Archive for February, 2010
JIMMY ELLIS ; A Champion Unsung
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010JIMMY ELLIS ; A Champion Unsung
Author’s note; Upon hearing of Jimmy’s next great battle against Pugilistic Dementia, I would like to re-release this article about him.
JIMMY ELLIS
By Jim Amato
It’s too bad that the cruiserweight division was not around in the 60’s and 70’s. Many fine boxers scaled under 190 pounds and [...]
LEOTIS MADE THEM NOTICE
Thursday, February 18th, 2010LEOTIS MADE THEM NOTICE
It was December of 1969 and Charles “Sonny” Liston, the former world’s heavyweight champion was making a serious run toward another title shot. After his two humiliating losses to Clay-Ali, Sonny was considered washed up. When he began his comeback against weak opposition it drew little attention. With Ali forced [...]
JOSE LUIS GARCIA; He Knocked Out Norton !
Saturday, February 6th, 2010JOSE LUIS GARCIA; He Knocked Out Norton !
There may have never been a more talent rich period in the heavyweight division then from 1968 to 1978. With Muhammad Ali (a.k.a. Cassius Clay) on the sidelines due to his draft case, other big [...]