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July 18, 1987: McCallum vs Curry
When Sugar Ray Leonard retired for the first time in 1982 it was a shock that left a huge vacuum in the sport. Over the next few years, ...
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The Fight City 0
Kaboom’s Big Chance
There was a time — or so I’ve been told — when top contenders, instead of waiting to see if they could cash in and get a title ...
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Why “One Time” Will Never Be “The Best”
I direct these remarks, without anger or malice, to fellow contributor James Simpson, whose column “Don’t Sleep On Keith Thurman,” was published on this fine website last month. ...
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Pacquiao vs Thurman: The Fight City Picks
It hasn’t exactly been a terrible year, but it’s been far from a great one, when it comes to meaningful, top-level match-ups and big attractions in boxing. And ...
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July 16, 1947: Zale vs Graziano II
In 1945 Rocky Graziano stood at the precipice of ruin. Just 26-years-old, with a record of 35-6-5, he had lost two matches in a row, two high profile defeats ...
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Pernell Whitaker: Gone Too Soon
When the United States Olympic Boxing Team sauntered away with a staggering nine gold medals in 1984, Pernell Whitaker was actually lost in the shuffle. First came an ...
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July 15, 1931: Chocolate vs Bass
Throughout boxing history, world titles have assumed various levels of worth, some about as valuable as your proverbial wooden nickel. It’s a process unlikely to ever stop, as ...
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Portrait Of A Genius: Wylie On Locche
As all admirers of Lee Wylie are no doubt aware, he is an aficionado of the finer points of boxing technique, the often overlooked subtleties and arcane methods ...
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Fight Reports 0
Fight Report: Stevenson vs Guevara
In a night of New Jersey homecomings, Newark native and 2016 Olympic silver medalist Shakur Stevenson made quick work of late replacement Alberto Guevara, scoring a knockout in ...
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July 13, 2001: Ward vs Augustus
Prior to Micky Ward vs Emanuel Augustus, Fight of the Year laurels were typically reserved for higher profile battles than those headlining ESPN’s “Friday Night Fights.” Performing for ...
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Boxiana 1
July 13, 1980: Muhammad vs Lopez II
It was legendary sports scribe Jimmy Cannon who famously stated that boxing was “the red light district of sports,” renowned for its corruption and ties to organized crime. ...
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July 12, 1996: Holyfield vs Qawi
You rarely see fighters who love the sheer brutality of boxing as much as Dwight Muhammad Qawi did. Fighters who smile when they take punches. Fighters who literally ...
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July 12, 1948: Williams vs Jack
By 1948, everybody knew the party was almost over for Beau Jack. The former lightweight king and the all-time champ when it came to headlining main events at Madison Square ...
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July 11, 1996: Bowe vs Golota I
Golota gets eleven stitches, his head smashed open with a two-way radio. His trainer, 74-year-old Lou Duva, leaves the ring on a stretcher and is taken to hospital. ...
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Barriers To Entry: Why Superfights Are So Difficult To Make
To say that boxing is not as popular as it once was is to utter an obvious truth to those that know and understand the history. I’m referring ...
The Fight City
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Theo Owusu: A Young Prospect In The Fight City
What draws one to a boxing gym? Some rare individuals, such as Floyd Mayweather Jr., enter its doors almost as toddlers, virtually growing up inside its walls. Others ...
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The Fight City 0
Kaboom’s Big Chance
There was a time — or so I’ve been told — when top contenders, instead of waiting to see if they could cash in and get a title ...
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The Fight City 0
Grizzly Attack: Kean vs Carman II
The last time Eye of the Tiger Management brought a fight show to hockey-crazed Shawinigan, packing the Centre Gervais Auto with thousands of loyal lunatics from Quebec’s Mauricie ...
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Photo Gallery: Grand Prix Gala
As reported by Jamie Rebner on your number one independent boxing website, the big Grand Prix weekend saw a solid fight card go down at the Montreal Casino, ...
