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    Boxing History

    Jab, Heart, and Hard Luck: The Carl ‘The Truth’ Williams Story
    Boxing History
    Mike Goodpaster
    07/24/2025
    Carl “The Truth” Williams was a gifted, rangy heavyweight whose career in boxing was defined by a mix of promise, heartache, and enduring toughness. Standing at 6-foot-4 with an 82-inch reach, Williams brought athleticism, skill, and courage into the ring during one of boxing’s most competitive eras—the 1980s and early 1990s, when the heavyweight division was stacked with talent. Despite never winning a world title, Williams carved out a legacy ...
    Evander Holyfield’s Coming of Age: A 15-Round War with Dwight Muhammad Qawi
    Mike Goodpaster
    07/22/2025
    Ezzard Charles: The Cincinnati Cobra and His Underrated Reign as Heavyweight Champion
    Mike Goodpaster
    07/21/2025
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    Mythical Matchup at 168 Pounds: Michael Spinks vs. Marvelous Marvin Hagler – A Clash of Greatness and Styles
    Mike Goodpaster
    07/17/2025
    Owney “The Killer” Madden: The Gangster Who Ruled the Ring
    Mike Goodpaster
    07/02/2025
    Ali vs. Inoki: The 1976 Fight That Shouldn’t Have Happened
    Mike Goodpaster
    07/01/2025
    The Legend Before the Loss: James J. Jeffries and the Truth Behind 1910
    Mike Goodpaster
    06/25/2025
    Mike Goodpaster
    06/23/2025
    Monte Masters: The Wild Ride of Boxing’s Forgotten Maverick
    In the annals of boxing history, the name Monte Masters may not sit alongside icons like ...
    Mike Goodpaster
    06/20/2025
    The Night Tommy Farr Gave the Great Joe Louis All He Could Handle
    August 30, 1937 – Yankee Stadium, New York City On a warm summer night in 1937, ...
    Mike Goodpaster
    06/18/2025
    Karl Mildenberger: The Southpaw Who Challenged Ali
    Karl Mildenberger was one of Germany’s most ...
    Mike Goodpaster
    06/12/2025
    Fifteen Rounds of Fury: Larry Holmes vs. Ken Norton, 1978’s Heavyweight Classic
    On June 9, 1978, the boxing world ...
    John Raspanti
    06/11/2025
    The Fat Boy who beat Jack Dempsey twice – who was he?
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    Mike Goodpaster
    06/05/2025
    Mike McCallum: The Body Snatcher’s Precision and Legacy
    Mike McCallum was born on December 7, ...
    Mike Goodpaster
    06/04/2025
    Roland LaStarza: The Gentleman Contender of the Heavyweight Division
    Roland LaStarza was born on May 12, ...
    Mike Goodpaster
    06/02/2025
    Nino Benvenuti: The Pride of Italy and a Champion for the Ages
    Few boxers have enjoyed the kind of ...
    Mike Goodpaster
    05/30/2025
    Mythical Matchup: Mike Tyson vs Rocky Marciano-Who Wins?
    In the pantheon of mythical boxing matchups, few stir the imagination like a clash between Rocky ...
    John Raspanti
    05/29/2025
    Remembering Bob Foster – his left hook was wicked
    Bob Foster was born with a lethal ...
    Mike Goodpaster
    05/28/2025
    Bob Satterfield: The Forgotten Thunder of the Heavyweight Division
    Bob Satterfield was born in St. Louis, ...
    Mike Goodpaster
    05/15/2025
    Carlos Zarate: A Force of Nature
    In the annals of Mexican boxing, a ...
    Mike Goodpaster
    05/14/2025
    The Corrupt Boxing Tournament: The US Boxing Championships and Its Ties to ABC and Ring Magazine in the 1970s
    The 1970s was a significant decade for ...
    Mike Goodpaster
    05/13/2025
    A Force of Nature: Pipino Cuevas Mexico’s Explosive Champion
    José “Pipino” Cuevas was born on December ...
    Mike Goodpaster
    05/12/2025
    Empire of Illusion: Pat O’Grady, the WAA, and Boxing’s Forgotten Sanctioning Body
    The World Athletic Association (WAA) was a ...
    Chris LaForce
    05/09/2025
    Pugnis Infra Lineam: The Lowdown on Low Blows in Boxing
    The impending rematch and heavyweight unification fight ...
    Mike Goodpaster
    05/06/2025
    The Rise, Reign, and Resolve of Lupe Pintor
    Guadalupe "Lupe" Pintor, born in 1955 in ...
    Mike Goodpaster
    05/02/2025
    Cornelius Boza-Edwards: The Ugandan Warrior
    Cornelius Boza-Edwards, born Cornelius Bbosa on May ...
    Mike Goodpaster
    04/29/2025
    Duane Bobick: The Rise, Fall, and Legacy of a Heavyweight Hopeful
    Duane Bobick’s story is one of promise, ...
    Mike Goodpaster
    04/22/2025
    Three Crowns and a Warrior’s Heart: The Marvin Johnson Story
    In the annals of boxing history, few ...
