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Joey Giardello vs. Dick Tiger III – December 6th, 2020
On December 7th, 1963 at Convention Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey, middleweight champion Dick Tiger, from Amaigbo, Nigeria, defended his WBC and WBA titles against Joey Giardello, from Brooklyn, New York, in the third of their four fights. They split their first two fight, both fought in 1979. Tiger,…
Gene Fullmer vs. Dick Tiger – October 22nd, 2020
On October 23, 1962, at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, California, Gene Fullmer from West Jordan, Utah, fought Dick Tiger from Amaigbo, Nigeria, in the first of their three fights. Fullmer was 55-4-2 going in, Tiger was 45-14-2, and they were fighting for the vacant WBA middleweight title. If you…
Bob Foster vs. Dick Tiger – November 30th, 2018
On May 24, 1968 at New York's Madison Square Garden, WBC/WBA light heavyweight champion Dick Tiger, from Amaigbo, Nigeria, defended his title against Bob Foster, from Albuquerque, New Mexico. Tiger was the former middleweight champ and as rugged a customer as they come. The 5'8" Tiger was 57-17-3 coming…
Rev ‘Em Up – November 29th, 2018
A lack of punching power does not hinder a boxer from a successful career, or even from becoming a world champion…
Ali and The RING: Better Late Than Never? – December 8th, 2016
For some, “better late than never” are the catchwords of the day. For others, the question “what’s the point?” seems more relevant…
The Fabulous Fifties: Cyclone Gene Fullmer and Sugar Ray Robinson – July 15th, 2016
Clifford Odets summed up the all consuming greed of professional boxing: “Everything is addition and subtraction, the rest is just conversation…”
Happy Trails: Boxing’s Swinging End to the Sixties – January 2nd, 2016
Thank goodness for boxing, eh? Through it all, the ancient game did what it has always done for better or for worse…
Carmine Fatta: Fighting Fury – December 13th, 2015
Given his 95 fights over what really amounted to only six years (an average of 16 bouts a year), it's no surprise Fatta took on all comers…
Strange Fruit on the Middleweight Tree – December 11th, 2015
We shake our heads at such dreadful tragedies, gripped by a naïve belief that such men are somehow ageless and invincible and will outlive us all…
Sheriff Foster: The King with the Killer Punch – November 23rd, 2015
Life has finally shot the sheriff, but I don’t doubt that he will rest in peace and be fondly remembered…
Ten-Count for Bob Foster – November 22nd, 2015
Former light heavyweight champion Bob Foster passed away yesterday at Presbyterian Hospital in Albuquerque. He was 77…
Holly Mims: Splitting the Difference – November 3rd, 2015
Mims never wailed about his losses. With a shrug of his shoulders and some gentle sarcasm, he took life’s hits and just kept rolling on…
Spider Webb: Ain't That a Coincidence? – October 28th, 2015
However little brought to mind today, Spider Webb was an outstanding middleweight who fought from 1953 to 1961…
Ox Tale: Florentino Fernandez – October 7th, 2015
Hit or be hit was the Fernandez way and you didn’t want to bet your house on the outcome of any of his fights…
The Fall of Luis Collazo – July 12th, 2015
Who quits because of a cut BELOW the eye? What's next, mussed hair? Of course, that wouldn't apply to the follicularly challenged Collazo…
Greatest KOs in Boxing History – May 9th, 2015
Everyone loves a knockout. And what's not to love? When one man's fists connect with another man's head and he goes crashing to the canvas, everyone's pulse races a little faster. The knockout can not only change the direction of a fight. It can change the direction of a career, the direction of a life...
Giardello, The Equal Opportunity Middleweight Great – May 5th, 2015
Georgie Benton called Joey the "smartest and toughest he ever fought," and said that "nobody could take a punch like Giardello…"
Ten-Count for Gene Fullmer – April 28th, 2015
I remember seeing Gene Fullmer defend his title against Spider Webb in San Francisco. I thought it was dreadful…
RIP, The Scappoose Express – February 3rd, 2015
"Even with the 16-ounce gloves on, he cut my eye open. But I could duck under those left hooks. Whoosh! It was like an airplane going over you…"
Boxing by the Book: "Pugilatus" by Ted Spoon – September 17th, 2014
“The greatest thing about boxing might not be the characters, fights or inspirational stories, but the promise that more are on the way…”
Bobby Cassidy and the Sundance Kids – August 25th, 2014
“All of my confidence was beaten out of me by an abusive stepfather. When I started street fighting, I realized there was something I could do well…”
Dick Tiger Stands Up – August 5th, 2014
I don’t want to question the judges too much. Boxing people tell me I’m lucky to be one of the few guys whose reputation improves even when I lose…
Hungary for more Laszlo Papp – June 5th, 2014
While much is known about Papp, one will never have any definitive way of knowing how he would have stacked up against the very best fighters of his day…
Bob Foster: Monster Man – April 14th, 2014
“I like chasing crooks. I drive through town at eighty miles an hour, my red light flashing and my shotgun on my lap. It’s dangerous, but it’s fun...”