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Grand Prix Gala: Big Win For Shak
Every year at this time, Montreal hosts the F1 Grand Prix race, and it represents the unofficial kick-off of summer in The Fight City. And, as is often ...
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Oscar Rivas: Headed To Hostile Territory
To succeed at the highest level in professional boxing, one must have the confidence and mental fortitude to win in hostile territory. That means venturing onto your opponent’s ...
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Dicaire Defeats Lauren At Montreal Casino
This past weekend was a huge one for women’s boxing, a sport growing in appeal at the same time that its top competitors appear to be elevating their ...
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Guy Jutras: Hall Of Fame Bound
In the sport of boxing, it is often said that the best referees are invisible; when they’re doing their job right, you hardly notice them at all. But ...
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Back In The Win Column
As chronicled in detail on this website, the boxing journey of Ian MacKillop is a unique story unto itself as he has truly led a fighter’s life, traveling all ...
Fight Reports
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Fight Report: Stevenson vs Guevara
In a night of New Jersey homecomings, Newark native and 2016 Olympic silver medalist Shakur Stevenson made quick work of late replacement Alberto Guevara, scoring a knockout in ...
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The Weekend That Was
It’s been a few years since a Tyson overtook Las Vegas; in fact, it’s been nearly twenty. But long after “Iron Mike” was banned from boxing’s most lucrative ...
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Fight Report: Joshua vs Ruiz
Shortly before the main event started, British recording artist Sinead Harnett sang “God Save The Queen” to honour the UK’s national anthem. But little did we know, it ...
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Fight Report: Haney vs Moran
In a division where it’s easy to be overlooked, and in the shadows of highlight reel performances from Teofimo Lopez and Vasiliy Lomachenko, unbeaten contender Devin Haney made ...
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The Weekend That Was
It was a jam-packed couple of days for boxing action with major matches happening in various locations on the planet, and we’ve got your quick run-down of all ...
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Fight Report: Super Series In Glasgow
Back in November, I agreed with the consensus that said the WBSS bill topped by Josh Taylor was the best to occur on Scottish soil for years. Six ...
The Fight City Podcast
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Podcast No. 26
Welcome back to a new episode of The Fight City Podcast, hosted by Alden Chodash who this week is joined by boxing historian and site contributor Patrick Connor. ...
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The Fight City Podcast No. 25
Welcome back to our podcast, helmed as always by Alden Chodash, who is joined again by site contributor Zachary Alapi as they discuss some of the recent and ...
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The Fight City Podcast No. 24
Time for another edition of The Fight City podcast, hosted by Alden Chodash who this week is joined by site contributor Zachary Alapi. Among other topics of conversation, they discuss Tyson Fury’s ...
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The Fight City Podcast No. 23
Welcome to a new episode of The Fight City Podcast, hosted as always by Alden Chodash. This week he is joined by site contributor Zachary Alapi as they ...
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The Fight City Podcast No. 22
Welcome to a brand new episode of The Fight City Podcast, hosted as always by Alden Chodash. This week he is joined by site founder and editor Michael ...
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The Fight City Podcast No. 21
Welcome back to The Fight City Podcast, hosted by Alden Chodash. This week Alden is joined by Michael Woods of NYFights.com as they discuss what’s happening in boxing, ...
Columns
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Why “One Time” Will Never Be “The Best”
I direct these remarks, without anger or malice, to fellow contributor James Simpson, whose column “Don’t Sleep On Keith Thurman,” was published on this fine website last month. ...
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Barriers To Entry: Why Superfights Are So Difficult To Make
To say that boxing is not as popular as it once was is to utter an obvious truth to those that know and understand the history. I’m referring ...
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Don’t Sleep On “One Time”
For my money, there is no hotter and more tantalizing division in boxing today than the welterweights. Historically, the 147 pound weight class has been the home of ...
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It’s Your Move, Bud!
If we say it too loudly we might just jinx it, but we have to give credit where it’s due: Al Haymon’s PBC at long last figured out ...
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Turning Defeat Into Victory
“A rose is a rose is a rose,” writer Gertrude Stein once famously claimed. Likewise, a loss is a loss is a loss. Nothing more. Nothing less. One ...