    Mike Goodpaster
    04/21/2025
    Fantasy Fight: Roberto Durán vs. Tony Ayala Jr. — Who Wins and Why?
    In the annals of boxing history, few ...
    Mike Goodpaster
    04/19/2025
    Gerry Cooney: The Gentle Giant of the 1980s
    Gerard "Gerry" Cooney was born in 1956, ...
    Mike Goodpaster
    04/16/2025
    From Montevideo to the World Stage: The Boxing Journey of Alfredo Evangelista
    Alfredo Evangelista is a former heavyweight boxer ...
    Mike Goodpaster
    04/15/2025
    Alan Minter: Southpaw Grit and British Glory in the Golden Age of Boxing
    In the pantheon of British boxing greats, ...
    Mike Goodpaster
    04/12/2025
    Ron Lyle: The Relentless Rise of a Forgotten Heavyweight Warrior
    In the golden age of heavyweight boxing—an ...
    Mike Goodpaster
    04/10/2025
    Gerrie Coetzee: The Bionic Boxer Who Defied the Odds
    Early Life and Background Gerrie Coetzee, born ...
    John Raspanti
    03/10/2025
    March 22, 1967 – Muhammad Ali vs. underdog Zora Folley – a better fight than many expected
    Muhammad Ali's jab was long and sharp. ...
    The Boxing Mad Man
    02/28/2025
    The Floating Butterfly, The Stinging Bee: Assessing Muhammad Ali’s Claim to Heavyweight Supremacy
    The pantheon of heavyweight boxing is populated ...
    John Raspanti
    01/17/2025
    Dad, Muhammad Ali, and the month of January
    Smokin Joe, Big George, and The Greatest. ...
    Mike Goodpaster
    01/04/2025
    Top 10 Most Controversial Fights in Boxing History
    Has any sport ever had more controversial ...
    Mike Goodpaster
    12/23/2024
    Top 10 Most Grossly underrated Boxers of all time
    These are always the toughest lists to ...
    John Raspanti
    12/15/2024
    Somebody Up There Likes Me might not feel like a holiday movie, but it’s inspirational
    In 1956, Hollywood made a movie on ...
    Mike Goodpaster
    11/26/2024
    Top 14 Body Punchers in Boxing History
    Everybody loves a knockout, but to be ...
    Mike Goodpaster
    11/20/2024
    Top 10 Pound for Pound Boxers of the 1980s: Who is the best Leonard, Hagler, Duran?
    The 1980s were a great decade for ...
    Mike Goodpaster
    09/18/2024
    Top-18 Middleweights in Boxing History: Where does GGG rank?
    The Middleweight division has a ton of ...
    Mike Goodpaster
    08/24/2024
    Scott LeDoux: The Fighting Frenchman and his shot at the title
    Until the lead-up to his challenge of ...
    Chris Benedict
    08/23/2024
    Hagler vs. Leonard Revisited: Sometimes it’s not so marvelous being Marvin
    “Soul radiation in the dead of night. ...
    Buddy Gibbs
    08/22/2024
    Carmen Basilio vs. Ray Robinson II and Harry Wiley, the Man who Made Sugar Sweeter
    Carmen Basilio won the world middleweight title ...
    John Raspanti
    08/21/2024
    The Truth: Heavyweight contender Carl Williams
    The Truth. Carl Williams was a good ...
    John Raspanti
    08/15/2024
    Robert Fitzsimmons Underrated three division world champion
    He hardly resembled a future heavyweight champion, ...
    Mike Goodpaster
    08/14/2024
    Holmes/Cooney Revisited: The Lowest Common Denominator
    The most significant heavyweight championship fight since ...
    John Raspanti
    08/08/2024
    Truck, Tillio and Barney were no challenge for Joe Louis
    Joe Louis was one of the greatest ...
    John Raspanti
    08/01/2024
    My dad spoke of the fight often -Joe Louis versus Rocky Marciano October 26, 1951
    My dad spoke of the fight often. ...
    Mike Goodpaster
    07/30/2024
    Top 9 Biggest Wastes of Talent in Boxing since 1975
    Like all other sports, Boxing has a ...
    John Raspanti
    07/18/2024
    Gentleman Jim conquers the great John L
    The conqueror of the "Great John L" ...
    Mike Goodpaster
    07/16/2024
    Top 10 Worst Judges Decisions in Boxing History
    Let's be serious. Just list could be ...
    Mike Goodpaster
    07/08/2024
    Top-10 Heavyweight Boxers of the 1990s
    The 1990s was an underrated decade for ...
    Mike Goodpaster
    07/07/2024
    Top 10 Boxers of the 1990s: Was Roy Jones Jr. the best?
    The 1990s was a decade that doesn't ...
    John Raspanti
    07/06/2024
    The Great John L
    "I can whip any son of a ...
    John Raspanti
    06/24/2024
    Gervonta Davis and Vasyl Lomachenko to fight in November?
    Frank Martin looked like a million bucks ...
    Jeremiah Preisser
    06/17/2024
    Eusebio Pedroza: Duran’s Panamanian counterpart in pugilistic dominance
    Panama, birthplace of Roberto “Manos de Piedra” ...
