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Dec. 8, 2007: Mayweather vs Hatton

December 8, 2021December 8, 2021 Matt O'Brien 5 Comments Britain, England, Floyd Mayweather, Harold Lederman, HBO, Jim Lampley, Jim Watt, joe cortez, Jose Luis Castillo, Las Vegas, Mayweather vs Hatton, MGM Grand, Oscar De La Hoya, Ricky Hatton

“My heart will explode before I leave him alone for one second,” Ricky Hatton had promised prior to his showdown

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Dec. 7, 1970: Ali vs Bonavena

December 7, 2021December 8, 2021 Robert Portis 1 Comment Floyd Patterson, Jerry Quarry, Jimmy Ellis, Joe Frazier, Madison Square Garden, Muhammad Ali, New York City, oscar bonavena, Sonny Liston

You can take issue with his politics, label him a braggart and a loudmouth, make an inventory of all the

The Top Twelve

Top 12 All-Time Greatest Rivalries

December 6, 2021December 6, 2021 Michael Carbert 2 Comments Ali vs Frazier, Archie Moore, Arturo Gatti, Barney Ross, Gene Fullmer, Henry Armstrong, Jake LaMotta, Joe Frazier, Joe Gans, Juan Manuel Marquez, Ken Norton, Manny Pacquiao, Muhammad Ali, Roberto Duran, Rocky Graziano, Sam Langford, Sandy Saddler, Sugar Ray Robinson, Tony Zale, Ward vs Gatti, Willie Pep

The best boxing rivalries are about more than a series of action-packed fights. Great rivalries are stories, absorbing narratives that

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Dec. 5, 1947: Louis vs Walcott I

December 5, 2021December 5, 2021 Michael Carbert 6 Comments Axel Schultz, Dave Tiberi, Elmer Ray, George Foreman, James Toney, Jersey Joe Walcott, Joe Louis, Jose Luis Ramirez, Julio Cesar Chavez, Lee Oma, Manny Pacquiao, Pernell Whitaker, Ruby Goldstein, The Brown Bomber, Timothy Bradley

Bad decisions. Robberies. Ridiculous scorecards. Maybe nothing sickens a fight fan more than judges rendering a final verdict which makes

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The Great Gonzalez

December 4, 2021December 4, 2021 Lee Wylie 1 Comment Brian Viloria, Gonzalez vs Rungvisai, Gonzalez vs Yafai, Jim Lampley, Lee Wylie, Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez, Srisaket Sor Rungvisai

In 2015, Roman Gonzalez was our Fighter Of The Year, and when the clock struck twelve on the year 2019

Podcast

The Fight City Podcast No. 53

December 3, 2021December 3, 2021 Alden Chodash Derik Santos, George Kambosos Jr., Lopez vs Kambosos, Omar Figueroa, Teofimo Lopez

This past weekend saw, not one, but two potential Fight Of The Year candidates with Stephen Fulton and Brandon Figueroa

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Dec. 3, 1982: Gomez vs Pintor

December 3, 2021December 3, 2021 Robert Portis 1 Comment Carlos Zarate, Don King, Lupe Pintor, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Thomas Hearns, Wilfred Benitez, Wilfredo Gomez

On this date back in 1982, Wilfredo Gomez and Lupe Pintor helped write another thrilling chapter in the long saga

Features

The Fight That Haunted Wyatt Earp

December 2, 2021December 2, 2021 Sean Crose 1 Comment Bob Fitzsimmons, James J. Corbett, San Francisco, Tom Sharkey, Wyatt Earp

Anyone familiar with American popular culture has heard the name Wyatt Earp and fans of the movie Tombstone may believe

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Sugar And Steel

December 1, 2021December 1, 2021 Douglas Cavanaugh 2 Comments Art Rooney, Barney McGinley, Beau Jack, Billy Eckstine, Bob Montgomery, Charley Burley, Duke Ellington, Ezzard Charles, Harry Greb, Pittsburgh, Sam Langford, Sammy Angott, Satchel Paige, Sugar Ray Robinson

Though it is almost impossible to overstate Sugar Ray Robinson’s greatness, so much has been written on the subject of

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Nov. 30, 1979: Benitez vs Leonard

November 30, 2021November 30, 2021 Robert Portis 5 Comments Antonio Cervantes, Boxing, Carlos Palomino, Howard Cosell, Marvin Hagler, Roberto Duran, Sugar Ray Leonard, Sugar Ray Robinson, Thomas Hearns, Vito Antuofermo, Wilfred Benitez

Perhaps few people at the time realized it, but the title match between Wilfred “Radar” Benitez and Sugar Ray Leonard at

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Nov. 30, 1956: Patterson vs Moore

