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Boxing
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Boxing.com 
 Boxing news, results, schedules, rankings, photo gallery, chat, links, and a message board. http://www.boxing.com/ Topics: Photograph Collections, Sports Last updated Apr 21, 2002 The Cyber Boxing Zone Boxing Web Links
This directory of boxing resources includes links to general boxing sites, organizations, individual fighters, women's boxing pages, games and fantasy leagues, and boxing commissions. http://cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/1wepg.htm Topics: Sports Last updated Jan 6, 2004 The Fight
Companion site to a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) American Experience program about the June 1938 boxing match "between the African American heavyweight Joe Louis and his German opponent Max Schmeling." The site explores "the impact Louis's victory had on black America and its significance for Jews on both sides of the Atlantic." Includes interactive features, a timeline, photo gallery, biographies, a teacher's guide, and related resources. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/fight/ Topics: Black Resources, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, Sports Last updated Jan 4, 2005 Floyd Patterson
Official website for this boxer who won the middleweight gold medal in Helsinki, Finland, at the 1952 Olympics, and became the youngest world heavyweight champion in 1956. "When he recaptured the title in 1960 after a brief loss, it marked the first time a boxer had ever made a successful comeback for the world heavyweight title." Includes a brief biography and list of career highlights. http://www.cmgww.com/sports/patterso/ Topics: Notable People, Sports Last updated May 15, 2006 International Boxing Hall of Fame
The website for this New York museum features a list of Olympic boxing medalists through 2000, lists of heavyweight champions (with weights and body measurements), and brief biographies of hall of fame inductees such as Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, Floyd Patterson, Rocky Graziano, and dozens of other modern and historical boxing figures. Also includes articles about boxing topics such as Cuban boxers and British heavyweights, and a bibliography. http://www.ibhof.com Topics: Sports Last updated May 15, 2006 Muhammad Ali: The Making of a Champ
A history of the boxing great and cultural icon Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay) is presented here in a unique, chronologically arranged archive of articles, photographs, and features. From the Courier-Journal newspaper in Louisville, Kentucky, the city where Ali spent his youth and began his career. LII Record of the Month for March, 2004. http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=ALI Topics: Black Resources, Notable People, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, Sports Last updated Nov 27, 2005 Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Companion site to a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) documentary directed by Ken Burns about boxer Jack Johnson, "the first African-American Heavyweight Champion of the World, whose dominance over his white opponents spurred furious debates and race riots in the early 20th century." Includes several essays related to documentary on topics such as Johnson's relationships with white women, conviction of violation of the Mann Act, a boxing glossary, timeline, and teacher's guide. http://www.pbs.org/unforgivableblackness/ Topics: Activism, Black Resources, Notable People, Sports Last updated Jan 13, 2005 USA Boxing
This site features photos and brief bios of men and women boxers, match results, rankings, an events calendar, and U.S boxing news. Also find a boxing rulebook and an overview of the safety of amateur boxing. "USA Boxing, as the national governing body for Olympic-style boxing, is the United States' member organization of the International Amateur Boxing Association (AIBA)." http://www.usaboxing.org Topics: Sports Last updated May 17, 2006 Yahoo! Directory: Boxing
Good coverage, with up-to-the minutes results and information. http://dir.yahoo.com/Recreation/Sports/Boxing/ Topics: Sports Last updated Jun 22, 2002 |
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