I’m told that boxing used to be one of the big three American sports. For a small chunk of my early life, the sport was somewhat in the vicinity of that. That’s very much not the case today. It’s ...
Event: Sugar Ray Robinson defeated Jake LaMotta by TKO in round 13 (at 2:04) of a scheduled 15-round fight. Title at stake: World middleweight championship (held by LaMotta; recognized by NYSAC, NBA, ...
It was oven-hot inside the arena, and that was before the fight began. The building’s air-conditioning had already lost the undercard against the tropical sun, and the air was thick with humidity.