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Sadly there's no footage of Joe Lynch, and when that happens all we have to go by are newspaper accounts from members of the press that attended the fights. This is a written account by the New York Times of the fight when Joe Lynch beat Pete "Kid" Herman for the bantamweight crown in 1920. It should be noted that like… -
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Ace Hudkins would have fit in perfectly in the old West. I could easily picture him riding horseback alongside a train, face covered with a bandana. The Sweet Science Before ‘Bud’ Crawford, there was Ace Hudkins: A Look Back at the ‘Nebraska Wildcat’ During his career, Ace Hudkins was recognized as the California state… -
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Sometimes archaeological excavations can be likened to a detective story, where the detective sets out to find a pickpocket but ends up catching a robber who's burglarized a bank vault. Much the same thing happened to Ralph Solecki when he began excavations in Shanidar Cave in northern Iraq in 1951. Solecki, then a… -
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Man, I'll tell you what, Curtis "Hatchetman" Sheppard was a brutal puncher, light heavyweight in the 1940s, the only man to ever knockout the granite-chinned Joey Maxim. PHILLY BOXING HISTORY THE HATCHETMAN By: Aram "Rocky" Alkazoff The "Hatchetman." Curtis "Hatchetman" Sheppard. Something about the name gives you a cold… -
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Awesome article right here, well worth the read. Coffee with a Warrior: Bobby “Schoolboy” Chacon remembers 17-Apr-24 By: John J. Raspanti “She wanted me to quit. She kept telling me, ’Quit, Bobby,’ "said Chacon. “She was the one who, when we were real young, told me I should fight in the ring." At one time, the Olympic… -
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The story of Johnny "Honey Boy" Bratton. He was a very game boxer-puncher, who could go toe-to-toe and fight like a tiger, as well as box beautifully. Bratton became well-known for his incredible fighting heart, that saw him in many crowd-pleasing wars, and made him one of the favourites of the fight crowds back in the… -
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Jack Blackburn was a great fighter, one of the most feared lightweights in history, and later became a brilliant trainer, he guided Sammy Mandell and Bud Taylor to world titles, and of course he was the trainer of the great Joe Louis, the most dominant heavyweight in boxing history. But one thing about Blackburn, he had a… -
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Marcos Geraldo. "If you didn't get Marcos, he was likely to get you." The Peculiar Career of Marcos Geraldo By: Ted Sares If you play word association with retired boxer Marcos Geraldo, you might come up with “chinny,” or “easy work.” But if you did, you would be wrong. This extremely active Mexican boxer fought out of… -
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Albert "Chalky" Wright, world featherweight champion that fought from 1928-1948, murderous puncher, he blasted out 87 of his opponents. If you're ever watched the gangster show "Boardwalk Empire" starting Steve Buscemi as the real-life Atlantic City mobster Nucky Johnson, then you'll know there's a character on the show… -
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Since I brought up Young Stribling, the "King of the Canebrakes", I might as well talk about him. He was an all-time great pound-for-pound fighter, started out his career at featherweight and fought all the way up to heavyweight, he was one of the most prolific fighters in history, participating in over 300 fights in his…
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