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CUBAN LEGENDS OF BOXING

CUBAN LEGENDS OF BOXING by F. DANIEL SOMRACK Cuban Legends of Boxing highlights the careers of world champions Kid Chocolate (1931) and Kid Gavalan (1951) who won their title respective titles before the Castro revolution along with Luis Rodriquez (1963), Sugar Ramos (1963) and Jose Naploes (1969) who won their titles in exile. All five […]

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Jimmy Bivins “Duration” Light-Heavyweight & Heavyweight Champion of the World

James Louis Bivins, (December 6, 1919 – July 4, 2012) was an American Heavyweight Boxer whose professional career ran from 1940 to 1955. He was born in Dry Branch, Georgia. Although he was never given the opportunity to fight for a world title, despite at one point being the number one contender in both the

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