{{short description|American journalist}} {{infobox person | name = Tracy Callis | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = | birth_place = Roanoke, Virginia, USA | occupation = Boxing historian, sports writer, journalist | years_active = 1960s – Present | education = Master in Research (MRes)<br />C.a.g.s. in Research<br />Master's degree in Mathematics (MMath) | alma_mater = Virginia Tech<br />Virginia Western Community College | spouse = Barbara Callis | children = 3 | signature = | awards = | website = [http://www.ibroresearch.com/2013/01/tracy-g-callis/ ibroresearch.com] }}
'''Tracy Callis''' is an American boxing historian, writer and journalist.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxingnews24.com/2013/06/boxing-hall-of-fame-las-vegas-news/|title=Boxing Hall of Fame Las Vegas|date=28 June 2013 |publisher=BoxingNews24}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newsday.com/sports/boxing/vegas-hall-of-fame-announces-class-1.5588143|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170424181235/http://www.newsday.com/sports/boxing/vegas-hall-of-fame-announces-class-1.5588143|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 24, 2017|title=Vegas Hall of Fame announces class|publisher=newsday.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxing.com/my_top_ten_pound_for_pound_fighters_since_19451.html|title=My Top Pound-for-Pound Fighters (Since 1945): Numbers 1-10|publisher=Boxing.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://coxscorner.tripod.com/heavylists.htm|title=Historians, Sportswriters, and Organizations Rankings Of the Top 10 All-Time Heavyweights|publisher=coxscorner}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/callis-rankings.htm|title=The Greatest Fighters of All-Time|publisher=cyberboxingzone}}</ref> He is the director of the historical research boxing website ''Cyber Boxing Zone'' (CBZ) and International Boxing Research Organization (IBRO). He is also an elector to the International Boxing Hall Of Fame (IBHoF) and a member of the ''World Boxing Historians Association'' (WBHA).
==Education== In 1963, Callis earned a master's degree in mathematics at Virginia Tech and worked at NASA's Langley Research Center as a mathematician for three years and later as a computer systems engineer for five years with IBM Corporation. He retired after serving thirty two years as a professor of information technology at Virginia Western Community College.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://radaris.com/~Tracy-Callis/282619074|title=Tracy Callis - Roanoke, VA|publisher=Radaris}}</ref>
==Career== Callis became interested in boxing and began profiling many boxers particularly the pre-1900 fighters. He is recognized as one of the leading experts on 19th-century fighters including those who fought in the bare-knuckles era. Callis is a member of the International Boxing Research Organization (IBRO) and has provided historical data to many well-known boxing historians, journalists and editors such as Herb Goldman of ''The Ring'' magazine, Mike DeLisa and Dan Cuoco of ''Cyber Boxing Zone'', Bert Sugar, Hank Kaplan and British Boxing Board of Control (BBBoC) writer Barry Hugman.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibroresearch.com/2013/01/tracy-g-callis/|title=Tracy Callis - IBRO|publisher=ibroresearch}}</ref>
Callis has been a boxing historian for more than 45 years researching boxing's history. Among the research he discovered as an IBRO member are: 4 additional knockout wins for Archie Moore (increased his KO record to 132), an additional 13 fights for Mickey Walker and 23 knockout wins for Jimmy Wilde.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/callis.html|title=Tracy Callis|publisher=CyberBoxingZone}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/pastchp.htm|title=The Lineal Boxing World Champions|publisher=The Cyber Boxing Zone Encyclopedia}}</ref>
Callis is the author of the book ''A Brief History of the Heavyweights'' and the co-author of ''Boxing in the Los Angeles Area: 1880-2005'', ''Philadelphia's Boxing Heritage: 1876-1976'' and ''More tales from Ringside''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.arcadiapublishing.com/9780738511344/Philadelphias-Boxing-Heritage-1876-1976|title=Philadelphia's Boxing Heritage: 1876-1976|publisher=arcadiapublishing}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.saxo.com/dk/boxing-in-the-los-angeles-area-1880-2005_callis-tracy-callis-and-chuck-johnstontracy-callis_haeftet_9781426916885|title=Boxing in the Los Angeles Area: 1880-2005|publisher=saxo.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://storage.googleapis.com/donl/w/a-brief-history-of-the-heavyweights-1881-2010.html|title=A Brief History of the Heavyweights|publisher=googleapis}}</ref> He has also written reviews on boxing books, including ''A Man Among Men'', ''Bareknuckles, Blood and Broken Bones'', ''Famous Pugilists of the English Prize Ring 1719-1870'', ''The First Black Boxing Champions'', ''Uncrowned Champions'' and ''John L. Sullivan: The Career of the First Gloved Heavyweight Champion''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/callis-book-reviews.htm|title=TRACY CALLIS BOOK REVIEWS|publisher=Cyber Boxing Zone}}</ref>
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==External links== * [http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/cyber.htm Cyber Boxing Zone] * [http://www.ibroresearch.com International Boxing Research Organization] * [http://www.ibhof.com International Boxing Hall of Fame]
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