January 9, 1942, was barely a month since Pearl Harbor was attacked and America was at war. But the walls of the Madison Square Garden arena in New York City resounded with a rather unseen cheer.

For the first time in U.S. ring history, a champion risked his title for charity last week. Since he knocked out Heavyweight Buddy Baer in exactly 2 min. 56 sec., Joe Louis kept his title, but his ...

In the hope of re-establishing its prestige as the foremost prizefight promoting concern in the U. S., what Madison Square Garden Corp. arranged last month was a fight between Jack Doyle and Jacob ...