SPORTS ILLUSTRATED SCRIBE FOR THREE DECADES Schenectady, NY-The death this past weekend of former Sports Illustrated writer Pat Putnam was a body blow to both the journalistic side of boxing, as well as the game itself. When I broke into the fight game in the 1980s, Pat Putman was...

START OF FIGHTING UNKNOWN TO MANY San Francisco, CA– The murals on the tomb of Beni Hasan along the Nile go back to the time of 3,000 BC. The murals show hand to hand fighting techniques mostly from wrestling, but includes other fighting arts. START OF “MAN...