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141 KOs: The amazing Archie Moore [Paul McCreath]
1921: Atlantic City's boxing genesis [Charles Jay]
200 years ago ... without gloves [Christopher James Shelton]
23 years later, Barkley's haymaker lands [Lyle Fitzsimmons]
40 years later, Ali-Frazier still a classic [Tim Dahlberg]
A Dark Place: The Tragedy of Jerry Quarry [Ted Sares]
A forgotten legend: Freddie Steele [Robert Jones]
A tribute to Carmen Basilio [Lee Groves]
Al Massey's 11-second mystery [Ken Hissner]
Ali gave broke college kid a ringside seat to history [Michael Marley]
Ali, Frazier battled in 'Fight of the Century' [Tim Smith]
Ali, Frazier put on the event of all-time on March 8, 1971 [Kevin Iole]
Ali, MLK hit Vietnam War with strong combination [Michael Marley]
Ali: The greatest, but also the toughest [Graham Houston]
Ali-Chuvalo: Blueprint for how to beat The Greatest [James Slater]
Ali's opponents reflect on his life, legacy [Ed Koch]
Ali's orbit: Characters always flocked to him [Michael Marley]
Angelo Dundee: 'The best I've trained' [Doug Fischer]
Archie Moore's most memorable triumph [Mike Dunn]
As tough as it gets: George "Elbows" McFadden in 1889 [Matt McGrain]
Bad night in Vegas: Javier Ayala's final fight [Ted Sares]
Baer vs. Louis: 'Fate Takes a Hand' [Norman Marcus]
Baer-Campbell: The Fight That Became a Nightmare [Norman Marcus]
Baer-Schmeling: Tale of two Max's [Jeremy Ebert]
Barkley-Hearns II: One of history's most-damaging fights [James Slater]
Basilio, DeMarco, and the IBHOF [Richard V. Powell]
Basilio: Do not go gentle into that good night [Mike Casey]
Beau Jack: A true all-time great [Jim Amato]
Beau Jack: The Garden's favorite [Norman Marcus]
Benny 'Kid' Paret: Lest we forget [Ted Sares]
Benny Leonard: Ghetto Wizard [Keith Terceira]
Benny Leonard: Golden talent, Golden Age [Mike Casey]
Big Ivan: The 325-Pound Nonstarter [Mike Casey]
Biofile: Dwight Muhammad Qawi [Scoop Malinowski]
Black pioneers: Johnson, Jeanette, McVey, Langford [Sam Gregory]
Blinky Palermo, mobster who ran boxing, dies [Ring Talk]
Blood brothers: Joey and Jake LaMotta [Ted Sares]
Bob Satterfield: Let's keep the record straight [Ted Sares]
Bobby Chacon: Bad to the bone [Jim Amato]
Boston's five greatest boxers [Colin Linneweber]
Boxing & The Mob: The Death of Blinky Palermo [Jack Fiske]
Boxing &The Mafia in the Golden Era [Book review]
Boxing's 100 most influential: Nos. 51-100 [Kevin Iole]
Boxing's Most influential: Nos. 1-50 [Kevin Iole]
Brawls & Bruises: Gene Fullmer [Mike Casey]
Bullish on the Bronx Bull [Robert Ecksel]
Bullish on The Bronx Bull [Robert Ecksel]
Buster Mathis Jr. recalls facing Tyson [Percy Crawford]
Butch Lewis & the Spinks brothers [Tom Donelson]
Carlos Monzon: A glamorous but tragic life [Michael Rosenthal]
Celebrating Ali [Louisville Courier Journal]
Chicanito' remembered as gentleman, warrior [Steve Carp]
Chris Dundee: More than Angelo's brother [Pedro Fernandez]
Chris Eubank's Indian Summer [Michael Klimes]
'Cinderella Man,' a 10-1 underdog, stuns Baer [Sam Gregory]
Clever, classy Conn fell late against Joe Louis [Sam Gregory]
Corrales-Castillo I: A retrospective [Brandon Desmond]
Could Ali walk through hell in a gasoline sportcoat? [Michael Marley]
Critiquing a half-century of Ali wannabes [Lyle Fitzsimmons]
Curtis Cokes: A look back at the Hall of Famer [Jim Amato]
