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'We didn't call off matches for anything less than a broken leg when I was fighting...The night I won the light heavyweight title from George Gardner I was in poor shape to fight. I had run so much on the road in my few days of training, taking off weight in a hurry, that I

'I felt sorry for him. The press never really gave him a break. They never let him forget that he was once a convict, they never really gave him the credit that was due to him. It wasn’t until he lost the crown and went to Las Vegas that you began to see pictures of [Sonny]

Rare captures of Ernie Schaaf and Jack Sharkey at Jack's property in Chestnut Hill outside of Boston in August 1931. Schaaf's former manager Phil Schlossberg had sold Schaaf's contract to Sharkey and his manager, Johnny Buckley, for $7,500. Sharkey handled Schaaf until his

The scene after Primo Carnera became Heavyweight Champion: "The dressing room was as abandonedly boisterous as a shipyard with wild Italian and American shouts mingling in a deafening symphony that rattled the shed's iron sides. Everyone was throwing his arms about everyone

Heartily concur!! Not only was Nellie Bly the first woman to cover a title match with Willard-Dempsey in 1919, she was the first newsperson to get an exclusive interview with Dempsey on his first day as champ. She was friends and friendly with most of the legendary fighters of

Paul Berlenbach, known as the "Astoria Assassin," fought out of New York from 1923-1931. He was a hard hitter with a record of 41-8-3 (35 KOs) who won the Light Heavyweight Championship of the World from Mike McTigue in 1925, and defended his title five times before a loss in a

'What a boxer ideally wants to do in the ring is turn the opponent into an assistant in his own ass whipping' - Stanley Crouch, historian in "Unforgiveable Blackness" If you haven't yet, watch the incredible documentary here:

The confident smirk of the great Ad Wolgast in 1925 as he’s about to clean up in a game of 8-ball.

1890s 'life story' booklets of the great early fighters John L. Sullivan and Bob Fitzsimmons. Created by BHOF inductee publisher Richard K. Fox who, prior to the affordability and commonality of photography, used a chromolithograph print process to produce vivid imagery in his

How important was Solomon “Sol” Levinson to boxing nationwide? An unbroken line of heavyweight champions from Bob Fitzsimmons to Gene Tunney wore custom-made Levinsons in their title fights. He had a small shop in San Francisco where he initially made ladies dress gloves. One day

One of those incredible captures where the blur of movement makes a good image of Joe Louis become great.

The irrepressible grin of Jack Johnson as he trained at Ocean Beach in San Francisco for his first heavyweight title defense, against middleweight champion Stanley Ketchel, a controversial bout which took place on 16 October 1909 in Colma, California.

Rare 1920 fight pose of Wilhelm Schenck aka Bill Brennan just before taking on Jack Dempsey. Brennan lost a 12-round decision but took the Champ the distance and managed to split Dempsey's left ear, which famed sportswriter Grantland Rice later noted, looked like "a cross between

Jack Dempsey plays cards during downtime from training about a week before he fought Tommy Gibbons on 4 July 1923 in Shelby, Montana. (l-r sitting) Dempsey, close friend West Coast lightweight Joe Benjamin, Dempsey's middleweight sparring partner Frank Powers. (l-r standing)

A thoughtful Jack Dempsey days before his first fight against Gene Tunney at Sesquicentennial Municipal Stadium in Philadelphia on 23 Sep 1926 before a crowd of over 120,000. Tunney won a unanimous 10-round decision, thus ending Jack's seven-year reign as World Heavyweight

For Jack Dempsey’s turn during an episode of the popular TV show “This Is Your Life,” host Ralph Edward’s looks on from center ring of the great Hollywood Legion Stadium as Georges Carpentier holds the gloves Jack used to knock him out in 1921 and Luis Firpo holds the shoes Jack

The reason they called him "Gorgeous Georges" Carpentier ... if you haven’t read “Carpentier - By Himself,” get a copy. Fantastic, entertaining autobiography.

“The Toy Bulldog” Mickey Walker’s Middleweight title belt from The Ring Magazine.

So hard to find good images of MSG in its heyday with that gorgeous marquee. The House that Tex Rickard built in the 1920-30s.