History

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Before training greats like Winstone, Buchanan and Jones, Eddie Thomas was some fighter himself

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Light-heavyweight legend John Henry Lewis came up the hard way

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Ernie ‘Indian Red’ Lopez: The Utah warrior who battled Griffith and Napoles

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A short history of boxing gloves

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Elmer Ray’s nickname was “Violent” and he had the punch to match

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British heavyweights are now a force, but 100 years ago, there was no rival for Jack Dempsey

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Master of the Maritime: Canada’s devout Christian with anvil fists

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Maurice Cullen: The lightweight with boxing in his blood

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The humble scaffolder who fought Muhammad Ali

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Boxing’s Spider-Man who couldn’t quite grab a heavyweight title shot

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Ferocious and flawed – Cuba’s Angel Robinson Garcia never refused a fight

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Africa’s first world champion: Remembering Battling Siki

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Sugar Ray Seales still carries his 1972 Olympic gold medal everywhere he goes

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Yesterday’s Heroes: Joe Taylor was the last of his kind

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Yesterday’s Heroes: Remembering a time before York Hall

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Yesterday’s Heroes: Max Baer, playboy of the ring

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Yesterday’s Heroes: The appeal of an all-British crossroads battle

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Yesterday’s Heroes: A picture is worth a thousand words

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Yesterday’s Heroes: Coalminer Tommy Marren had 169 fights in seven years

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Yesterday’s Heroes: Albert Foreman marched to the beat of his own drum

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Yesterday’s Heroes: The story of the “Swindon Steamroller”

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Yesterday’s Heroes: The downfall of the National Sporting Club

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Yesterday’s Heroes: Dennis Avoth was a proud and honourable man

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On This Day: Sugar Ray Robinson wins the St Valentine’s Day Massacre

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Yesterday’s Heroes: Greg Evans and a time of hard men and hard rides