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The Ring Magazine Fight Of The Year
'' The Ring'' magazine was established in 1922 and has named a Fight of the Year since 1945. Fights of the Year by decade 1940s *1945 Rocky Graziano KO 10 Red Cochrane I *1946 Tony Zale KO 6 Rocky Graziano I *1947 Rocky Graziano KO 6 Tony Zale II *1948 Marcel Cerdan KO 12 Tony Zale *1949 Willie Pep W 15 Sandy Saddler II 1950s *1950 Jake LaMotta KO 15 Laurent Dauthuille II *1951 Jersey Joe Walcott KO 7 Ezzard Charles III *1952 Rocky Marciano KO 13 Jersey Joe Walcott I *1953 Rocky Marciano KO 11 Roland La Starza II *1954 Rocky Marciano KO 8 Ezzard Charles II *1955 Carmen Basilio TKO 12 Tony DeMarco II *1956 Carmen Basilio TKO 9 Johnny Saxton II *1957 Carmen Basilio W 15 Sugar Ray Robinson I *1958 Sugar Ray Robinson W 15 Carmen Basilio II *1959 Gene Fullmer KO 14 Carmen Basilio I 1960s *1960 Floyd Patterson KO 5 Ingemar Johansson II *1961 Joe Brown W 15 Dave Charnley II *1962 Joey Giardello W 10 Henry Hank II *1963 Cassius Clay (Muhamma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ring (magazine)
''The Ring'' (often called ''The Ring'' magazine or ''Ring'' magazine) is an American boxing magazine that was first published in 1922 as a boxing and wrestling magazine. As the sporting legitimacy of professional wrestling came more into question, ''The Ring'' shifted to becoming exclusively a boxing-oriented publication. ''Ring'' began publishing annual ratings of boxers in 1924. With its November/December 2022 issue, the magazine stopped publication of its regular monthly print issues and will remain a digital publication, offering occasional special interest print issues. History ''The Ring'', founded and published by future International Boxing Hall of Fame member Nat Fleischer, has perpetrated boxing scandals, helped make unknown fighters famous worldwide, and covered boxing's biggest events of all time. Dan Daniel (sportswriter), Dan Daniel was a co-founder and prolific contributor to ''The Ring'' through most of its history. Another founding partner was John L. Dorgan, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Saxton
Johnny Saxton (July 4, 1930 – October 4, 2008) was an American professional boxer in the welterweight (147 lb) division. He was born in Newark, New Jersey, learned to box in a Brooklyn orphanage and won 31 of his 33 amateur career fights. In his professional career, he was a two-time Undisputed World Welterweight Champion. Professional career Saxton turned professional in 1949 and ran up forty wins without a defeat before losing to Gil Turner in 1953. His win over Joey Giardello and Johnny Bratton helped propel him to fight with Kid Gavilán (or Gavilan) in 1954 for the world welterweight championship. He beat Gavilan via a fifteen-round decision to take the title. He lost the title the following year via technical knockout against Tony DeMarco. In 1956 he won the title again with an upset win over Carmen Basilio, but lost the title in a rematch with Basilio later in the year. He retired in 1958. Saxton, brother of Richard Eugene Kyle, who boxed for the U.S. Army, was m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Chuvalo
George Louis Chuvalo (born September 12, 1937, as Jure Čuvalo) is a Canadian former professional boxer who was a five-time Canadian heavyweight champion and two-time world heavyweight title challenger. He is known for having never been knocked down in his 93 bout professional career including fights against Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, and George Foreman. Chuvalo unsuccessfully challenged Muhammad Ali for the heavyweight championship in 1966. Chuvalo was inducted into the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame in 1995. Early life and career Chuvalo was born on September 12, 1937, to Croat immigrants Stipan and Katica from Ljubuški in the Herzegovina region of what is today Bosnia and Herzegovina. Chuvalo became the Canadian amateur heavyweight champion in May 1955, defeating Winnipeg's Peter Piper with a first-round knockout (KO) in a tournament final in Regina, Saskatchewan. Chuvalo finished his amateur career with a 16–0 record, all by KO within four rounds. Originally nicknamed "Boom B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonny Liston
