By Ted Sares …colleges being nothing but grooming schools for the middle class non-identity which usually finds its perfect expression on the outskirts of the campus in rows of well-to-do houses with lawns and television sets is each living room with everybody looking at the same thing and thinking the same thing at the same time while the Japhies of the world go prowling … [Read more...]
This Week in Boxing History: May 11th – May 17th
May 11: 1900: Coney Island, NY. World Heavyweight Championship. James J. Jeffries KO 23 James J. Corbett. Retains title. 1906: Los Angeles, California. World Featherweight Championship. Abe Attell D 20 Kid Herman. Retains title. 1936: Washington D.C. World Featherweight Championship. Petey Sarron W 15 Freddie Miller. Wins title. 1937: Seattle, Washington. New York & … [Read more...]
This Week in Boxing History: May 4TH – May 10th
This Week in Boxing History: May 4TH – May 10th May 4: 1900: New York City. Joe Walcott Defeats Mysterious Billy Smith. 25 Rounds. 1910: Paris, France. World Welterweight Championship. Harry Lewis KO 3 Peter Brown. Retains title. 1926: Pascual Perez born in Tupungato, Mendoza, Argentina. 1935: Paris, France. World Middleweight Championship. Marcel Thil KO 14 Vilda … [Read more...]
A Generation Without A Hero: The Southpaw
By Fox Doucette Unless you've been living under a rock for the past week, you're no doubt aware that Muhammad Ali celebrated his 70th birthday this past Tuesday. Your columnist is a little too young (34) to have remembered any of Ali's actual fights, but my parents' generation spoke in reverential tones about the heavyweight division “before you were born” when I was a kid … [Read more...]