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The Sunshine Showdown (aka/ “Down Goes Frazier”), Jamaica, 1973

Latest Boxing News & Rumors Today

Christopher Shelton

08/25/2023

“The Sunshine Showdown”, 1973, has lost some of its luster due to the “Rumble In The Jungle”, 1974, and “Thrilla In Manila”, 1975. At the time of the bout, it appeared to be a weaker moment amongst world heavyweight title bouts. Only the undefeated champion, Joe Frazier, and tarnished Muhammad Ali held names of high recognition and esteem. Within two years that perception would drastically alter so this period is ...

The Top 11 Most significant NON heavyweight fights in Boxing history

Mike Goodpaster

08/05/2023

Mythical Matchup: Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Roberto Duran

Dave Siderski

07/25/2023

The 8 Worst Heavyweight Champions of All Time

Mike Goodpaster

07/23/2023

Top 10 Bantamweights in Boxing History

Mike Goodpaster

07/18/2023

The Top 6 Blood and Guts Boxing Warriors since 1970

Mike Goodpaster

07/09/2023

Jess Willard thought he might kill Jack Dempsey – July 4th, 1919

John Raspanti

07/05/2023

Mike Goodpaster

06/28/2023

Top 10 Boxers of the 1950s

For more Boxing news, click here! Fullmer was in his prime during the decade's second half; ...

Jeremiah Preisser

06/23/2023

Part Four: The Greatest Defensive Fighters Ever – Young Griffo

"He was probably the fastest boxer and the cleverest who ever performed under Queensberry rules." –Nat ...

John Raspanti

06/22/2023

June 22, 1938 – “I ain’t no champion ’till I beat Schmeling.” Joe Louis

My father idolized Joe Louis. Dad had ...

Chris Benedict

06/19/2023

Marvin Hagler Annihilates Tony Sibson in 1983’s Battle of Worcester

Tony Sibson ventured into the Worcester Centrum ...

Chris Benedict

06/18/2023

Marvin Hagler and Sugar Ray Seales: The Unlikely Trilogy

“I’m going to kill him. They can’t ...

John Raspanti

06/15/2023

New documentary on Andre Ward reveals a life almost lost, and then found

While viewing the new compelling documentary on ...

Mark Lewis

05/23/2023

Bobby Mac Updates the Larry Holmes vs. Gerry Cooney Rd by Rd Scoring

Folks, there is no great milestone imperative ...

John Raspanti

05/18/2023

Fight Night: Devin Haney vs Vasyl Lomachenko

Talent, speed, and God-given ability. One is ...

Mike Goodpaster

05/06/2023

Top 15 Worst Heavyweight Championship Boxing matches since 1970

Lets face it there have been more bad than good heavyweight title fights since 1970. We ...

Mike Goodpaster

05/02/2023

Top 10 Greatest Welterweight Boxing matches of all time

The Welterweight division has seen many great ...

Mike Goodpaster

02/20/2023

Controversial Nights: Pernell Whitaker vs Julio Cesar Chavez

Controversial Nights is a series that looks ...

Dave Siderski

02/11/2023

What If: Rocky Marciano vs. Larry Holmes

Rocky Marciano is the only undefeated Heavyweight ...

Buddy Gibbs

02/10/2023

The Story of Harry Wiley: Boxing’s greatest unsung trainer

“I am indebted to my father for ...

Buddy Gibbs

01/18/2023

The Top-20 Uncrowned Champions in Boxing History

After Rocky Marciano knocked out Jersey Joe ...

Mike Goodpaster

01/05/2023

What if Gene Tunney Did Not Retire Post-Dempsey?

Former Heavyweight Champion Gene Tunney did like ...

John Raspanti

12/23/2022

One hundred fourteen years ago – Jack Johnson becomes the first African-American heavyweight champion

One hundred and fourteen years ago, heavyweight ...

