By Danny Allen Last year crooner and all around nice guy Andy Williams announced he was battling Bladder Cancer which at 83 years old, is no easy feat. Years back, I had my own fight with Cancer and it was a tough uphill battle that gladly I can report, I beat. So I know exactly […]
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A Personal Reflection on Joe Frazier


By Donald C. Stewart “Ali always said I’d be nothing without him but who would he have been without me?” I am a huge Muhammad Ali fan. There are two reasons why. Firstly in the UK we were fed this great man as if he was to be supped at his feet and adored before […]
RSR Looks Back at Former Heavyweight Contender Alex Garcia


By Geno McGahee The 1990s was a good time for heavyweights. The division was jam-packed with interesting characters and talented fighters with various mediums of exposure. USA’s Tuesday Night Fights and ESPN’s Friday Night Fights would broadcast the bouts of many of these contenders, which included future champions like Bruce Seldon, Riddick Bowe, Lennox Lewis, […]
RSR Looks Back at Everett “Bigfoot” Martin


By Geno McGahee In the late 1980s and early 1990s, there were many Bigfoot sightings. This wasn’t the hairy beast that was reportedly living in the woods and harassing campers, this was heavyweight journeyman, Everett “Bigfoot” Martin. Martin, began his career with a record of 13-1, 7 KO’s, and would end his career with a […]
RSR Looks Back at Matthew Saad Muhammad


By Mike “Rubber Warrior” Plunkett In a pursuit that is filled with tales of desperate men who rose from humble and often troubled beginnings to become world champions few can rival the history of Matthew Saad Muhammad. Born Maxwell Antonio Loach just outside of Philadelphia, Saad Muhammad was orphaned as a very young child. He […]
RSR Looks Back at Joe Gans


By Geoff “The Professor” Poundes Such was the force of Jack Johnson’s impact upon the world of boxing, that one could be forgiven for thinking that he was its foremost black pioneer, who cleared the path for others to follow behind him. Of course Johnson, who won the World’s Heavyweight Championship in 1908, was […]