Yesterday’s Heroes: The night Freddie Welsh and Jim Driscoll produced a “wild, vicious, disappointing, disastrous duel”
The story of the eagerly awaited, but ultimately unfulfilling grudge match between Freddie Welsh and Jim Driscoll
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He Who Dares: The night Pete Rademacher attempted to become world heavyweight champion on his professional debut
Pete Rademacher had a plan – to become the world heavyweight champion in his professional debut
Yesterday’s Heroes: Jack Goodwin, one of Britain’s finest trainers, died during the 13th round and in his favourite place
in 1932, Jack Goodwin collapsed in the corner during the 13th round of a fight at the Royal Albert Hall, the victim of a heart attack, writes Miles Templeton
Yesterday’s Heroes: A long history of Belsize BC
Celebrating a new book that does the illustrious club justice – and then some
Yesterday’s Heroes: Cheshire’s Ray Wilding made Madison Square Garden his second home
The big-hitting British heavyweight who found Madison Square Garden to his liking when the famous venue was hosting the sport’s biggest stars
Yesterday’s Heroes: A closer look at the rose-tinted 1950s
An examination of the 1950s suggests it may not have been a golden era after all, writes Miles Templeton
Yesterday’s Heroes: The Kinsellas of Liverpool
A surname synonymous with a famous fighting city, writes Miles Templeton
Yesterday’s Heroes: Tommy Tiger, “the best trial horse in the business”
The story of Tommy Tiger, a journeyman before there were countless journeymen
Yesterday’s Heroes: Victims of the Holocaust
Miles Templeton remembers two boxers who lost their lives at the hands of the Nazis in concentration camps
Armstrong v Roderick: When a British boxer dared to challenge the best fighter on the planet
In the summer of 1939, a British underdog dared to challenge the finest fighter in all of boxing, writes Steve Hunt
A brief history of British heavyweights abroad
Matt Bozeat takes us back through the years from Fitzsimmons to Fury