Died on this day: Fritzie Zivic
In today’s boxing world, most fighters end their careers well before their 65th fight. This guy had 65 losses. And among the...
read moreOn this day: Ray Robinson stops Jake LaMotta in infamous St. Valentine’s Day Massacre
Ever since The Bronx Bull took his 0, Sugar swore to wipe that bitterness away with a demolishing vengeance. He got...
read moreDied on this day: Jake LaMotta
You know you are a legend when it takes not one but two cinematic masterpieces to encompass all your greatness,...
read moreOn this day: Jake LaMotta scores miracle 15th-round knockout over Laurent Dauthuille
You’re exhausted. You’re behind on points. You need a knockout. The opponent has never been stopped. You have less than...
read moreBorn on this day: Marcel Cerdan
Sometimes, it takes a poet to inspire a poet, a writer to inspire a writer or a painter to inspire...
read moreTo Be The Best: The top 100 boxers in the history of The Ring Rankings (40-31)
If you’re new to this on-going series, please read: The Introduction. (Seriously, if you’re posting questions like “What does the asterisk...
read moreSugar Ray Robinson-Jake LaMotta VI: The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre 70 years later
Seventy years ago today, one of boxing's most celebrated rivalries came to a emphatically violent end, an end that confirmed...
read moreJake LaMotta proved boxing’s Hail Marys unlike those in any other sport
The term “Hail Mary” has become a familiar part of the lexicon of sport, dating back to the 1920s but...
read moreFrom The Archive: Sugar Ray Robinson dethrones The Bronx Bull, Jake LaMotta
Editor's Note: This feature originally appeared in the April 1951 issue of The Ring Magazine. By Nat Fleischer RAY ROBINSON’S decisive victory...
read more1940’s Boxing Trivia by Ring Magazine
Sugar Ray Robinson, takes the boxing world by storm, Tony Zale and Rocky Graziano produce a legendary middleweight trilogy, and...
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