OUTSTANDING BOXING ARTICLES

MY PICKS OF GREAT BOXING STORIES:  By Brian Zelley

'10 Months That Shocked The word"
Harry Rosenthal, "Boxing Life", March 1653
(The story of Henry Armstrong winning three world titles).


"5 Most Exciting Fights of 1952" in "BOXING LIFE" 1953
Graziano - Robinson, Gavilan - Dykes, Marciano - Walcott, 
Gavilan - Turner,   Salas - Carter

"Emile Griffith: A Tiger In His Closet"
John F X Condon, "Boxing & Wrestling", March 1964
Publish Post
."Every Fistic Great Has A Style Nemesis"
by Ted Carroll, "The RING"magazine, June 1964


"Rocky Marciano's Toughest Opponent"
By Bob Waters, "International Boxing", August 1973


"Obscure Champ Bud Smith Takes Final Count
In Cincy Shooting", Jack Welsh, "Boxing Illustrated", Oct. 1973.


"Eder Jofre's amazing Record"
"Boxing Illustrated", October 1973

"Jack Sharkey - his stature grows"
.Pat Leonard, "Boxing Digest" October 1980

"The Ten Best Fighters In The World Today"
"Big Book Of Boxing", May 1981.
Wilfredo Gomez, Ray Leonard, Thomas Hearns, Marvin Hagler,
Alexis Arguello Yoko Gushiken, Eddie Mustafa Muhammand
Wilfredo Benitez, Larry Holmes and Aaron Pryor.


"Latin Champions", a special isssue, Spring 1981
.A Complete History of Latin Fighters with half page
profiles on many Kid Chocolate to Betulio Gonzalez.
Some of the many: Jose Napolez, Carlos Palomino, Roberto Duran,
Pascual Perez, Efren Torres, Sixto Escobar, Ruben Olivares,




'WILFREDO BENITEZ: THE KING OF STYLE CONQUERS DURAN"
from 'KO BOXING", June 1982.  The issue also featured a full color
centerfold of WBC Junior Welterweight Champion Saoul Mamby of NY.

1965 BOXING

"BOXING & WRESTLING" magazine review:  By Brian Zelley

A "Complete Sports" publication with the outstanding LOU SAHADI
as the editor.  The authors of the various articles included:
Lester Bromberg, Archie Moore, Herb Elk, George Girsch,
Jerry Prater, Robert  D. Willis, and  Jerry Prater.


From my reading chair the best article was
"EDER JOFRE: WORLD'S GREATEST FIGHTER"


The sub heading narrative said it all:
"Eder Jofre's rule over the bantamweights is absolute.  He's undefeated 
in 49 pro fights and his combination of power with class is unmatched
by fighters today."


In the opening paragraph of the story, the article compared him to 
the ex-heavyweight champion ROCKY MARCIANO who was also
undefeated in 49 pro fights.  And MSG promoter Harry Markson
had positive things to say about Jofre, "He's the complete fighter
-exciting, capable, just awfully good."


Another good article of interest was by Lester Bromberg:
"JOEY ARCHER:  UNCROWNED MIDDLEWEIGHT 
CHAMPION."  The first major reference in the story was
the fact that Joey had scored victories over Rubin Carter
and Dick Tiger, and the assumption that champion
Joey Giardello was ducking him.
NOTE - Years later there would be Lou Sahadi's
"BOXING SCENE" magazine