Mike Goodpaster

08/22/2022

Boxing Clever: Tony Zale – Forged from steel

One day, when Tony Zale (67-18-2) was ...

John Raspanti

07/07/2022

Looking Back: George Foreman vs. Muhammad Ali

Forty-seven years ago, many said the fight ...

Mike Goodpaster

06/22/2022

The Top 10 Chins in Boxing History

Active boxers are not eligible. Brown was ...

Mike Goodpaster

04/24/2022

Tyson Fury dominates Whyte: Is Fury an all-time great?

Tyson Fury destroyed Dillian Whyte on Saturday ...

Paul Cupitt

04/14/2022

Aussie Title Bids Part IV: Tony Mundine vs Carlos Monzon

The Manny Pacquaio vs Jeff Horn bout ...

Paul Cupitt

04/13/2022

Aussie Title Bids Part III: Hector Thompson vs. Roberto Duran

Check out the top new sportsbooks! Roberto ...

Chris Benedict

04/11/2022

Michael Nunn Tells a Personal Tale of Two Sugar Rays

“As a kid growing up reading about ...

Mike Goodpaster

04/03/2022

Part Three: The Greatest Defensive Fighters Ever – Ivan Calderon

“I want everybody to remember me as ...

Mike Goodpaster

01/29/2022

Mike Tyson was NOT Overrated

ESPN recently gave us another thrilling documentary ...

Dave Siderski

01/25/2022

What if Mike Tyson Fought in the 1960s and 70s: Part 3 of 3

In part one of our series Mike ...

Dave Siderski

01/24/2022

What if Mike Tyson Fought in the 1960s and 70s: Part 2 of 3

In Part 1, we saw Iron Mike ...

Dave Siderski

01/23/2022

What If Mike Tyson Fought in the 1960s and 70s: Part 1 of 3

For this mythical series, we will use ...

Mike Goodpaster

12/04/2021

The Top 11 Australian Boxers of All-Time

George Kamobosos upset of Teofimo Lopez has ...

Chris Benedict

09/26/2021

Hattie Leslie vs. Alice Leary: The Prizefight That Sent Victorian-Era Buffalo into an Uproar

“My name is Libbie Splann. My stage ...

Chris Benedict

09/13/2021

Michael Nunn and Iran Barkley Discuss Their Bout, Bob Arum, and the Four Kings

Mountains to Climb, Pebbles in Your Shoe ...

Bobby Mac

07/11/2021

Wilt Chamberlain vs Ali: 50th Year Anniversary Tribute

In 1967, Wilt Chamberlain contracted to challenge Muhammad Ali in fight ...

Jeremiah Preisser

07/04/2021

The Greatest Defensive Fighters Ever: Part Two–Nicolino Locche

Boxing photographer George Kalinsky asked Angelo Dundee ...

Chris Benedict

06/17/2021

Boxer in a Bowler Hat: Charlie Chaplin Goes From Tramp to Champ in 1915 Comedy

Charlie Chaplin was exactly halfway through his ...

Mike Goodpaster

06/14/2021

FIGHT of the MILLENNIUM: Champion Euthymos vs. Theagenes (480 BCE)

(An excerpt chapter from the book, Boxing In ...

Mike Goodpaster

05/25/2021

Bone’s Top-5 Southpaw Jabs of All Time

While easily considered the most important punch ...

Mike Goodpaster

05/09/2021

Fade Away: The last years of Joe Louis

Working as a Greeter in Cesar’s Palace ...

Christopher Shelton

04/12/2021

Nelson Mandela – The Boxer (1918-2013)

Nelson Mandela: “Boxing is egalitarian. In the ring, rank, ...

Mike Goodpaster

03/28/2021

Top of the Food Chain, Joe Louis or Muhammad Ali?

These kind of discussions over the internet ...

Mike Goodpaster

03/12/2021

Young Stribling in the Land of the Southern Cross

After losing his Australian middleweight title in ...