November 30, 2021November 30, 2021 Patrick Connor 4 Comments Archie Moore, Ezzard Charles, Floyd Patterson, Gene Tunney, Jack Dempsey, Joe Louis, Joey Maxim, Rocky Marciano

In decades past, when undisputed heavyweight champions were the norm and not the exception, they inevitably created a great vacuum

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Requiem For A Heavyweight

November 29, 2021November 29, 2021 Marko Sijan 0 Comments Anthony Quinn, Cassius Clay, Film Noir, Jackie Gleason, Mickey Rooney, Requiem For A Heavyweight

In its visual style and heady narrative, Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962) resembles few other films of its genre and

Columns

The Contrasting Legacies Of Roy & Floyd

November 28, 2021November 28, 2021 Laurence Thompson 9 Comments Andre Ward, Bernard Hopkins, David Haye, Enzo Maccarinelli, Floyd Mayweather, Floyd Mayweather Jr., James Jeffries, James Toney, Juan Manuel Marquez, Manny Pacquiao, Miguel Cotto, Muhammad Ali, Rocky Marciano, Roy Jones Jr., Sam Langford, Shane Mosley, tim bradley, Tommy Burns, Wladimir Klitschko

When James J. Jeffries, heavyweight champion of the world, retired undefeated in 1905, few were in any doubt that they

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Shadow Box

November 27, 2021November 27, 2021 Rafael García 1 Comment angelo dundee, Ernest Hemingway, George Foreman, George Plimpton, Hunter S. Thompson, Joe Frazier, Muhammad Ali, Norman Mailer

Even if it had nothing else going for it—something very far from the truth— Shadow Box by George Plimpton will forever remain

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Nov. 26, 1914: Langford vs Wills II

November 26, 2021November 26, 2021 Hunter Breckenridge 0 Comments Boxing history, Jack Dempsey, Jack Johnson, Jess Willard, Joe Jeannette, Langford vs Wills, Luis Firpo, Sam Langford, Sam McVea, Tommy Burns

The first two decades of the twentieth century were a time of rapid evolution for the sport of boxing. Legal

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Top 12 All-Time Greatest Welterweights

November 25, 2021November 25, 2021 Robert Portis 22 Comments Barney Ross, Carmen Basilio, Curtis Cokes, Emile Griffith, Felix Trinidad, Fritzie Zivic, Henry Armstrong, Jack Britton, Jimmy McLarnin, joe walcott, Jose Napoles, Kid Gavilan, Luis Rodriguez, Manny Pacquiao, Mickey Walker, Oscar De La Hoya, Pipino Cuevas, Roberto Duran, Shane Mosley, Sugar Ray Leonard, Sugar Ray Robinson, Thomas Hearns, Wilfred Benitez

Our ratings of the all-time greatest fighters in each of the traditional eight weight classes continues with a look at

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Nov. 24, 1990: Jackson vs Graham

November 24, 2021November 24, 2021 Neil Crane 2 Comments Chris Eubank, Herol Graham, Jackson vs Graham, Julian Jackson, Mike McCallum, Sumbu Kalambay

All it takes is one punch. In baseball, you can overturn a three run deficit, win the game or even

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Nov. 23, 1991: Holyfield vs Cooper

November 23, 2021November 23, 2021 Robert Portis 0 Comments Atlanta, Bert Cooper, Evander "Real Deal" Holyfield, Evander Holyfield, Holyfield vs Cooper, James Buster Douglas, Lou Duva, Mike Tyson, Smokin' Bert Cooper, Tyson vs Holyfield

Let’s raise a glass and give a heart-felt salute to Bert Cooper, may he rest in peace. He went on

Fight Reports

The Weekend That Was (No. 20)

November 22, 2021November 22, 2021 Alden Chodash Crawford vs Porter, Errol Spence, Shawn Porter, Terence Crawford

It was a high-stakes showdown between two of the best in the welterweight division, not to mention a make-or-break fight

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Nov. 22, 1997: Foreman vs Briggs

November 22, 2021November 22, 2021 Hunter Breckenridge 4 Comments Axel Schulz, Evander Holyfield, Foreman vs Briggs, Foreman vs Moorer, George Foreman, Jim Lampley, Larry Merchant, Lennox Lewis, Michael Moorer, Shannon Briggs

In late 1997, George Foreman was among the most well-known names in all of sports, having captured the imagination of

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Nov. 21, 1987: Chavez vs Rosario

November 21, 2021November 21, 2021 Neil Crane 0 Comments Boxing, Chavez vs Rosario, Edwin Rosario, Greg Haugen, Henry Armstrong, Jose Luis Ramirez, Juan LaPorte, Julio Cesar Chavez, Livingstone Bramble, Meldrick Taylor, Mexico, Pernell Whitaker, Puerto Rico, Rocky Lockridge, Sugar Ray Robinson

