Boxing Day
In Britain and some Commonwealth countries, the day after Christmas is known as Boxing Day, much to the bemusement of Americans who imagine a holiday devoted to boxing matches. Actually, the name originated from the custom of giving a "Christmas box" of money or small gifts to servants and tradesmen on the day after Christmas. Nowadays, it's another shopping holiday.
But that doesn't mean we can't celebrate Boxing Day with photos of pugilists.
We start with John L. Sullivan in 1892, the last heavyweight champion of bare-knuckle boxing and the de facto first heavyweight champion of boxing with gloves (from 1882 to 1892). He was the first boxing superstar.
Jack Dempsey, world heavyweight champion from 1919 to 1926.
German boxer Max Schmeling, world heavyweight champion from 1930 to 1932.
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Joe Louis, world heavyweight champion from 1937 to 1949. He is regarded as one of the greatest boxers of all time.
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Rocky Graziano, world middleweight champion in 1947, in a photo by Stanley Kubrick that appeared in LOOK magazine.
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Sugar Ray Robinson, world welterweight champion from 1946 to 1951. Some regard him as the greatest boxer of all time, pound for pound.
Mike Tyson, world heavyweight champion from 1987 to 1990.
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We end with Cassius Clay at the 1960 Rome Olympics. He later changed his name to Muhammad Ali and was world heavyweight champion, with some interruptions, from 1964 to 1978. He is frequently ranked as the greatest heavyweight boxer of all time.
Happy Boxing Day!
5 comments:
I am genuinely surprised to see these men naked. But happy!
I always forget about this holiday.
very interesting
How did i never know there was a picture out there of Ali full-frontal naked? He looks fabulous. It’s hard to tell for sure, but he seems uncut. If so, I wonder if he had to get snipped when he converted to Islam. Hope not!
Nice holidays
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