Christopher James Shelton, the official boxing historian of The Ringside Boxing Show, joined us June 16, 2013, to tell the story of legendary manager/trainer Al Fenn, whose fighters included Zora Folley and Sonny Liston.
Shelton did the final interview with the colorful Fenn, who died of cancer in 2009, getting his take on the mercurial lives and mysterious deaths of both Folley and Liston, who of the premier heavyweights of the 1950s and '60s.
As always, this is a sensational conversation with the most meticulous historian in the sport. Enjoy!
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The world's most-unique and meticulous boxing historian, Christopher James Shelton, tells the story of a Turkish boxing champion who walked the earth in the time of Christ ... and was gay.
Chris never fails to dazzle in his appearances on The Ringside Boxing Show, but this one ranks at the top. Whether you're a boxing fan or not, you'll find this interview fascinating.
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Boxing historian Christopher James Shelton, a multi-time guest on The Ringside Boxing Show, told us what "The Sweet Science" was like 3,000 years ago in Turkey, when Achilles was a warrior and stud wrestler -- not just a fragile heel tendon -- and a sportswriter named Homer became the world's first boxing writer.
This lively history lesson is typical of the sensational stuff Chris Shelton brings to our show every time he's on.
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Posted in sports, boxing, Ringside Boxing Show, Interview, Christopher James Shelton, history, Austin Trout, Travis Hartman, Rizwaan Zahid, Hector "Macho" Camacho, Paul Mendez on Dec 2nd, 2012 Comments
Expert analysts Travis Hartman and Rizwaan Zahid break down Austin Trout's sensational performance against Miguel Cotto, Paulie Malignaggi's astute and articulate commentary as Showtime's guest analyst, and the speculate about what "Macho" Camacho might have thought about the catfight that disrupted his funeral.
Then super middleweight prospect Paul Mendez joins us to talk about his upcoming gig in the main event of the Dec. 15 Golden Boy Promotions/Don Chargin boxing event in Salinas, as well as how his life and career have changed since joining Garcia Boxing's stable.
This is the first half of our Dec. 2, 2012 show, featuring a colorful conversation with boxing historian Christopher James Shelton after the break.
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Christopher James Shelton, the official historian of www.ringsideboxingshow.com, told us the story of Yankee Sullivan, Tom Hyer, and the strange world of the bare-knuckle boxing world in the 1840s.
Shelton is a meticulous researcher with a gift for unearthing fascinating stories, as well as a talent for telling those stories on the air. As always, he gives us a colorful history lesson on the Dec. 2, 2012 edition of The Ringside Boxing Show.
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The last big bare-knuckle fight in boxing history was held illegally between undefeated John L. Sullivan and Jake Kilrain at a secret location in a little Mississippi town. Sullivan threw up in the ring in the 44th round, but won the fight. Both Sullivan and Kilrain fled the authorities afterward. Sullivan fought five police officers who tried to arrest him on a train in Memphis, stood trial in a small-town courtroom that had just one chair -- a barber's chair.
Boxing historian Christopher James Shelton told this colorful and true story in vivid detail on the Aug. 5, 2012 edition of The Ringside Boxing Show. If you like boxing, and enjoy history, this is a show you don't want to miss. Enjoy!
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The 26th president of the United States, Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt, had a wrestling mat in The White House that he used for boxing. He also boxed while he was a student at Harvard, as New York's police commissioner, and as governor of New York.
A sickly, athsmatic child, Roosevelt grew into a man's man, hunting elephants in Africa, leading troops at the battle of San Juan Hill during the Spanish-American War ... he even gave a 90-minute speech with a bullet in his chest as a presidential candidate.
Boxing historian Christopher James Shelton made his fifth appearance on The Ringside Boxing Show on Nov. 6, 2011, to tell each of these colorful stories and much, much more. Enjoy this astonishing edition of The Ringside Boxing Show.
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Elizabeth Wilkinson Stokes was the first known female boxer and mixed martial arts fighter in history, circa 1720 -- years before the birth of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. She fought in the streets and theatres of England, most often against men, with fists and weapons such as swords and quarter-staffs. Enjoy this incredible interview with boxing historian Christopher James Shelton from the Aug. 7, 2011 edition of The Ringside Boxing Show.
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Less than a decade after the infamous "Gunfight at the OK Corral," notorious gunfighter Wyatt Earp was the controversial choice to refeee the world heavyweight championship fight between Bob Fitzsimmons and Tom Sharkey in San Francisco.
Boxing historian Christopher James Shelton tells the colorful story of how Earp -- who had never refereed before, and never did again -- accepted a $2,500 bribe to ensure that Sharkey won the fight. When the Wild West legend DQ'd Fitzsimmons for a phantom low blow, a riot nearly ensued.
Don't miss this phenominal story as it was related by Shelton on the May 15, 2011 edition of The Ringside Boxing Show.
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October marks the 35th anniversary of the greatest heavyweight bout of all time, Ali-Frazier III, "The Thrilla in Manila." Don't miss this fascinating conversation with boxing historian Christopher James Shelton about the concluding chapter of the greatest rivalry in boxing history.
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