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Lou Ambers: A Biography of the World Lightweight Champion and Hall of Famer

Lou Ambers: A Biography of the World Lightweight Champion and Hall of Famer By Mark Allen Baker About the Book Born Luigi d’Ambrosio, Lou Ambers grew up in Herkimer, New York, during the Great Depression. He and his nine siblings watched their father lose his business. Then they lost their father. Taking to the ring as […]

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Book Review: George Dixon: The Short life of Boxing’s First Black World Champion, 1870-1908 by Jason Winders

HIS NAME IS GEORGE DIXON by Roger Zotti I am a white, middle-class author already more than a decade older than [George] Dixon when he died. My experiences are in no way those of Dixon. I approached this book with eyes open to those limitations. I hope this book inspires others to take up Dixon and view

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Book Review: “Damage: The Untold Story Of Brain Trauma In Boxing” By Tris Dixon

Book Review: “Damage: The Untold Story Of Brain Trauma In Boxing” By Tris Dixon Boxing’s Human Demolition Derby (Courtesy of Bobby Franklin’s Boxing Over Broadway, July 4, 2021) By Mike Silver The wealth of information contained in this remarkable book is more important than 100 medical papers about brain damage in boxing because it is

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Brian Doogan’s book, The SuperFight: Marvelous Marvin Hagler-Sugar Ray Leonard, is reviewed by Patrick Myler

When Two Ring Greats Collided Brian Doogan’s book, The SuperFight: Marvelous Marvin Hagler-Sugar Ray Leonard, is reviewed by Patrick Myler After a satisfying steak meal with his charming host, Sugar Ray Leonard, continuing to pour liberally from the bottle of Dom Perignon, Marvin Hagler relaxed into a discussion about what might have happened if the

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Mark Allen Baker, The World Colored Heavyweight Championship, 1876-1937

“. . . BECAUSE OF THE COLOR LINE” An interview with Mark Allen Baker and a review of his newest book. By Roger Zotti The World Colored Heavyweight title can be viewed in three phases: Phase I—from creation to Jack Johnson capturing the Heavyweight Championship of the World (December 26, 1908); Phase II—from December 26,

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The Night the Referee Hit Back: Memorable Moments from the World of Boxing

NEVER UNDERESTIMATE A REFEREE A review of Mike Silver’s The Night the Referee Hit Back By Roger Zotti Swing The Night the Referee Hit Back: Memorable Moments from the World of Boxing, the title of award winning boxing historian Mike Silver’s latest book, refers to what happened on January 27, 1970, in Toronto, when a

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