Resto vs. Collins (June 16, 1983) “Hey! All the padding is out of the damn gloves…It’s all out…Commissioner…Commissioner! No padding! There’s no damn padding!”—Billy Collins Sr. Like a lot of tragic stories, this one ended pretty near where it had all begun. The 1972 Cutlass hit a concrete abutment at high speed on March 7, 1984 and ended up in a dried up creek. It … [Read more...]
Nothing’s Gonna Ever Keep You Down: The Southpaw
By Fox Doucette Nothing defines a fighter like how he responds to his first loss. Some guys, they step into the ring with a big gaudy record, get promptly deposited on their ass, and next thing you know they're fighting some construction worker at a fairground in some podunk nowhere and telling anyone who will listen how they used to fight on TV back in the day before losing … [Read more...]
From Boxing to the Big Screen: 5 boxing stories that should be told
by The Green Machine There are quite a few boxing related movies out there. If you look real hard you’ll find plenty you never heard of and some aren’t as old as you would think. Of course the boxing-themed movie has become rarer these days and any biographical release based on real fighters is almost non-existent. Will Smith did an excellent job in Ali, and Meg Ryan … [Read more...]