George+Dixon Entries

Entries tagged with "George+Dixon":

Young Griffo: Boxer, Boozer and Beggar – July 27th, 2017
“It will be said that what Shakespeare was to literature, what Napoleon was to military science, Griffo was to boxing.” Not bad for a drunk…
All Time Featherweight Tournament – February 7th, 2017
I have taken the 16 best featherweights (any fighter can only be ranked in one division) of all time and put together a random draw…
The gospel according to Phony Joe – February 18th, 2016
Genuine Joe Percente did give Battling Nelson four epic scraps before the latter became lightweight champion of the world…
Kid Lavigne: Grisly Souvenirs of a Bloody Career – January 27th, 2016
The Kid spoke most humorously about the grisly souvenirs he collected and their deceptively positive effect on his well-being…
Why Jack Johnson is Not as Great as You Were Told! – January 12th, 2016
Jack Johnson—if he were teleported from his championship days to a modern ring—would not do well against many of the more contemporary greats...
How to Box in Cuba: The Methods and the Masters – November 11th, 2015
When you examine the Cuban mentality you begin to quickly understand what makes Cuban fighters so exceptional…
Billy Ray: Street Fighting, Prize Fighting and Women – March 17th, 2015
"The gravediggers would also watch us fight, and after each fight we fighters would go around with a basket. Half the money you got was bad..."
DELAWARE BOXING—A Long and Proud Tradition on the Ropes! – March 2nd, 2015
However in 2014 ominous clouds appeared and the demise of pro boxing in Delaware is a distinct possibility…
Terry McGovern: The Year of the Butcher—Part Three, The Vulnerable Spot – February 8th, 2015
“It was a fight, pure and simple,” according to the New York Tribune, “one of the most brutal and ghastly ever seen in the city...”
Terry McGovern: The Year of the Butcher—Part Two, The Dixon of Old – January 29th, 2015
At around 9:35 in the evening, the bell for the opening round sounded and the warmth departed McGovern’s soul. He crushed Dixon like a bug...
Terry McGovern: The Year of the Butcher, Part One—A Man Invincible – January 13th, 2015
In twelve months he defeated, by destructive knockout, the reigning bantamweight, featherweight and lightweight champions of the world. It will be easy...
Sailor Tom Sharkey: Don’t Give Up the Ship – August 2nd, 2014
Travelling back more than a hundred years to Tom’s time, we find that everything was of a more simplistic and brutal nature...
Shadow Boxing: The Journey of the African-American Boxer – July 5th, 2014
Decades before baseball admitted Jackie Robinson into its lily white ranks, boxing was making strides to give African-American fighters a fair shake. But then as now, racial overtones influenced who fought who. Icons like John L. Sullivan and Jack Dempsey, even Jack Johnson, drew the color line when…
Natural Talent and Instinct: An Old Champ Explains – April 21st, 2014
“I don’t agree with those who say that clever boxing is no longer popular. People today are simply not familiar with it…”
Jim Driscoll: The Master Who Outclassed Abe Attell – March 21st, 2014
“He was incomparable – the supreme artist of glove-fighting, the perfect, polished stylist whose ringcraft and skill verged upon the uncanny…”
Postcard San Antonio: Broner Weekender – January 21st, 2014
Broner takes a severe beating this night. Believe me, ringside, you could hear the thump and crack of both head and body shots that Broner absorbed…
Sold, American! – July 16th, 2013
“As a fan who held my precious baseball in such high regard, it was a kick in the balls to learn that Johnson was allowed to fight and win a heavyweight title…”
The 100 Greatest Fighters of All Time Part Nine: 20-11 – April 17th, 2013
Broadcast to you from the center of a black hole, here are the first ten names that make the list of the twenty greatest fighters in history...
The 100 Greatest Fighters of All Time Part Three: 80-71 – March 12th, 2013
Should conservatism in matchmaking become the norm, much of the oxygen that allows greatness to burn is sucked from the room...
The 100 Greatest Fighters of All Time Part Two: 90-81 – March 6th, 2013
I do not ascribe to the notion that a fighter cannot be great unless there are other great fighters in his era. Domination counts for much; talent for no little...
Young Griffo: The Spirits Moved Him – November 30th, 2012
Young Griffo would sit at an open air café picking flies out of the air with finger and thumb. This was corroborated by Tommy Burns...
Canadian Boxing—What Resurgence? – January 27th, 2012
Way up in the rafters, you can hear conversations about Durelle, Chuvalo, the Hiltons, Gatti, Pep, Gray, Melo, and so many others…
Manny Pacquiao? Calm Down, Dear! – November 10th, 2011
Lord, how we need him. Take away Manny and our battered old sport would be depressingly lacking in vintage talent...
Eternal Bond: Jeff and Sharkey at Coney Island – October 11th, 2011
The Right Stuff. It is a beautifully apt phrase. Three simple words for having what it takes, going the extra mile, being a man apart...