Jabs and Straight Writes

BROADCAST BOOM

NEW BOOK RECOUNTS THE RISE OF BOXING ON RADIO AND THEN TELEVISION

There was a time when boxing fans relied on newspapers for the most timely recounting of big fights. That changed in the 1920s with the mass commercialization of radio. Then, in the 1940s, television began the process of supplanting radio.

Jabs and Straight Writes

FIGHTER FOR A DAY

Jim Thomas is best known as Evander Holyfield’s adviser but he had his own (extremely short) career as a kickboxer

No Retreat, No Surrender

FOR THE THREE MODERN INDUCTEES IN THE IBHOF CLASS OF 2018, PERSEVERANCE WAS THE NAME OF THE GAME Different weights,...

Most Inspirational

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Bound by Resilience

VITALI KLITSCHKO, ERIK MORALES AND WINKY WRIGHT ALL DEFIED THE ODDS TO BUILD HALL OF FAME CAREERS When the International Boxing...