Video: Four Heavyweight Kings Rivalries (Walcott, Charles, Marciano, Louis)
From 1947 to 1954, heavyweight history received a timeless series of sagas to behold. I’ve seen much coverage (my own none-withstanding) of the Five Kings … continue
Ezzard Charles
70 Years Ago Today: Rocky Marciano Vs. Ezzard Charles II, And “The Rock” Snatches Victory From The Jaws Of Defeat
In the opinion of many fight fans and historians, the man who gave the incomparably tough Rocky Marciano his hardest night’s work was light heavyweight … continue
Ezzard Charles And Archie Moore: The Two Greatest Light-Heavyweights In History
Imagine two great fighters such as Ezzard Charles and Archie Moore fighting each other, no less than three times, with no world title on the … continue
Ezzard Charles immortalized With A Statue In “Ezzard Charles Park”
Finally, the great Ezzard Charles has been immortalized with a statue in his honor. Yesterday, in the newly renamed Ezzard Charles Park in the West … continue
On This Day: Joe Louis Is Badly Beaten By Ezzard Charles
Forced Back Into The Ring In An Effort To Clear His Debts, The Great Joe Louis Is Badly Beaten By Ezzard Charles Thirty years before … continue
Two Exquisite One-Punch KO’s Were Scored On This Day – One in 1951 and One in 1987
Jersey Joe Walcott and Mike McCallum: two great fighters who had nothing in common with each other, aside from the fact that both tradesmen of … continue