The Mike Casey Archive

Mike Casey is a freelance journalist, author, former editor and boxing historian who has contributed to numerous trade and consumer titles in his 30-year career. He is a former contributor to the oldest boxing weekly, Boxing News, and has also contributed to many other boxing publications and websites.

A former editor with the Daily Mail Business Group in the UK, Mike is a member of the INTERNATIONAL BOXING RESEARCH ORGANIZATION (IBRO) and an auxiliary member of the BOXING WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA. He owns an extensive collection of boxing magazines, photographs, memorabilia and films and comes from a boxing family. He was born in Woolwich, South-East London, and lives at Romney Marsh in Kent.

• Born in Australia and buried in the Bronx: Young Griffo, boxing’s forgotten genius

• Speed, skill and timing: Why Jack Dempsey was one of the greatest champions

• Do not go gentle into that good night: Carmen Basilio’s day of rage at the Battle of Derk Field

• Major league hitters and a wild night in Salt Lake with Mister Devastation

• Bite of the Cincinnati Cobra: Meet the prime time Ezzard Charles

• Ted (Kid) Lewis: The Aldgate Sphinx

• Helter Skelter: The brutal rock ‘n’ roll ride of Bobby Chacon

• Slow train coming: Sandy Saddler and the long road to acceptance

• Iron Man Jeffries: Why The Mighty Bear Of Ohio Would Still Be A Formidable Force Today

• Suddenly One Summer: The Rush Of Greatness That Was Roberto Duran

• Hit the road, Jack: Riding the rods and hanging tough with the Colorado tiger

• Genius with the Samba beat: Golden bantam Eder Jofre was the complete fighter

• Hell on earth: The bloody wars of Battling Nelson in the Old West

• When the one-eyed man was king: Is it time to re-assess Joe Frazier’s greatness?

• Hit ‘em hard, hit ‘em fast: When roaring Tiger blew down Hurricane Carter at the Garden

• Twice in a blue moon! When Sonny Liston and Jerry Quarry were KO’d in the same month

• Jimmy McLarnin: The Emerald of New York City

• Almost The Man: But Big George Is Not A Top Five Heavyweight

• Sometimes a great notion: Pittsburgh’s Billy The Kid

• Cyclone From The Beehive State: Irrepressible Gene Fullmer

• From New Orleans To New York: Unforgettable Tony Canzoneri

• The Jewels In Jerry’s Crown: Quarry at his very best

• A law unto himself: Banging ‘em good with Fritzie Zivic

• The great trainers and fighters on Dempsey: Simply the best

• The travels of Charley O’Brien: a.k.a. Carlos Ortiz

• Sam Langford: Papa Jack’s ominous shadow

• Never Give An Inch: Robbie and Basilio at Yankee Stadium

• Fearless: When Owen Moran thrilled America

• Fall Of The Emperor: When Monzon dethroned Nino

• Slaying giants: Chilling lessons from Jolting Joe

• The art of the big punch: no doubting magnificent Marciano

• Tyson’s Fistic Legacy: Judging Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

• Herkimer Hurricane: Golden great Lou Ambers

• The Right Stuff: Jeffries and Sharkey at Coney Island

• Quit Clowning Around: When Max Baer Got Serious

• Genius From The Chicago Stockyards: Packey McFarland

• Close But No Cigar: The Trouble With Larry And Lennox

• Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick: Joe Grim and George Chuvalo

• Here’s Looking At You, Casablanca: Marcel Cerdan

• Climate of Hunter: Danny Lopez in Africa

• Greatest Light Heavyweight? Jack Delaney, Said Benny Leonard

• Jack Dempsey: The Sudden Rush Of Greatness

• Golden Oldie: Dick Tiger’s Autumn Masterpiece

• Not Fade Away: Genius Of Bob Fitzsimmons Must Shine On

• Tacoma Assassin: Thunder Punching Freddie Steele

• Bernard Hopkins: Not One of The Middleweight Elite

• Jimmy Wilde: The Original Explosive Thin Man

• Off The Hook: Floyd’s London blitz didn’t deter Henry Cooper

• Joe Gans: Secrets Of The Old Master

• Forever Man: Everlasting Joey Giardello

• Stanley Ketchel: The Irresistible Assassin

• Leaving Las Vegas: Sonny Liston

• Carlos Monzon: Once Upon A Time In The West

• Philadelphia Jack O’Brien: The Master Puzzler

• Out Of Time: The Long And The Short Of Young Stribling

• Solid Gold Classics: The Saldivar-Winstone Trilogy

• Jem Driscoll: Peerless Brilliance

• Mile High Mauler: Rumblin’ With Ron Lyle

• Automatic For the People: Mickey Walker

• Whirlwind: Pancho Villa Was Dempsey In Miniature

• Ingo’s Bingo: The Mightiest Right?

• Brooklyn’s Finest: Terrible Terry McGovern