Charles L. "Sonny" Liston ( – December 30, 1970), nicknamed "the Big Bear", was an American professional boxer who competed from 1953 to 1970. A dominant contender of his era, he became the undisputed world heavyweight champion in 1962 after knocking out Floyd Patterson in the first round, repeating the knockout the following year in defense of the title; in the latter fight he also became the inaugural World Boxing Council, WBC heavyweight champion. Often regarded as one of the greatest boxers of all time, Liston is known for his immense strength, formidable jab, long reach (physical measurement), reach, toughness, and is widely regarded as the most intimidating man in the history of combat sports. Although Liston was widely regarded as unbeatable, he Muhammad Ali vs. Sonny Liston#Liston vs. Clay I, lost the title in 1964 to Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay), who entered as an 8:1 underdog (term), underdog. Liston retired in his corner due to an inflamed shoulder. Cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muhammad Ali Vs
Muhammad (8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious and political leader and the founder of Islam. Muhammad in Islam, According to Islam, he was a prophet who was divinely inspired to preach and confirm the tawhid, monotheistic teachings of Adam in Islam, Adam, Noah in Islam, Noah, Abraham in Islam, Abraham, Moses in Islam, Moses, Jesus in Islam, Jesus, and other Prophets and messengers in Islam, prophets. He is believed to be the Seal of the Prophets in Islam, and along with the Quran, his teachings and Sunnah, normative examples form the basis for Islamic religious belief. Muhammad was born in Mecca to the aristocratic Banu Hashim clan of the Quraysh. He was the son of Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib and Amina bint Wahb. His father, Abdullah, the son of tribal leader Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim, died around the time Muhammad was born. His mother Amina died when he was six, leaving Muhammad an orphan. He was raised under the care of his grandfather, Abd al-Muttalib, and paternal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doug Jones (boxer)
Doug Jones (February 27, 1937 – November 14, 2017) was an American heavyweight boxer. He was the number-one contender in early 1964 and beat top contenders Zora Folley, Light Heavyweight Champion Bob Foster, Middleweight World Champion Bobo Olson and World Heavyweight title challengers Pete Rademacher and Tom McNeeley in his career. He was best known for his 1963 fight with Cassius Clay which he lost by Unanimous decision. Early life Jones was raised in New York City. He was a childhood friend of writer Claude Brown and appears in Brown's autobiographical novel '' Manchild in the Promised Land'' (1965) with the alias Turk. Boxing career Doug "Pugilism" Jones started off his career successfully with 19 consecutive wins against mostly lightly regarded opponents but did defeat ex-Middleweight champion Bobo Olson with an impressive knockout in the 6th Round and Olympic Gold Medalist Pete Rademacher by Knockout in the 5th Round, he was the number one light heavyweig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cassius Clay Vs
Cassius may refer to: People Ancient world * Cassius, an ancient Roman family name: see Cassia gens ** Gaius Cassius Longinus (died 42 BC), Roman senator and a leader of Julius Caesar's assassination ** Avidius Cassius (130–175), usurper Roman emperor * Cassius Chaerea, 1st-century Roman army soldier and officer in the Praetorian Guard and assassin of Emperor Caligula * Cassius Dio (c. AD 155 or 163/164–after 229), Roman historian * Cassius Longinus (other) * Cassius of Clermont (died c. 260), Roman senator and Christian martyr * Cassius of Narni (died 558), Bishop of Narni Modern world * Cassius Clay (1942–2016), birth name of American boxer Muhammad Ali * Cassius Marcellus Clay Sr. (1912–1989), father of the boxer * Cassius Marcellus Clay (1810–1903), American abolitionist, nicknamed the "Lion of White Hall" * Cassius Stanley (born 1999), American basketball player * Cassius Turvey (2007–2022), Aboriginal Australian boy killed in Perth * Cassius Winston (b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali (; born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.; January 17, 1942 – June 3, 2016) was an American professional boxer and social activist. A global cultural icon, widely known by the nickname "The Greatest", he is often regarded as the greatest heavyweight boxer of all time. He held the ''The Ring (magazine), Ring'' magazine heavyweight title from 1964 to 1970, was the undisputed champion from 1974 to 1978, and was the World Boxing Association, WBA and ''Ring'' heavyweight champion from 1978 to 1979. In 1999, he was named Sports Illustrated#Sportsman of the Century, Sportsman of the Century by ''Sports Illustrated'' and the BBC Sports Personality of the Year#Sports Personality of the Century Award, Sports Personality of the Century by the BBC. Born in Louisville, Kentucky, he began training as an amateur boxer at age 12. At 18, he won a gold medal in the light heavyweight division at the 1960 Summer Olympics and turned professional later that year. He joined the Nation of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joey Giardello
