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Tag Archives: Joe Frazier
Two-Gun Bob: Zuvembie
Brian Leno was digging around in his stuff after telling me that no Halloween would be complete without a zombie — and who could argue that point? Here’s Brian with another treat for the holiday: This Scott Hampton artwork of … Continue reading
Rediscovered: “Cowboy” Dula, a Gold Watch from Dempsey, and Frazier
Our occasional Guest Blogger Brian Leno jumps swinging into Bio Month with a post about boxing. I’ve long thought that Leno would be the guy to do a history — in effect, a biography — of the Old School boxers, since … Continue reading
Posted in Boxing, News, REH
Tagged Autographs, Brian Leno, Brownwood Texas, Damon Sasser, Frazetta, Haakon Hansen, Hans Jacob Nielsen, Jack Dempsey, Joe Frazier, Kid Dula, Muhammad Ali
Rediscovered: Tad Dorgan
The other day I mentioned how I casually had looked Tad Dorgan up online and noticed his connection with boxing — “a hard-boiled cartoonist, no less,” wrote I. Hey, little did I know. A day or two later Terry Zobeck … Continue reading
Posted in Frisco, Lit, REH
Tagged Battling Nelson, Boxing, Brian Leno, Jack Dempsey, Jack Johnson, Jim Corbett, Jim Jeffries, Joe Frazier, Nat Fleischer, Ring Lardner, Tad Dorgan, Terry Zobeck, The Ring
