Oct. 27, 1903: Johnson vs McVea II
On February 5th of 1903, Jack Johnson outpointed “Denver” Ed Martin to win what was referred to at that time
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Oct. 26, 1970: Ali vs Quarry I
Following his successful defense of the heavyweight championship of the world against Zora Folley in March of 1967, Muhammad Ali’s
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Oct. 25, 1980: Weaver vs Coetzee
Following Leon Spink’s huge upset victory over Muhammad Ali in 1978, the heavyweight championship belt was torn in two. The
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Oct. 25, 2003: Arthur vs Gomez
In The Year Of Our Lord 1298, the Battle of Falkirk took place, a major conflict in the First War
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Fight Report: Stevenson vs Herring
Two words: Star Quality. Undefeated Shakur Stevenson showed the world why he is considered one of the best young fighters
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Fight City Legends: Little Chocolate
The question is posed: who was the first black man to win a world boxing championship? And here are the
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Hagler vs Hearns: THE WAR
“I wanted to jump right on top of him, not give him any time to think, or give him time
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Oct. 21, 1953: Olson vs Turpin
“They say I haven’t trained hard enough for this fight. Who is to be the judge of how hard I
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Hawk Time Forever
Were he still with us, Aaron Pryor would be 66-years-old today. Gone too soon, and taken in the same year
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Serious Boxers Need Serious Managers
This column was originally published in February of 2020, following Errol Spence Jr.’s almost-fatal car crash, and after Gervonta Davis
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Happy Birthday To “The Real Deal”
“I shook up the world!” Famous words uttered by “The Greatest” that not only came to define Muhammad Ali, but
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Oct. 18, 1991: Mercer vs Morrison
Most boxing fans are familiar with the ancient chestnut, “As the heavyweights go, so goes boxing,” and it would be
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Punching From The Shadows
In labeling Punching from the Shadows a memoir, Glen Sharp might be selling short his autobiographical work. More than a
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Oct. 16, 1987: Tyson vs Biggs
It is 1987 and nothing and no one can stop heavyweight wrecking machine Mike Tyson. The year before he had blown
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Oct. 16, 1970: Olivares vs Castillo
The rivalry between Ruben Olivares and Jesus Castillo—one of the most revered in Mexican boxing lore—took place in an era when the bantamweight
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The Fight City Podcast No. 52
Last week the third chapter in the Tyson Fury vs Deontay Wilder tale went down in Las Vegas and it
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Top 12 All-Time Greatest Featherweights
We’ve ranked the all-time greatest middleweights, bantamweights, light heavyweights and flyweights. Now we turn to the featherweights and offer our
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Oct. 14, 1949: Gavilan vs Jack
It was the classic clash of the old king vs the future king when the once-great Beau Jack met Kid Gavilan
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Right Fight, Wrong Time: Hagler vs Leonard In 1983
Back in 1987, Sugar Ray Leonard and Marvelous Marvin Hagler threw down in a highly-anticipated middleweight title fight in Las
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Oct. 12, 1978: Scott vs Gregory
It remains one of the more unlikely episodes in all of boxing history. A convicted criminal locked inside a maximum
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Oct. 11, 1992: Lopez vs Lin
The nickname of all-time great Mexican pugilist Ricardo Lopez is “El Finito,” which translates to “The Fine One.” Sometimes a
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Oct. 10, 1962: Harada vs Kingpetch
Pone Kingpetch, Thailand’s first world champion, had won the flyweight crown from Pascual Pérez, an impressive achievement considering the Argentinian
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Fight Report: Fury vs Wilder III
When a heavyweight fight delivers all it promises to be, the drama is unparalleled. Needless to say, there have been
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I Fight For A Living
One of boxing’s most enduring tropes is that of the prizefighter who punches his way out of poverty and obscurity
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Fury vs Wilder: Repeat Or Revenge?
Believe it or not, it was almost six years ago that Tyson Fury journeyed to the Barclays Center in New
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Oct. 7, 1995: Lewis vs Morrison
On October 7, 1995, top heavyweights Lennox Lewis and Tommy Morrison clashed at the Atlantic City Convention Center for Morrison’s
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Manny Pacquiao: You Had To Be There
You’ve seen it. The photo taken when he was sixteen, standing in a corner, staring at the camera, hard to
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Oct. 5, 1936: Canzoneri vs McLarnin II
Tony Canzoneri vs Jimmy McLarnin. Two of the very best from one of boxing’s greatest decades, the 1930’s, the Depression
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Oct. 4, 1940: Zivic vs Armstrong
Fritzie Zivic is forever one of the most colorful characters in the history of boxing and with 158 wins on
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Fight City Legends: King of the Canebrakes
On this day way back in 1933, a young man, a fighter, lies close to death in a hospital bed
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