The historic importance of Ted 'Kid' Lewis' insistence on use of a rubber mouth guard cannot be overstated. After Jack Britton's loss in 1921 to Lewis at Madison Square Garden, for the World Welterweight title, Britton complained the rubber mouth piece Lewis wore “took up the…

A good start by Munguia but after the knockdown, it was pretty routine for Canelo. I went back and had a look at Canelo’s punch stats and that was the most punches he’s landed on an opponent since Angulo in 2014 and that doesn’t surprise me as Munguia has terrible defence. (1/2)

Maidana has to get busy.

Maidana adding body punches is the path forward.

Alvarez is on the decline, but I would be borderline shocked if Munguia pulled it off. Munguia has had too close a call with lesser men and he's far too easy to hit for Alvarez to blow this.

Cartoonist Thomas Aloysius 'Tad' Dorgan, famed for his illustrations of boxing and other sports, died of bronchial pneumonia at his home in Great Neck, New York, #OnThisDay in 1929 at the age of 52. Dorgan is also credited with coining a number of words and expressions.

'Peak performance at the elite level of sports without doping is a fairytale, my friend.' - Memo Herdia, former PED dealer/ strength coach to pro boxers.

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Nice colorized February 1930 image of Frankie Campbell with Jack at Dempsey’s Manhattan Gym in Los Angeles. Before illness and surgery sidelined him, Dempsey had plans to bring Frank under his wing and take him east, where he had partnered with Patrick “Paddy” Harmon in…

The belt given to Charley Mitchell by fans after his 1888 fight vs John L Sullivan which lasted 39 rounds, over 3 hours & ended in a draw.

Jack Dempsey's famous bar and restaurant on Broadway in #NewYork , circa 1947. Established in 1935, it was a popular gathering place and tourist attraction for decades. The old champ himself loved to mingle there with his fans and customers. #Heavyweight #History #Boxing

Early 19th century English bareknuckle champion Henry 'Hen' Pearce, aka 'The Game Chicken', died of consumption in London #OnThisDay in 1809 at the age of 31.

'Terrible' Terry McGovern retained the world featherweight crown #OnThisDay in 1901 with a Round 4 KO of Oscar Gardner at Mechanics' Pavilion in San Francisco.

#OTD in Police Gazette 1894: Gazette publisher Richard K Fox, center, with the men who would compete for the Police Gazette Champion Strong Man of the World Belt. Current Champ Louis Cyr is top.

#OnThisDay in 1990 - Thomas Hearns defeated Michael Olajide by UD12 to retain the WBO super middleweight title.

New world champion Joe Louis on the cover of The Boxing News in 1937. Louis knocked out James J. Braddock in the eighth round to take the title. He would reign for eleven years, defending the crown an amazing 25 times before retiring in 1948. #Heavyweight #History #Boxing

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On April 25, 1981 ABC's Wide World of Sports presented Thomas Hearns' second WBA welterweight title defense, against Randy Shields in Phoenix, AZ. Howard Cosell was at ringside. youtu.be/kGz6xsEBCR8?si…

It cracks me up that the head of the WBC said that The Ring threatens the credibility of the sport, all while he makes dumb niche titles like this, flip-flops on his Russian stance as soon as it's economically convenient, wanted to rank Paul, openly biases his countrymen, etc.

Caestus by Charles Henry Niehaus, 1883-85, cast 1901, bronze.

The caestus was as an early form of boxing glove used in Ancient Rome made from strips of animal hide usually fitted with studs or spikes to maximise potential injury to opponents.

Julio was considered a hot prospect for a little while.