Carmine Orlando Tilelli (July 16, 1930 – September 4, 2008) was an American boxer who was the world middleweight champion from 1963 to 1965. He adopted the name Joey Giardello (the name of a cousin's friend) in order to join the U.S. Army while underage, and continued to use the pseudonym throughout his boxing career. Early life Giardello was born in Brooklyn, but lived most of his life in the Lower Moyamensing area of South Philadelphia. He joined the U.S. Army while underage towards the end of World War II, using a cousin's friend's name, and volunteered for airborne duty. During his military time, he took part in Army boxing matches, and after his discharge in 1948, began boxing professionally. He continued to use the name he had enlisted under, Joey Giardello, in his boxing career. Professional career During his early career, he had a scuffle at a gas station which cost him $100,000 in prize fight money and five months in jail. As a pro, he quickly racked up a 15–1� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Charnley
David Fraser Charnley (10 October 1935 – 3 March 2012) was an English lightweight boxer considered to be one of the greatest British fighters in his weight class. Known as "The Dartford Destroyer", the left-handed Charnley had a 10-year career lasting from 1954 to 1964. Charnley won a bronze medal at the 1954 Commonwealth Games and went on to become undefeated British lightweight champion (1957–63), Commonwealth lightweight champion (1959–62) and European lightweight champion (1960–61).Dave Charnley Telegraph (4 March 2012). Retrieved on 2017-09-11. World champion title fights Charnley made two unsuccessful world title challenges against his arch-rival Joe 'Old Bones' Brown ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Brown (boxer)
Joe Brown (May 18, 1926 – December 4, 1997) was an American professional boxer who won the Undisputed World lightweight title in 1956, making 11 successful defenses against 10 contenders before losing his crown to Carlos Ortiz in 1962. Brown was a classic boxer and a knockout puncher. Known as "The Creole Clouter" and "Old Bones", he was managed by Lou Viscusi and named '' The Ring'''s 'Fighter of the Year' for 1961. Brown was inducted into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame in 1978, the World Boxing Hall of Fame in 1987 and the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1996. Early life and career Born into poverty in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA, on May 18, 1926, Brown started work as a grocery assistant, moved into carpentry and then embarked on his professional boxing career at the age of seventeen. He made his professional debut on January 15, 1943, at Victory Arena in New Orleans against Ringer Thompson, winning the four-round bout on points. Brown had another six fights, on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ingemar Johansson
Jens Ingemar "Ingo" Johansson (; 22 September 1932 – 30 January 2009) was a Swedish professional boxer who competed from 1952 to 1963. He held the world heavyweight title from 1959 to 1960, and was the fifth heavyweight champion born outside the United States. Johansson won the title by defeating Floyd Patterson via third-round technical knockout, stoppage, after flooring him seven times in that round. For this achievement, Johansson was awarded the Hickok Belt as top professional athlete of the year—the only non-American in its entire 27-year first run—and was named the Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year and Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year, ''Sports Illustrated'' Sportsman of the Year. Johansson also held the European Boxing Union, European heavyweight title twice, from 1956 to 1958 and from 1962 to 1963. As an amateur boxing, amateur he won a silver medal in the heavyweight division at the Boxing at the 1952 Summer Olympics, 1952 Summer Olympics. He af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
