Nobody ever described Jake LaMotta as well as he once described himself. Or, actually, maybe describe is the wrong word. It’s more like he was confessing. Or possibly he was explaining something that ...
It had not even been 15 years since the greatest night of his professional life – perhaps the greatest night in the life of any professional boxer that Britain had ever produced. But those glory days ...
On this day in 1951, one of boxing’s great rivalries finally came to an end. The term pound-for-pound goes hand-in-hand with Sugar Ray Robinson’s remarkable 201-fight career that lasted from 1940 to ...
Frankfurt, Germany, Dec. 24, 1950: Welterweight boxing champion Sugar Ray Robinson is interviewed after arriving by train in Frankfurt for his Christmas night fight against Hans Stretz. At right are ...