Feb 14 2024
On This Day: Sugar Ray Robinson wins the St Valentine’s Day Massacre
A brave but outclassed Jake LaMotta cannot cope with Sugar Ray Robinson this time around, writes Sam Corbishley
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Feb 14 2024
A brave but outclassed Jake LaMotta cannot cope with Sugar Ray Robinson this time around, writes Sam Corbishley
May 03 2022
He is Walker Smith, who boxed under the ring name of Sugar Ray Robinson and lit up the Forties and Fifties with a dazzling array of skill, power, good looks and, when he had to,…
Apr 28 2022
James Slater appraises the toughest fighters in boxing history and rate the top five greatest chins
Jan 19 2022
Steve Bunce recalls the night he dined with the 'Bronx Bull' at an Italian restaurant in New York in 2001
Sep 19 2021
Nigel Collins' superb tribute to the Raging Bull, Jake LaMotta
Aug 04 2021
Leigh Wood’s triumph over Xu Can was just the latest in a long line of fights that delivered their most dramatic moments in the final round
Apr 04 2021
Author Jay Glennie speaks about The Making of Raging Bull – his limited edition book featuring interviews with the cast and crew of the acclaimed Jake LaMotta biopic, starring Robert De Niro
Feb 14 2021
Listing the 10 ‘world’ title fights to have taken place on February 14, featuring Evander Holyfield and more
Feb 03 2021
The evil empire of Frankie Carbo and Jim Norris over boxing in the 1940s and 1950s left the sport’s reputation in tatters and several top fighters in financial ruin. Eric Armit tells the full story
Dec 26 2020
Forty years have passed since Raging Bull entered the consciousness of fight fans and moviegoers around the world. But the film brought Vikki LaMotta back into Jake’s orbit