This is the grave of Tiger Flowers. Born in 1895 in Camilla, Georgia, Theodore Flowers grew up in the horrible conditions of Jim Crow. He got a job as a stevedore, which was one of those hard labor jobs where Black Americans could get work....
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This is the grave of Terry McGovern. Born in 1880 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, McGovern grew up in an Irish immigrant household. His father died while he was young and the.
We haven't featured any boxing in here for awhile, so here's the first Ali-Frazier bout from March 8, 1971. Truly one of the great fights of all time. Plus all.
Biopics tend to be bad. It almost makes me cry whenever the internet demands a biopic of this or that left/liberal hero since the film, if it does get made, will almost always be bad. Think of the utterly forgettable Nat Turner or Harriet Tubman...
Why? Just, why? Former President Donald Trump has signed a contract to provide commentary on a "gamecast" of Saturday's boxing event headlined by Evander Holyfield vs. Vitor Belfort, Triller told.
This is the grave of Sam Langford. Born in 1886 in Weymouth Falls, Nova Scotia (the 1883 date on the gravestone is incorrect and it's surprising how often this happens),.
This is the grave of Harry Wills. Born in 1889 in New Orleans, we don't seem to know much about Wills' childhood, or at least the information is not easy to find. He does seem to have spent some time in his teenage years working...
We need to pour one out for Marvelous Marvin Hagler, one of the great fighters from a classic age of boxing. So let's watch his epic fight with Sugar Ray.
(FILES) In this file photo taken on February 15, 1978 World heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali (L) and US Leon Spinks (R) fight in Las Vegas during their world heavyweight championship.
This is the grave of Jack Johnson. Born in 1878 in Galveston, Texas, Jack Johnson was the greatest challenge to white manhood in the Gilded Age. He left school as a teen, wandered around a bit, ended up in Dallas, and found work as a...
Tonight's entry in our tour of odd historical boxing videos continues with the glorious theme of cat boxing, this time from a bizarre short put out by General Motors in.
More Gilded Age pugilism--except tonight it is boxing cats! The past is a strange place.