Mike Goodpaster

02/21/2021

Peter Maher: An Irish Tribute

INTRO: I was seriously ill in 2018 ...

Mike Goodpaster

02/14/2021

Joe Louis: Pure destruction

In the 1940s Manny Seamon could be ...

Chris Benedict

02/13/2021

Belinda Laracuente, The Puerto Rican Road Warrior Who Dished Out Brown Sugar By the Fistful

Anyone. Anytime. Anywhere. Belinda Laracuente was a ...

Chris Benedict

01/20/2021

Hessie Donahue, The May Queen Who Knocked Out John L. Sullivan

Boston’s 1956 May Queen was not your ...

Mike Goodpaster

10/07/2020

Badou Jack – 8 facts about the famous Scandinavian boxer

Nordic people are descendants of Vikings so ...

Chris Benedict

09/22/2020

The presumption, or the Fate of Polly Fairclough

As an esteemed pioneer of women’s boxing ...

Christopher Shelton

07/31/2020

Jack Moriarty and 1880’s Canadian Boxing

Sports journalist, Ed Fitkin, worked in print ...

Christopher Shelton

07/29/2020

The Forgotten Canadian Champion (And Maybe It’s Deserved): Billy Hawkins

As Mike Goodpaster and I prepare our ...

Christopher Shelton

07/06/2020

Black Heavyweight Champion Frank Childs vs. Former Colored Heavyweight Champion Bob Armstrong in Cincinnati (Robinson...

Bob Armstrong’s reputation as Colored heavyweight Champion ...

Christopher Shelton

07/03/2020

Cincinnati Christmas Boxing Arrest of John L. Sullivan (12-25-1880)

Professor John Donaldson from Cleveland held a ...

Chris Benedict

06/25/2020

Where Did You Go, Smokin’ Joe? To Starrcade and WrestleMania By Way of Puerto Rico

Starrcade ’84: The Million Dollar Challenge ‘Nature ...

John Raspanti

06/19/2020

“The Set-Up” is Arguably the Greatest Boxing Film Ever Made

"Well, that's the way it is. You're ...

Chris Benedict

06/13/2020

Battling Butler: How Buster Keaton’s Silent Comedy Helped Inspire Raging Bull

Somewhere among the myriad topics of conversation ...

Chris Benedict

05/22/2020

The Twilight Rounds: Rod Serling explores the dark side of boxing – Round eight

Legend has it that Archie Moore was ...

Chris Benedict

05/15/2020

The Twilight Rounds: Rod Serling explores the dark side of boxing – Round seven

“In this corner of the universe, a ...

Chris Benedict

05/08/2020

The Twilight Rounds: Rod Serling explores the dark side of boxing – Round six

“This is a crazy fucking business,” Joe ...

Jeremiah Preisser

04/30/2020

TGT Fight of the Day: Jimmy Ellis vs. Oscar Bonavena

Two heavyweight contenders battle at the Freedom ...

Jeremiah Preisser

04/24/2020

TGT Fight of the Day: Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Johnny Gant

#3-rated Leonard takes on #4-ranked Gant in ...

Chris Benedict

04/24/2020

The Twilight Rounds: Rod Serling explores the dark side of boxing – Round four

“In the television seasons of 1952 and ...

Michael Montero

04/16/2020

Rating the Best Heavyweights Over the Last 30 Years (1990-2020)

Michael Montero names the fighters he feels ...

Chris Benedict

04/10/2020

The Twilight Rounds: Rod Serling explores the dark side of boxing – Round two

“Why do I write? I guess that’s ...

Jeremiah Preisser

03/25/2020

TGT Fight of the Day: Aaron Pryor vs. Nick Furlano

Furlano proves tough against Pryor.

Mark Lewis

02/17/2020

Boxing’s Herodotus: Pierce Egan and Boxiana

“The awful set to at length commenced.” ...

Mark Lewis

02/02/2020

Jack Johnson: Fireworks of a different kind

When Jack London opened his ringside report ...

