By Paul Zanon “48 DIE IN BLAZING FRENCH AIR-LINER MOUNTAIN CRASH IN THE AZORES GINETTE NEVEU AND MARCEL CERDAN AMONG THE VICTIMS” The...

By Paul Zanon I never stole nuttin unless it began with an ‘A.’ A truck, a car, a payroll, a bicycle, a watch. Anything.’ Thomas Rocco...

By Paul Zanon “Prizefighting ain’t the noblest of arts and I ain’t the noblest artist.” Harry Greb From welterweight to heavyweight, the...

By Paul Zanon / Interview with Jamal Akay “All Stars is not like a gym that you just come in, train and walk out. There’s a lot of...

By Paul Zanon “As a West Side kid fooling around with boxing gloves, I had been, for some reason of temperament, more interested in...

“If they cut my bald head open, they will find one big boxing glove.” In a 67 fight career which included 52 knockouts, incredibly, one...

Authored by David Payne Two minutes into the opening round of Henry Cooper's first fight with Muhammad Ali, then Cassius Clay, the proud...

Authored by Ewan Breeze It would be easy to walk past “Elias and Co” estate agents on the corner of Ealing Road and Wembley High Road...

By Paul Zanon “Joe Louis is a credit to his race – the human race.” Jimmy Cannon, Journalist Twenty six consecutive heavyweight world...

By Paul Zanon “Wilde’s strength and his hitting power, considering his size and weight, were simply amazing. He was a highly skilled...

Contributed by Paul Zanon “Laing’s flashy hands down style can get him into trouble. It can also get him out of trouble, but it’s been...

Contributed by Paul Zanon Bald, knobbly kneed, pale and often called ‘chicken legs’ due to the lack of muscle in his lower body, Bob...

Merthyr Tydfil, the small town approximately 23 miles north of the Welsh capital Cardiff is famous for historically punching well above...

Contributed by Paul Zanon PART 1 Paul Zanon speaks to Darren Barker, former IBF middleweight champion and Repton boy. “There’s not many...

JOE BUGNER - A LIFE OF FISTIC TRAVELS Contributed by Paul Zanon “I remember leaving our village Szőreg when I was six. The Russians moved...

Contributed by Paul Zanon “My uncle is actually the first black Light-Heavyweight Champion in America, period: John Henry Lewis—the first...

Contributed by Paul Zanon On 9 May 1936, Luis Firpo fought Saverio Grizzo and Jimmy Wilde fought Domingo Sciaraffia. In other boxing...

Contributed by Sportswriter Paul Zanon It’s been 45 years since Britain crowned its first ever black heavyweight champion in Bunny...

‘Why Waltz with a guy for 10 rounds if you can knock him out in one?’ Contributed by sportswriter Paul Zanon Characteristics you tend to...

Contributed by sportswriter Paul Zanon Pound for pound, coronavirus is proving to be one of the toughest opponents to have surfaced on...