Cyclone: The Irrepressible Gene Fullmer [Mike Casey]
Dempsey-Carpentier: Tex Rickard's big show [Sam Gregory]
Dicky Eklund and the Clarke brothers [Ted Sares]
Documentary relives night Seldon's life changed [David Weinberg]
Dominant heavyweights, '60s-'90s [Jim Dorney]
Don't blame Ruby: A tragedy revisited [Mike Silver]
Doug DeWitt: True Grit [Jim Amato]
Dream a Little Dream of ... Boxing [Clarence George]
'Dreams of Wonderful Years:' Duane Bobick [Ken Hissner]
Duran & DeJesus: Enemies, rivals, friends to the end [Ted Sares]
Dwight Muhammad Qawi: Second best cruiserweight ever [James Slater]
Early Train to Broken Jaw [Mike Casey]
Eddie Mustafa Muhammad: Fighter & trainer [Ken Hissner]
Edwin Virulet: He was a contender [New York Times]
Emergence of the first gloved champ [Christopher J. Shelton]
Ezzard Charles vs. Archie Moore: Classic trilogy [James Slater]
'Facing Ali' [Book review]
Fame, fortune have faded for Detroit boxer [Mike Brudenell]
Famous 'Long Count' fight still resonates [Tim Dahlberg]
Famous Ring Wars: Patterson-Johansson III [John F. McKenna]
Featherweight Robinson Pitalua: Drowned in Miami [Jaime Castro-Nunez]
Fight to the Death: Who Killed Davey Moore? [David Davis]
Floyd Patterson vs. George Chuvalo [Boxing News]
Floyd Patterson: The man the system could not beat [Martin Kane]
Foreman-Quarry: What a fight it could have been [Jim Amato]
Frankie Carbo and the 1940s [Alexander Zammit]
Frankie Carbo keeps a promise, Blinky gets a payoff [Dan Parker]
Frazier's anger still burns [Mike Casey]
Free shots: A brief history of low blows 
Fritzie Zivic will see you now [Matt McGrain]
From the belly of the beast: Doc Anderson [Robert Mladinich]
Gene Tunney: An erudite champion [George Kimball]
Gene Tunney's last dance [Keith Terceira]
Georges Carpentier: 'The Orchid Man' [Norman Marcus]
Goldfield's Golden Battle: Joe Gans vs. Battling Nelson [Monte Cox]
Graziano & Zale, vastly different, are forever linked [Sam Gregory]
Greatest middleweight trilogy: Zale-Graziano [James Slater]
Greatness eluded Brooklyn's Leon Taylor [Sports Illustrated]
Greb-Tunney I among bloodiest brawls ever [Sam Gregory]
Happy 69th, Muhammad Ali [Michael Woods]
Here's looking at you, Casablanca: Marcel Cerdan [Mike Casey]
Highlights, lowlights of the past decade [Sports Illustrated]
History of The Garden, Part 1 [John Wharton]
History of The Garden, Part 2 [John Wharton]
Holmes vs. Cooney: The retun of an afterthought [Phil Rice]
Jack Johnson vs. Barney Oldfield: The Race [John Howard]
Jack Johnson: Do the right thing [Robert Ecksel]
Jack Johnson: The Galveston Giant [Michael Plunkett]
'Jacobs Beach: The Mob, the Garden, & the Golden Era' [Book review]
James J. Jeffries retired at his absolute peak [Matt McGrain]
James 'Quick' Tillis: Memories of a Near-Miss Kid [Lyle Fitzsimmons]
Jerry Quarry's painful end [Ted Sares]
Joe Frazier vs. Jerry Quarry [Boxing News]
Joe Frazier: Gotta go back to the old school [Vivek Wallace]
Joe Gans vs. Battling Nelson remembered [Sam Gregory]
John L. Sullivan: First gloved heavyweight champ [Zachary Daniels]
John L. Sullivan's public humiliation [Christopher J. Shelton]
Johnny Wilson: Middleweight champ 1920-23 [Norman Marcus]
Jose Urtain: The Picturesque Puncher [Mike Casey]
Lavern Roach vs. Georgie Small, 1950 [Bad Left Hook]
Lavern Roach vs. Georgie Small, 1950 [Ted Sares]
