Joe Gans was playing it straight and playing it beautifully. There was no ‘arrangement’ on this January day in Tonopah, Nevada, no grubby deals to bind the Old Master’s arms and choke his unparalleled ...

The great Joe Gans is buried here, close to the place he called home, but far from the desert oasis he made famous with his two fists. Although his name is largely lost to history, there was a time ...

WEBVTT JENNIFER: PROFESSIONAL BOXER MICHAEL BENGA TREATS HIS TRAINING LIKE AN ART. >> IT HAS OPENED A LOT OF DOORS FOR ME, GIVEN ME OPPORTUNITIES TO SEE THE WORLD. JENNIFER: AND THAT IS WHY HE WANTS ...

Joe Gans earned the respect of boxing historians who called him the greatest lightweight boxer of all time. Born in Baltimore and known as the Old Master, he fought from 1891 to 1909. He held the ...

Earning the nickname the “Old Master,” and considered by many boxing aficionados as the greatest lightweight fighter of all time, Joe Gans became the first black title holder in the United States.

Years before Jack Johnson and decades before Muhammad Ali, a man named Joe Gans was blazing trails as the first African-American boxing champion.... Rediscovering A Forgotten Boxer's 'Longest Fight' ...

Michael Gbenga has done a lot of boxing in his day, nearly 50 professional bouts. But he still shakes his head in awe at Joe Gans, a turn-of-the-century Baltimorean known as “The Old Master.” Gans ...

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Though he retired in 1959 after just seven pro fights, LeRoy Allen Sr. was a seminal figure in local boxing over the next four decades as a ringside judge at fights and even more so as a tireless ...

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