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[1] Sweeney did not confine his fighting activities to the professional boxing ring. According to boxing lore, Sweeney met Australian boxing legend Young Griffo in a private fight in a Harlem hideaway on March 6, 1905. After much drama on both sides including the upsetting of the coal-fired heat stove, Griffo cried foul in the 14th round and ...
In January 1949, Stanley Kubrick, then working as a staff photographer for Look magazine, featured Cartier in an eight-page photo essay about boxing, called "Prizefighter". [1] Kubrick was a boxing enthusiast and two years later, he made his debut 16-minute film, Day of the Fight (1951), featuring Cartier and his twin brother Vincent. [2]
She was eager to teach women, but found very few were willing to take up the sport. [1] During the 1920s, Professor Andrew Newton formed a Women's Boxing Club in London, of which Annie Newton was the most famous member. [6] In June 1925, she took part in a boxing tournament at the Alcazar, Edmonton. She was in the ring for over half an hour ...
Clayton was born on 9 February 1923 in Lancashire, England. He and his two brothers Jackie and Syd all chose boxing as a profession. He became a professional boxer in 1941 and was trained by his brother, Jackie at their gym in Blackpool. He was managed throughout his thirteen-year boxing career by George Dingley. He had thirteen Championship bouts that included a bantamweight championship
Balletto turned pro just 10 days before his 21st birthday, amassing a 30–3–2 record in a 10-year career of boxing, 26 by way of knock out. One of his three losses came to Michael Clark (a unanimous decision in 10 rounds at Foxwoods ), who would later appear on the ESPN reality show " Contender Season 2 " as a team-mate of Balletto, where ...
Bramble began boxing professionally on October 16, 1980, knocking out Jesus Serrano in round one. He would outpoint Serrano in a rematch. In his fourth fight, Bramble faced the more experienced, fringe contender Jorge Nina, winning by a disqualification in the second round.
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DePaula made his professional boxing debut on April 27, 1962, at the Gladiator Arena in Totowa, New Jersey, winning by third-round knockout over Bill McKeever. His career was interrupted by a spell in prison which led to the withdrawal of his boxing license. There are no recorded bouts for the years 1964 and 1965 on his record.