This is the grave of Gene Tunney. Born in 1897 in New York, Tunney grew up in an Irish-American family. His parents had come over from County Mayo. He did some schooling, but not a ton. In 1915, he got a job working as a...
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This is the grave of Jim Jeffries. Born in 1875 in Carroll, Ohio, Jeffries grew up in Los Angeles. His family moved there in 1882, which was well before LA.
This is the grave of Tiger Flowers. Born in 1895 in Camilla, Georgia, Theodore Flowers grew up in the horrible conditions of Jim Crow. He got a job as a.
This is the grave of Terry McGovern. Born in 1880 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, McGovern grew up in an Irish immigrant household. His father died while he was young and the family moved to Brooklyn. They were very poor. McGovern sold vegetables on the streets to...
We haven't featured any boxing in here for awhile, so here's the first Ali-Frazier bout from March 8, 1971. Truly one of the great fights of all time. Plus all.
Biopics tend to be bad. It almost makes me cry whenever the internet demands a biopic of this or that left/liberal hero since the film, if it does get made,.
Why? Just, why? Former President Donald Trump has signed a contract to provide commentary on a "gamecast" of Saturday's boxing event headlined by Evander Holyfield vs. Vitor Belfort, Triller told ESPN on Tuesday.His son Donald Trump Jr. will join him at the Hard Rock Hotel...
This is the grave of Sam Langford. Born in 1886 in Weymouth Falls, Nova Scotia (the 1883 date on the gravestone is incorrect and it's surprising how often this happens),.
This is the grave of Harry Wills. Born in 1889 in New Orleans, we don't seem to know much about Wills' childhood, or at least the information is not easy.
We need to pour one out for Marvelous Marvin Hagler, one of the great fighters from a classic age of boxing. So let's watch his epic fight with Sugar Ray Leonard. https://www.youtube.com/embed/zH1U1jC0Lgc
(FILES) In this file photo taken on February 15, 1978 World heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali (L) and US Leon Spinks (R) fight in Las Vegas during their world heavyweight championship.
This is the grave of Jack Johnson. Born in 1878 in Galveston, Texas, Jack Johnson was the greatest challenge to white manhood in the Gilded Age. He left school as.