Leo Gamez: The forgotten four-division champ [Michael Plunkett]
Letters from Archie Moore [Ron DiMichele]
Liston was in trouble in and out of the ring [Mike Puma]
Liston: Next to Louis, the most-punishing ever [Ted Spoon]
Lou Ambers: The Herkimer Hurricane [Mike Casey]
Lou Nova vs. Max Baer 1939-1941 [Norman Marcus]
'Manos de Piedra:' An eternal flame, Part I [Michael Klimes]
'Manos de Piedra:' An eternal flame, Part II [Michael Klimes]
Mexico-Puerto Rico: Roots of 'The Rivalry' [E.G. Morales-Febus]
Mexico's five greatest fighters [James Slater]
Michael Nunn: What Happened? [John Howard]
Michael Watson: A boxer, a man [Ted Sares]
Michael Watson: I'm still a champ 20 years after Eubank [Mirror]
Micky Ward remembers Arturo Gatti [Lem Satterfield]
Mike Rossman: A Right to Remember [Michael Schmidt]
Moore's death resonates decades later [Jerry Crowe]
Muhammad Ali's legacy revisited [W. Gregory Guedel]
Mustafa Hamsho: If not for Marv... [Jim Amato]
Myung Woo Yuh: Seoul, Korea to Canastota, New York [Ryan Bivins]
Noticing Greg Haugen [Phil Rice]
On the Circuit, Part III: Kid Azteca [Ted Sares]
On the Circuit,  Part II: Teddy 'Redtop' Davis
On the Circuit,  Part Two: Teddy 'Redtop' Davis [Ted Sares]
Pocket Battleship: Sam Langford [Mike Casey]
Quarrymen: The not-so-sweet science [Robert Mladnich]
Quit clowning: When Max Baer got serious [Mike Casey]
R.I.P. Johnny Caldwell [Ryan McArthur]
Ray Arcel: Dean of Them All [Robert Ecksel]
Remembering British heavyweight champ Gary Mason [James Slater]
Remembering Griffith vs. Paret [Bill Gallo]
Remembering 'Irish' Billy Collins, Part I [Ted Sares]
Remembering 'Irish' Billy Collins, Part II [Ted Sares]
Remembering the great trilogy [Gordon Marino]
Remembering 'The War:' Hagler-Hearns [John F. McKenna]
Ricardo Lopez: Greatness in a small package [Mike Plunkett]
Richie Woodhall: The boxer's boxer [Terence Dooley]
Right on: Ingo's bingo was a thriller [Mike Casey]
Ring Wars: Sugar Ray vs. Randy Turpin [John F. McKenna]
Robinson vs. Fullmer 2: A perfect punch [John F. McKenna]
Rocky, Archie and the Lost Magic [Mike Casey]
Runyon without romance [Time Magazine]
Sam Langford: He even predicted where they'd fall [Simon Henley]
Sammy Angott: The only man to beat a prime Willie Pep [Carl Thompson]
Sharkey-Corbett: Battle of unbeatens [Christopher James Shelton]
Sibbo vs. Collins: Blast from the past [Ted Sares]
Skipper Kelp: Tuesday Night Action Hero [Thomas Gerbasi]
Spinks upsets Holmes! [James Slater]
St. Valentine's Day Massacre: Robinson slaughters LaMotta [Dax Ferguson]
Stanley Ketchel: The Irresistible Assassin [Mike Casey]
Strange Days: The Johnny Saxton story [Carlos Acevedo]
Sugar Ray Leonard vs. himself [Gordon Marino]
Sugar' Ray Leonard: Better amateur or pro? [Ken Hissner]
Sugar Ray Leonard: The Closer [Ted Sares]
Sweet Raymond Boyd: The Pink Panther [Mike Casey]
Terry Norris: Warrior on a mission, Part 1 [Tom Gray]
Terry Norris: Warrior on a mission, Part 2 [Tom Gray]
The 10 best junior middleweight fights ever [Marty Mulcahey]
The Ali-Frazier trilogy [Chuck Marbry]
The apparition that was Larry Holmes [Ted Sares]
The Beast of Stillman's Gym, Part 5 [Springs Toledo]
The Beast of Stillman's, Part 1 [Springs Toledo]
The Beast of Stillman's, Part 2 [Springs Toledo]
The Beast of Stillman's, Part 4 [Springs Toledo]
The Chronicles of Mayweather, Part I [Percy Crawford]
