by Fox Doucette Irresistible Force vs. Immovable Object is the oldest and greatest rivalry in sports and in life. Sometimes the irresistible force wins, like the Germans against France in the first part of World War II and the combined Soviet and Allied armies in the second part. Sometimes the immovable object wins, like the trench warfare of World War I. Other times, nobody … [Read more...]
Historical Fight Night: Tony Zale vs. Gene Fullmer
by Fox Doucette The oldest one in the book in boxing is “styles make fights”, so what happens when you take an old-school guy who lunged and leaped and generally had no concept of positioning if it meant delivering a power shot and put him in against one of the most fundamentally sound straight-up boxers of all time? We find out tonight with a middleweight contest, as Tony … [Read more...]
Azúcar! The tale of two Cuban-Mexican boxers
With Cuban boxers grabbing the public’s attention, I would like to tell a story (or two, actually) that I really like. A story related to Mexico in a different way than the usual rivalry. A nation adopted two boxers, who were born and raised elsewhere, and cherished them as their own. The stories of none other than José Nápoles and Ultiminio Ramos. Cuba has thousands of … [Read more...]