Review by Budd Bailey I had a relatively close, in-person look at Hector Camacho in the spring of 1985. He came to Buffalo to fight Roque Montoya for the NABF…
Book Review: Macho Time
Book Review: Smokin’ Joe
Review by Budd Bailey In individual sports, the great ones often need a talented rival to show just how good they really were. Jack Nicklaus needed to surpass Arnold Palmer…
Slattery’s start came a century ago
By Rich Blake (Buffalo’s list of boxing champions is a short one, but Jimmy Slattery is on it. He won the light heavyweight title twice in his career. Rich Blake,…
Book Review: Ali
Review by Budd Bailey Go ahead. Just try to explain in a relatively few words the life and times of Muhammad Ali to someone who knows nothing about it (probably…
Where’s Budd Bailey? Muhammad Ali Center
By Budd Bailey For a non-major league city, Louisville certainly has more than its share of top-notch attractions when it comes to sports. There’s Churchill Downs, which on the first…
Book Review: Glove Affair
By Budd Bailey Sometimes a young boy is asked what he plans to do for a living when he grows up, and he gets it right. Randy Gordon was one…
Where’s Budd Bailey? Buffalo History Museum
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist The Buffalo History Museum apparently has entered the 21st century. You could argue that the process started when the Museum changed its name…