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Canelo vs Jacobs: Praying For A Miracle
There are journalists and there are fans. I periodically write about boxing, but I don’t claim to be a serious reporter and I hope I never do. You ...
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The Rainmaker
At 28 years old and in his physical prime, Saul “Canelo” Alvarez is a boxer of many qualities. Some attributes he has worked on for years, molding them ...
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When Fighters Fought: Time for a Welterweight Renaissance
Speaking for fans of a certain vintage, we all have a special set of boxers, the ones that forged our love for the sport, the ones on those ...
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A Blow To The Balls
It was fitting that Bob Arum concluded the in-ring portion of ESPN’s Crawford vs Khan main event. There he was: a shrunken, bleary-eyed 87-year-old, howling about Al Haymon ...
Features
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Pacquiao vs Thurman: The Fight City Picks
It hasn’t exactly been a terrible year, but it’s been far from a great one, when it comes to meaningful, top-level match-ups and big attractions in boxing. And ...
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Pernell Whitaker: Gone Too Soon
When the United States Olympic Boxing Team sauntered away with a staggering nine gold medals in 1984, Pernell Whitaker was actually lost in the shuffle. First came an ...
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Bobby “Boogaloo” Watts And The Philadelphia Middleweights
Bobby “Boogaloo” Watts is from a different era, a time when more often than not, fighters embraced challenges and took on all comers. It was the 1970’s and ...
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Golovkin Returns: Photo Gallery
As many like to say in boxing, “It is what it is.” And so it was for the return of Gennady Golovkin, the man many feel is in ...
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15 Kinds Of Fight Fan Heartache
Boxing, by its very nature, is the sport of heartache, disappointment and painful memories. More than any other, it sadistically toys with its fans, raising expectations and then, ...
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Happy Birthday To Marvelous Marvin Hagler
It’s the birthday of “The Marvelous One,” an all-time great middleweight champion who, for close to a full decade, was part of any discussion about the best fighter ...
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Canelo vs Jacobs: The Fight City Picks
We’re almost half-way through 2019 and boxing fans can pretty much count on one hand the number of truly compelling, high-profile and legitimate best-vs-best contests we’ve been able ...
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Sor Rungvisai vs Estrada II: The Fight City Picks
Tomorrow night, it’s finally time for the second chapter in what die-hard fight fans hope will turn into a legendary rivalry as Juan Francisco Estrada of Mexico and ...
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Happy St. Patrick’s Day
Another St. Patrick’s Day, another big show in New York with Ireland’s Michael Conlan as the headliner. Fight fans got their money’s worth as every match on the ...
Lee Wylie
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Portrait Of A Genius: Wylie On Locche
As all admirers of Lee Wylie are no doubt aware, he is an aficionado of the finer points of boxing technique, the often overlooked subtleties and arcane methods ...
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The Tao Of Roberto Duran
Lee Wylie is one of the most insightful analysts in boxing but he’s also a fan and makes no secret of the fact that Roberto Duran is his ...
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Didn’t Forget: Wylie On Superman
If boxing videos by Lee Wylie highlight the subtleties and nuances of ringcraft, they also inspire requests from avid watchers. One pugilist who more than a few ardent ...
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Corrales vs Castillo: The Boxers
“Not my usual thing,” wrote Lee Wylie when he posted this video, “but I felt inspired.” Those who are regular viewers of Mr. Wylie’s creations know he is ...
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The Genius Of Sugar Ray Robinson
For fans of “The Sweet Science,” today should be a very special occasion, if not a national holiday. It’s Sugar Ray Robinson’s birthday and everyone who loves the ...
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Jose Napoles: Artful Aggression
At its technical height, the skill of boxing is all about making offense and defense blend together into one seamless athletic act. No matter where you rank Jose ...
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Charles vs Walcott III
If James Braddock is “The Cinderella Man,” then what do we call Arnold Cream, aka Jersey Joe Walcott? Braddock’s story of perseverance in the face of seemingly insurmountable ...