No one questions the fact that Julio Cesar Chavez Sr. is an all-time great and, for me at least, the

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ALI ’66

November 20, 2021November 20, 2021 Lee Wylie 1 Comment Cleveland Williams, Houston, Lee Wylie, Muhammad Ali, The Greatest, The Louisville Lip

After he had won the heavyweight championship of the world a record third time and announced his retirement (which proved

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Fight City Legends: Chrysanthemum Joe

November 19, 2021November 19, 2021 Jamie Rebner 6 Comments Bob Fitzsimmons, Christopher LaForce, Chrysanthemum Joe, Jack Johnson, James J. Corbett, James J. Jeffries, Joe Choynski, joe walcott, John L. Sullivan, Mike Casey, Philadelphia Jack O'Brien, Tom Sharkey

“Jeffries number one? No, sir. Give me Joe Choynski anytime. I faced both and should know. Jeffries had a powerful

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Nov. 18, 1970: Frazier vs Foster

November 18, 2021November 18, 2021 Michael Carbert 6 Comments bob foster, Cobo Hall, Detroit, Howard Cosell, Jimmy Ellis, Joe Frazier, Joe Louis, Madison Square Garden, Muhammad Ali, Philadelphia, Rocky Balboa

When former heavyweight champion Joe Frazier died in 2011 it came as a shock to the boxing world. After all,

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Rivalry: The Tale Of Duran vs De Jesus

November 17, 2021November 17, 2021 Zach Dunn 3 Comments Esteban DeJesus, Guts Ishimatsu, Harold Lederman, Ray Arcel, Ray Lampkin, Roberto Duran, Sandy Saddler, Vilomar Fernandez, Willie Pep

Duran vs De Jesus: A Rivalry In Three Chapters Prologue The story of boxing is the story of rivalries. And

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Nov. 16, 1979: Arguello vs Chacon

November 16, 2021November 16, 2021 Michael Carbert 0 Comments Alexis Arguello, Alfredo Escalera, Barney Ross, Bob Fitzsimmons, Bobby Chacon, Danny Lopez, Henry Armstrong, Roberto Duran, Ruben Olivares, Tony Canzoneri

Bobby Chacon had been an overnight sensation in California, a popular young fighter attracting big crowds to the Inglewood Forum

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Drama In The Bahamas

November 15, 2021November 17, 2021 David Curcio Ali vs Berbick, Bahamas, Don King, George Foreman, Joe Frazier, Larry Holmes, Muhammad Ali, Trevor Berbick

As with the best books on Muhammad Ali, such as Paul Gallender’s Sonny Liston, Mark Kram’s Ghosts of Manila, or

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Nov. 14, 1951: Carter vs Aragon

November 14, 2021November 14, 2021 Robert Portis 0 Comments Art Aragon, California, Enrique Bolanos, Golden Boy, Ike Williams, Jimmy Carter, Los Angeles, Mamie Van Doren, Marilyn Monroe, Olympic Auditorium, Oscar De La Hoya

When boxing fans hear the moniker “The Golden Boy,” they of course think of Oscar De La Hoya, but some

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Top 12 All-Time Greatest One Punch KOs

November 13, 2021November 13, 2021 Robert Portis 4 Comments Antonio Tarver, George Foreman, Jersey Joe Walcott, Juan Manuel Marquez, Julian Jackson, Lennox Lewis, Manny Pacquiao, Mike McCallum, Rocky Marciano, Roy Jones Jr.

Few things in all of sports are as electrifying as the one punch knockout and these are the most consequential

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Nov. 12, 1982: Pryor vs Arguello I

November 12, 2021November 12, 2021 Michael Carbert 3 Comments Aaron Pryor, Alexis Arguello, Larry Holmes, Orange Bowl, Roberto Duran, Sugar Ray Leonard, Thomas Hearns

It’s the fall of 1982 and the sport of boxing is bigger than ever. Sugar Ray Leonard, Roberto Duran, Marvin

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June 4, 1971: Napoles vs Backus II

June 4, 2021June 7, 2021 Patrick Connor 1

Cuba’s messy political issues in the last half-century have made for countless stories of struggle and triumph, though more the

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Jan. 13, 1976: Hagler vs Watts

January 13, 2021January 15, 2021 Michael Carbert 5

No matter where you place Marvelous Marvin Hagler in a ranking of the best middleweights of all-time, no one can dispute

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May 20, 2006: Barrera vs Juarez I

May 20, 2021May 21, 2021 Alden Chodash 2

In certain respects, Marco Antonio Barrera is not your typical Mexican fighter. When compared to such compatriots as Julio Cesar

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Sept. 28, 1976: Ali vs Norton III

September 28, 2021October 8, 2021 Michael Carbert 19

In a time of constant media exposure and fifteen second attention spans, it is almost impossible to fully appreciate the