Julio Cesar Chavez produced perhaps the finest performance of his career when he dismantled Edwin Rosario on November 21, 1987, at the Las Vegas Hilton Outdoor Arena. After ten punishing … continue
Holding a world title is difficult. Keeping it year after year is even harder. Throughout boxing history, only a handful of champions have managed to defend their world championships 20 … continue
Activity, titles across divisions, and longevity built a total unlikely to be matched today Julio Cesar Chavez finished his career with 107 victories, a number that looks even more distant … continue
Recently, I have come across several articles on Mexico’s WBC World Featherweight champion, Salvador Sanchez, 44-1-1, with 32 knockouts. That is an impressive record. (Credit: WBC) The only time I … continue
Born in July of 1962 in Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico, the former world champion Julio ‘J.C’ Chavez grew up poor, watching his mom work so hard. They lived in a train … continue
Fans are excited about the possibility of a fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Julio Cesar Chavez. The former three-division world champion Chavez uploaded a mock poster showing him and … continue
Regarding longest unbeaten win streaks, it would be easy to mention Floyd “Money” Mayweather at 50-0 and Rocky Marciano at 49-0. The following are six boxers with the longest unbeaten … continue
Ray ”Boom Boom” Mancini once asked me, “who stopped Aaron “Hawk” Pryor’s unbeaten streak?” He gave me a name, and I said, “That’s not it!” I called a friend to … continue
There have been quite a few great Spanish-speaking boxers, and I’m looking for our readers’ opinions. There have been some great champions off the top of my head, such as … continue
By Ken Hissner: Hal Bagwell of Glocester, UK won 63 fights in a row between 1935 and 1948 ending with a record of 100-5-8 with 37 knockouts. Packey McFarland of … continue