    Mike Goodpaster
    06/08/2024
    Does Floyd Mayweather Have a Case as The Greatest of All-Time?
    Floyd Mayweather was one of the best ...
    Mike Goodpaster
    06/05/2024
    Top 10 Greatest Defensive Boxers of All-Time!
    It's all about hitting and not getting ...
    Mike Goodpaster
    05/28/2024
    Top 20 Greatest Boxing Matches of the 1990s
    The 1990s was a great decade for ...
    Mike Goodpaster
    05/08/2024
    Top 10 Most Controversial Boxers of all time
    Boxing is the home of controversy. It ...
    John Raspanti
    03/31/2024
    Ken Norton shocks Muhammad Ali – March 31, 1973
    Since losing to Joe Frazier in "The ...
    Chris LaForce
    03/27/2024
    Ursa Major or Minor: Was it Jeffries or Liston? 
    James Jackson Jeffries and Charles L. “Sonny” ...
    Jeremiah Preisser
    03/09/2024
    Part Five: The Greatest Defensive Fighters Ever – Pernell Whitaker
    “At any given moment he switches rhythm, ...
    Chris Benedict
    03/03/2024
    Marvin Hagler and the Curious Case of Sneaky Pea and Caveman Lee
    Back to the Stone Ages He was ...
    Chris Benedict
    03/03/2024
    Revenge of the Barbados Demon: Joe Walcott Unravels the Infernal Riddle of  Mysterious Billy Smith 
    One of the fight game’s greatest and ...
    Mike Goodpaster
    02/29/2024
    A Look back at Holyfield vs. Foreman: A Magnificent night for Boxing
    George Foreman was a former Heavyweight Champion ...
    John Raspanti
    02/26/2024
    Respect: Jimmy Young was a damn good fighter
    “When you go back to those days ...
    Mike Goodpaster
    02/17/2024
    Alex Ramos: The epitome of a fighter
    I have wanted to write an article ...
    Mike Goodpaster
    02/16/2024
    The 10 Most Underrated Boxers in Boxing History
    The fighters on this list were all ...
    John Raspanti
    01/30/2024
    Jack Dempsey wants a rematch against Gene Tunney, but first he has to get past favored Jack Sharkey
    1927. Jack Dempsey was no longer the ...
    Chris Benedict
    01/28/2024
    Superman vs. Muhammad Ali: How the Heavyweight Champ and the Man of Steel Saved the World in 1978
    Training The Mego toy corporation, arguably best ...
    Mike Goodpaster
    01/16/2024
    Top 10 Boxers that Retired with an unbeaten record: Mayweather or Marciano at Number One?
    The list of unbeaten boxers is short; ...
    Mike Goodpaster
    01/14/2024
    Mike Tyson: Monster or Myth? Was Mike Tyson really that great
    Mike Tyson: Myth or Legend? I hear ...
    Chris LaForce
    01/10/2024
    Boxing’s Fighting Styles: The Rock-Paper-Scissors of Pugilism 
    In the realm of Boxing, it is ...
    Mike Goodpaster
    12/10/2023
    Top-10 Super Middleweights in Boxing History
    The Super Middleweight division hasn't been around ...
    John Raspanti
    12/07/2023
    Boxing in 1972 – Former champs Muhammad Ali and Floyd Patterson meet again
    When you get older, the tendency (at ...
    Chris Benedict
    11/19/2023
    Marvelous Marvin and the Philly Fighter They Called Boogaloo
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    Mike Goodpaster
    11/17/2023
    Muhammad Ali or Joe Louis: Who truly was the Greatest?
    To me, when ranking the greatest heavyweights ...
    John Raspanti
    11/10/2023
    Unforgettable – Ray Mancini vs. Duk Koo Kim
    I remember November 13, 1982. It was ...
    Mike Goodpaster
    11/08/2023
    Top 11 Featherweights in Boxing history
    The Featherweight division historically is much deeper ...
    Mike Goodpaster
    11/05/2023
    Top 10 Junior Lightweights of All Time
    Hernandez won the 130lb title in 1991 ...
    Mike Goodpaster
    10/18/2023
    Top 15 Greatest Defensive Boxers of All time
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    10/05/2023
    The 10 Most Underrated Boxers of the 1980s
    De Leon is an often forgotten champion ...
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    Top 12 Pound for Pound Boxers of the 1970s
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    09/14/2023
    A Career on the Edge: Muhammad Ali Beats Ken Norton in Rematch
    After suffering the second loss of his ...
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    09/12/2023
    The Greatest Boxing Myths Exposed Part One: Pep, Tyson, Pryor, Jack Johnson
    You still hear people recite this like ...
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    09/08/2023
    Looking back – September 7, 1892 – John L. Sullivan fights James J. Corbett
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    08/25/2023
    The Sunshine Showdown (aka/ “Down Goes Frazier”), Jamaica, 1973
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    08/05/2023
    The Top 11 Most significant NON heavyweight fights in Boxing history
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    07/25/2023
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    06/19/2023
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