Jeremiah Preisser

01/09/2020

TGT Fight of the Day: Mike DeJohn vs. Willi Besmanoff

Heavyweight contender Mike DeJohn takes on German ...

Mike Goodpaster

11/18/2019

Marvin Hagler vs. Roberto Duran

Marvin Hagler finally got his shot at ...

Reznick Productions

08/29/2019

Joe Frazier Knockouts and Highlights

RIP to the great Joe Frazier. Your ...

Jeremiah Preisser

05/14/2019

Middleweights

Mark Lewis

04/09/2019

Why Fans Don’t Understand Boxing Records

Boxing champions were once household names worthy ...

Andrew Senior

02/21/2019

Sugar Ray Robinson vs. Floyd Mayweather: The Stats

MY LATEST STAT MATCH UP FEATURES RAY ...

Buddy Gibbs

01/06/2019

The Story of Sharkey Wright: Hawaii’s Hero

In 1929, the United States was in ...

Mike Goodpaster

12/05/2018

Georges Carpentier: The Fighting Frenchman

“Carpentier was fast. He could punch with ...

Christopher Shelton

11/04/2018

The 1888 Colored Heavyweight Champion: George Godfrey

By January 1888, George Godfrey had been ...

Christopher Shelton

07/20/2018

Irish Heavyweight Champion (OR NOT), Peter Maher (1895)

(Phoenix, Arizona – June 2018) Last night ...

Mike Goodpaster

03/01/2018

The Top-20 Best Jabbers in Boxing Today

20) Sullivan Barrera (21-1, 14 KO’s) The ...

Christopher Shelton

02/13/2018

Midnight For Ernest Hemingway: His Boxing Life (1899-1961)

It is boxing publisher, Dennis Taylor that ...

Christopher Shelton

10/18/2017

Bob Fitzsimmons versus James Jeffries I & II (1899-1902)

(6/9/1899) Champion Bob Fitzsimmons versus James Jeffries I ...

John Raspanti

10/10/2017

Remembering Aaron “The Hawk” Pryor One Year after his Death

The timing was perfect. My wife and ...

John Raspanti

09/29/2017

Ultimate Tough Guy–The Life and Times of James J. Jeffries

In boxing you’re only as good as ...

Christopher Shelton

09/10/2017

Boxing Heroes: Patch Adams, Mago, Ceren and Irish Mike Perez

DR. PATCH ADAMS: “One can never promise to ...

Christopher Shelton

08/10/2017

The Murder of Irish-Catholic Pugilist, James Elliott (1883)

Tracy Callis (chief historian of Cyber Boxing ...

Christopher Shelton

07/26/2017

The Boxer-President: Theodore Roosevelt (1873-1907)

My Turkish sister, Ceren Sultan Altay, is ...

Christopher Shelton

07/21/2017

1720’s London Championess: Elizabeth Wilkinson Stokes

When the world’s greatest female fighter battled ...

Christopher Shelton

07/08/2017

Fight of the Century: Johnson/Jeffries (7/4/1910)

Heavyweight Champion, Jack Johnson (New York - ...

Christopher Shelton

07/01/2017

Wyatt Earp: Scandal in San Francisco (12/2/1896)

I.N. Choynski (circa 1896): “If Christ would come ...

Paul Cupitt

06/30/2017

Aussie Title Bids Part V: Paul Ferreri vs Carlos Zarate

The Manny Pacquiao vs Jeff Horn bout ...

Paul Cupitt

06/12/2017

Aussie Title Bids Part II: Lionel Rose vs Fighting Harada

The Manny Pacquaio vs Jeff Horn bout ...

Chris Benedict

06/06/2017

She Always Inspired Me to Be the Best: Michael Nunn’s Tribute to His Mother Madies

Family comes first. Michael Nunn emphasizes this ...

Mike Goodpaster

05/12/2016

Top-10 Irish Boxers of All Time

McCullough was a whirling dervish of fistic ...