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The Top Twelve 4
Top 12 All-Time Greatest 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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The Top Twelve 11
Top 12 Greatest Masters Of The Jab
With few exceptions, the jab is every fighter’s most fundamental weapon, the key punch that sets up all the others. Without it, a boxer cannot effectively establish rhythm, ...
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Boxiana 4
June 25, 1981: Leonard vs Kalule
Here’s the thing some people don’t get about Sugar Ray Leonard: the man was more athlete than boxer, and, despite his “sweet” nickname, he was more bad-ass than ...
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The Top Twelve 3
Top 12 All-Time Greatest Opening Rounds
In boxing, as in most things in life, it’s quality, not quantity. Excitement is the name of the game and the greatest fights are the ones offering the ...
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Columns 0
It’s Time: The Dream vs The Takeover
Last night saw a big win both for the boxer they call “The Dream,” and for the increasingly precarious enterprise that is professional prizefighting. Undefeated lightweight titlist Devin ...
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Fight Reports 0
Fight Report: Taylor vs Ramirez
Unification fights are, deservedly, a big deal in 21st century boxing as they are about as common as Bigfoot sightings and manna from heaven for hardcore fight fans ...
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Boxiana 1
May 7, 2005: Castillo vs Corrales I
The point of this article is simple: to pay homage to a truly great fight. As simple as that. Nothing more. And nothing less. Let’s forget that Jose ...
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Boxiana 0
May 4, 1980: Randolph vs Cardona
It was Leo Randolph’s turn. His compatriots from the 1976 Olympic Games who, like him, had won gold medals and received the plaudits of the American public, had ...
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Boxiana 0
April 22, 1979: Johnson vs Franklin II
Their first meeting, in July of 1977, was a thrilling war, called one of the most sensational fights in the history of the Philadelphia Spectrum. As any knowledgeable ...
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Boxiana 3
Fight City Legends: The Barbados Demon
The issue of boxers failing to make weight is an ongoing concern, angering many fight fans and rightfully so. Whether it’s Floyd Mayweather intentionally coming in overweight against ...
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Features 1
On Leon Spinks
In mourning the death of Leon Spinks one week ago, one is not lamenting the loss of “a great fighter,” as some, moved by sentiment, have called him, ...
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The Top Twelve 5
The Top 12 All-Time Cockiest Boxers
There’s confident, and then there’s cocky, the former being expected of any prizefighter with the guts to step into the ring, but the latter taking confidence and turning ...
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Boxiana 4
Jan. 21, 1978: Duran vs De Jesus III
The rivalry came as a surprise to everyone when it began in November of 1972. A surprise because, at the time, no one expected the fistic dynamo that ...
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Features 1
2020 Upset Of The Year
Upset Of The Year Nominations: Alex Povetkin TKO5 Dillian Whyte Jeison Rosario TKO5 Julian Williams Teofimo Lopez W12 Vasiliy Lomachenko Robert Helenius TKO4 Adam Kownacki Maxi Hughes W10 ...
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2020: The Nominations
To say 2020 was kinda crazy is to state the obvious to the point of trivializing what was an unprecedented year of chaos, upheaval, crisis and death on ...
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The Top Twelve 2
Pernell Whitaker: Best Of A Decade
Yesterday the late, great Pernell Whitaker would have turned 57, but he was taken from us in 2019, far too soon, but boxing will never forget his talent and ...
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Boxiana 2
Nov. 24, 1990: Jackson vs Graham
All it takes is one punch. In baseball, you can overturn a three run deficit, win the game or even the World Series, with a single thunderous swing ...
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Boxiana 0
Nov. 21, 1987: Chavez vs Rosario
No one questions the fact that Julio Cesar Chavez Sr. is an all-time great and, for me at least, the best Mexican pugilist ever, though my editor, Mr. ...
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Boxiana 0
The Greatest Lightweight Of All-Time
Earlier this month fight fans from around the world were focused on what everyone agreed was a highly significant showdown for the lightweight division as Vasiliy Lomachenko and ...
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Fight Reports 0
Fight Report: Zepeda vs Baranchyk
Another Saturday night, another quality Top Rank card, but nothing to get too excited about, right? Because let’s face it, the full line up was really just a ...
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Boxiana 0
Sept. 28, 1979: Holmes vs Shavers
We talk of fighters having a “puncher’s chance,” and that, more than anything else, was what Earnie Shavers brought into the ring at Caesars Palace on this fateful ...
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Fight Reports 0
Fight Report: Briedis vs Dorticos
Two years ago, as in long before the whole world looked to be going to hell thanks to a pandemic and riots in the streets and raging wildfires, ...
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The Top Twelve 4
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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Boxiana 2
Sept. 8, 1950: Pep vs Saddler III
Pep vs Saddler. For die-hard fans of “The Sport Of Kings,” those four syllables conjure up all kinds of recollections and images and important facts from the rich ...
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Fight Reports 1
Fight Report: Ugas vs Ramos
With professional boxing rebounding following months of idleness, the number of intriguing and consequential match-ups is steadily rising. And while not exactly a marquee match (after all, if ...
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Top 12 All-Time Most Significant Fights
There are plenty of big battles in boxing history which all fight fans want to see, and then there are the monumental clashes that attract attention from all ...
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Columns 2
Serious Boxers Need Serious Managers
In the movies, they’re almost always unlikable, if not downright treacherous and crooked. Sardonic and cranky, with an ever-present fedora or cigar, their loyalties are hopelessly divided between ...
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Features 1
Wilder vs Fury II: The Fight City Picks
Their first battle in December of 2018 was an entertaining and surprisingly dramatic tilt with an unforgettable final round, but the draw verdict at the end left many ...
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Top 12 All-Time Greatest Lightweights
We continue our periodic series ranking the all-time best boxers in the original eight weight classes by today casting our discerning eye on the lightweights. For simplicity’s sake, ...
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2019 Fighter Of The Year
Fighter of the Year Nominees Vasyl Lomachenko Naoya Inoue Saul “Canelo” Alvarez Josh Taylor Manny Pacquiao Jean Pascal Winner: Naoya Inoue Welcome to the Two Fight Club! Sadly, ...
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