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Boxiana 3
July 18, 1987: McCallum vs Curry
When Sugar Ray Leonard retired for the first time in 1982 it was a shock that left a huge vacuum in the sport. Over the next few years, ...
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Boxiana 0
July 16, 1947: Zale vs Graziano II
In 1945 Rocky Graziano stood at the precipice of ruin. Just 26-years-old, with a record of 35-6-5, he had lost two matches in a row, two high profile defeats ...
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Boxiana 0
July 15, 1931: Chocolate vs Bass
Throughout boxing history, world titles have assumed various levels of worth, some about as valuable as your proverbial wooden nickel. It’s a process unlikely to ever stop, as ...
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Boxiana 0
July 13, 2001: Ward vs Augustus
Prior to Micky Ward vs Emanuel Augustus, Fight of the Year laurels were typically reserved for higher profile battles than those headlining ESPN’s “Friday Night Fights.” Performing for ...
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Boxiana 1
July 13, 1980: Muhammad vs Lopez II
It was legendary sports scribe Jimmy Cannon who famously stated that boxing was “the red light district of sports,” renowned for its corruption and ties to organized crime. ...
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Boxiana 0
July 12, 1996: Holyfield vs Qawi
You rarely see fighters who love the sheer brutality of boxing as much as Dwight Muhammad Qawi did. Fighters who smile when they take punches. Fighters who literally ...
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July 12, 1948: Williams vs Jack
By 1948, everybody knew the party was almost over for Beau Jack. The former lightweight king and the all-time champ when it came to headlining main events at Madison Square ...
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July 11, 1996: Bowe vs Golota I
Golota gets eleven stitches, his head smashed open with a two-way radio. His trainer, 74-year-old Lou Duva, leaves the ring on a stretcher and is taken to hospital. ...
Fight City Reviews
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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 the depths of poverty and obscurity and into a life of ...
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Dark Trade
My earliest memory of boxing is a poster for the Mike Tyson vs Michael Spinks superfight from back in 1988, the big heavyweight superfight that lasted exactly 91 ...
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Johnny Tapia: Boxing Saved His Life
HBO’s Tapia begins with an overhead shot of the New Mexico desert. The camera pans across the yellow landscape and settles on a solitary man, walking with his ...
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Fight City Reviews 0
Punching From The Shadows
In labeling Punching from the Shadows a memoir, Glen Sharp might be selling short his autobiographical work. More than a memoir, Sharp presents in his book a thorough ...
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Fight City Reviews 1
McIlvanney On Boxing
A.J. Liebling will always be boxing’s literary standard bearer, his masterwork The Sweet Science certain to find appreciative fans through the generations. If there’s a top table of ...
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Fight City Reviews 0
Ali: A Life
The latest biography of Muhammad Ali, surely the most written-about boxer in history, is also the longest, and will be among the best-selling and most-read. Jonathan Eig’s Ali: A ...
The Top Twelve
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Top 12 All-Time Greatest Light Heavyweights
Continuing our infrequent rankings of the all-time greatest boxers in each of the original eight weight classes, we offer our third installment in the series. We started with ...
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Top 12 Mexico vs Puerto Rico Fights
The phrase “hot Latin blood,” coined to describe the alleged fiery temperament of Spanish speakers on the planet, goes back well into the 19th century. So maybe it ...
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Top 12 All-Time Greatest Victories
For the purposes of this list, a great victory is one which takes place against a great fighter when they are in their prime and no mitigating factors ...
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Top 12 All-Time Best Bantamweights
A while back we published our list of the greatest middleweights of all time and when we did we promised to follow-up with additional rankings for all of ...
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Top 12 All-Time Greatest Uncrowned Champions
For most of boxing history, world title belts didn’t grow on trees, as they say, and even title shots were a rare and much sought-after commodity. Competition was ...
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Top 12 All-Time Best Middleweights
The middleweights have traditionally been regarded as one of the sport’s true “glamour” divisions, boasting some of the best talent to ever lace ’em up and some of ...
