Remembering Gene Fullmer
On Tuesday, April 27, 2015, the boxing world lost a legend as two-time middleweight champion Gene “Cyclone” Fullmer passed away at his home in West Jordan, Utah.
read moreGriffith’s Ring of Fire to air Friday on MSG Network
Ring of Fire, the story of Emile Griffith, will air on Friday at 10 p.m. on The MSG Network.
read moreDougie’s late Friday mailbag
Sorry for the late posting of this week’s Friday mailbag, folks. (Valentine’s Day evening was rough.) But here it is, complete with fans’ questions and comments on Adrien Broner, The Problem’s Saturday lightweight title defense against Gavin Rees, and other subjects. Enjoy!
read moreRemembering boxing’s departed
The sport of boxing lost some of its most colorful characters — including iconic figures such as Emanuel Steward, Carmen Basilio, Angelo Dundee, Teofilo Stevenson, Bert Sugar, Hector Camacho and Johnny Tapia — in 2012.
read moreDougie’s Monday mailbag
Fans give their opinions of Abner Mares-Anselmo Moreno, Erislandy Lara-Vanes Martirosyan, Nathan Cleverly-Shawn Hawk, Antonio DeMarco-Adrien Broner, and the late, great Carmen Basilio, among other subjects in this week’s Monday mailbag. Enjoy!
read moreFROM THE ARCHIVE: Who’s who II
The back of this photo reads, “The Boxing Legends at Fight Night ’94.” Every boxer in the photo — with the exception of George Chuvalo — is in the International Boxing Hall of Fame…
read moreFROM THE ARCHIVE: Unprecedented
Carmen Basilio, a dynamic punching machine who won world titles in two weight divisions, is best known for defeating the great Sugar Ray Robinson to win the middleweight championship in 1957, pictured here…
read moreA tribute to Carmen Basilio
Boxing historian Lee Groves pays tribute to the hall-of-fame career and inspirational life of former welterweight and middleweight champion Carmen Basilio, who was as disciplined and principled outside of the ring as he was tough and tenacious inside of it.
read moreFROM THE ARCHIVE: Eye-yai-eye
This is Hall of Famer Carmen Basilio before and after he lost his middleweight title to Sugar Ray Robinson on March 25, 1958, in Chicago…
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