Nobody Shoots at Santa Claus – December 27th, 2013
Imagine his dismay, and my amusement, when he ripped open the wrapping paper to discover a photo of a white guy in a cowboy outfit…
Tracking Jimmy Dupree – December 5th, 2013
Wladimir Klitschko: The Case for the Defense – December 1st, 2013
I rank Wladimir as a great heavyweight, one of fifteen that have ever lived, but I think Dempsey might have beaten him with that elusive, rhythm-breaking style...
Andre Ward: All Terrain Fighter – November 20th, 2013
Ward may have fared better against the rougher, older generation. I can picture him tangling with the likes of Gene Fullmer, Jake LaMotta and Dick Tiger...
Willie Pastrano: Rollin’ Down the Lazy River – September 23rd, 2013
Behind the humor and an eternally rampant desire to seduce any passing female, Pastrano was one of the great boxing troubadours of his golden era...
California Calling for Joey Giambra – September 15th, 2013
Joey Giambra, for all his talent, for all his lovely and artful boxing, never even got a shot at the middleweight championship…
Ten-Count for Emile Griffith – July 23rd, 2013
A Fan’s-Eye View of Maravilla – May 27th, 2013
The enticing thing about Martinez is that, as much as you could guarantee defeat, you could bet your bottom dollar on some absorbing plot twists...
Mike Silver on Stanley Ketchel & Others – May 23rd, 2013
“Ketchel must have been one of the most frightening guys to fight. You were probably lucky to get knocked out early by him…”
Play It Again, Sam: The Magic of Marcel Cerdan – April 14th, 2013
Marcel Cerdan would have been too clever, too rugged and too hard hitting for the likes of Dick Tiger, Marvin Hagler and Bernard Hopkins...
The 100 Greatest Fighters of All Time Part Seven: 40-31 – April 3rd, 2013
These men can be “argued” higher, but can the men still to come be seen to be lower? Welcome to the annals of the forty greatest boxers in history...
Boxing Still the Name of the Game – April 1st, 2013
The 100 Greatest Fighters of All Time Part Four: 70-61 – March 18th, 2013
This is a good time to confess that Billy Graham, Midget Wolgast, and Sammy Angott didn't make it. They are GREAT fighters and it hurt me to exclude them...
Remember Florentino Fernández – January 28th, 2013
Nearly Great: Irish Joey Archer – January 24th, 2013
Even back in the mid-sixties, the cuties of the game like Joey Archer were beginning to become unfashionable...
Get in Line Pacquiao-Marquez IV: Boxing’s Top-10 One-Punch KOs – January 2nd, 2013
Marquez lands a tremendous overhand right to Pacman’s jaw. The power of the punch is increased by Manny’s forward momentum...
When Gene Fullmer Gave Pain the Elbow – January 1st, 2013
The great battle of Ogden against the ferocious Fullmer was probably Florentino’s finest hour, even though he couldn't quite cross the line...
The 15 Greatest Composite Punchers of All Time – December 26th, 2012
A great fighter is so much more than a collection of physical attributes, even if they are lucky enough to possess an absolutely extraordinary one...
Dick Tiger vs. Henry Hank: A Golden Era of Middleweight Boxers – December 17th, 2012
For Tiger, the bout with Hank proved to be the final eliminator before challenging and defeating Gene Fullmer for the world middleweight championship...
70 Ways to Know if You’re an Ex-Fighter – December 14th, 2012
What runs through the mind of an old ex-fighter? The cheering crowds are gone, the rigor of training is a faint memory, and the thrill of competition has vanished...
Close Encounters of the Fourth Kind – December 7th, 2012
Pacquiao maintains, “I still love boxing. It is what made me who I am. It is my first priority right now. After the bout, my focus will go back to politics...”
Contenders—Then and Now – November 21st, 2012
There is so much more to be said about what has been lost. That is why I spent five years researching and writing an entire book devoted to the subject…
My Two Days with Vito Antuofermo – November 17th, 2012
“I tried pickle brine,” says Vito, “but it smells like you’re in urine.” A weightlifter looks up, “What’s urine urine?” Vito ignores him...
Boxing.com All Time Middleweight Poll: Windmill Keeps On Turning – November 12th, 2012
The magnificent triumvirate of Carlos Monzon, Stanley Ketchel and Sugar Ray Robinson kept trying to muscle in on Greb as the polling progressed...
Joey Giambra’s Change of Plan – October 9th, 2012
Boxing.com All Time Middleweight Poll – October 8th, 2012
This will embrace all fighters who have made a significant impact on the middleweight division during its long and fabulous history...