The Chronicles of Mayweather, Part II [Percy Crawford]
The crunching power of Carlos Zarate [Jim Amato]
The darker side of boxing [Ted Sares]
The day boxing's 'mothership' landed [Kieran Mulvaney]
'The Donald' played Trump card for Spinks-Cooney [Charles Jay]
The Emmett Eliminator: The Life of Kenny Keane [Brian D'Ambrosio]
The First Lady of MMA, circa 1770s [Christopher Shelton]
The genius of Bob Fitzsimmons [Mike Casey]
The great, underappreciated Gene Tunney [James Slater]
The greatest slugfest you've probably never seen [W. Gregory Guedel]
The hectic days and frantic nights of 'Macho' Camacho [Carlos Acevedo]
The Jim Norris-Frankie Carbo alliance [Gilbert Rogin]
The life and death of Rocky Marciano [John Cameron]
The most-brutal heavyweight title fight in history [James Slater]
The original 'Fight of the Century' [Sam Gregory]
The Roberto Duran nobody knew [Ernesto Morales]
The time Tunnel: Gene Tunney [Sam Gregory]
The Time Warp That Is Gleason's Gym [Norman Marcus]
The tragic Ali-Holmes fight [James Slater]
The tragic fate of Gypsy Trollmann [Tobias Hanich]
The troubled world of Don Jordan [Carlos Acevedo]
The University of Eighth Avenue, Part I [A.J. Liebling]
The University of Eighth Avenue, Part II [A.J. Liebling]
Tommy Loughran: A stylish light heavyweight king [Sam Gregory}
Tommy Loughran: Poetry in Motion [Mike Casey]
Tony DeMarco: A Boston legend [Ted Sares]
Tribute to a bare-knuckle legend [The Irish Independent]
'Ultimate Tough Guy: The Life & Times of James J. Jeffries' [Book review]
Unbreakable bond: Alexis Arguello and Don Kahn [Christian Giudice]
Vicious Victor Galindez [Ted Sares]
Wasted talent: 'Macho' Camacho & Edwin Rosario [Francisco Cairol]
What if Joe Frazier had fought Ron Lyle? [Jim Amato]
What our grandfathers knew about Joe Louis [Kelsey McCarson]
When Dick Tiger became light heavyweight king [Pete Madzelan]
When Gene Fullmer gave pain the elbow [Mike Casey]
When Sweet Pea reigned supreme [Geoffrey Ciani]
Where are they now? 'Caveman' Lee [Shawn Murphy]
Where are they now? Milton McCrory [Shawn Murphy]
Who robbed Hank Armstrong? [Clarence George]
Wild West Hero: Ron Lyle [Mike Casey]
Wilfred Benitez: A forgotten champion? [Francisco Cairol]
Wilfredo 'Bazooka' Gomez, Part I [Michael Klimes]
Wilfredo 'Bazooka' Gomez, Part II [Michael Klimes]
Will there ever be an opening round like Hagler-Hearns? [James Slater]
Wyatt Earp's boxing scandal, 1896 [Christopher James Shelton]

George Chuvalo
In-depth:George Chuvalo

Joe Gans:
http://theboxingmagazine.com/2013/03/11/joe-gans-the-old-master/
The subtle sophistication of Joe Gans [Lee Wylie]

Aaron Pryor
http://ringsideboxingshow.podbean.com/2012/01/29/hall-of-famer-aaron-pryor/
In-depth: Aaron Pryor

SONNY LISTON
Clay vs. Liston: Fake or Legitimate? [Mike Dunn]
Closest friends still say Liston was done in [John L. Smith]
'I shook up the world! I'm a bad man!' [John Carter]
Johnny Tocco & Sonny Liston [Pedro Fernandez]
Leaving Las Vegas: Sonny Liston [Mike Casey]
'Liston and Ali' a worthy read [Thomas Hauser]
Sonny Liston: Most underrated heavyweight ever [Frank Lotierzo]
Sonny Liston: Say goodnight to the bad guy [Stuart Cornwell]
Sonny's greatest comeback victory [Mike Dunn]
Visiting Sonny Liston By George Thomas Clark

Second look" 'Sugar' Ray vs. 'The Hitman' [John J. Raspanti]:
http://www.doghouseboxing.com/John/Raspanti_010913.htm