book about Jack Dempsey has recently been published. This one is a late 1999 effort titled: “A FLAME OF PURE FIRE – JACK DEMPSEY AND THE ROARING 20S”. The author is Roger Kahn, whose previous best-selling books were primarily on
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