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Boxiana 4
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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The Top Twelve 15
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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Features 0
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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The Top Twelve 2
Pernell Whitaker: Best Of A Decade
With the new year upon us, we are forced to reflect on the fact that 2019 saw the untimely passing of all-time great Pernell Whitaker, who would have ...
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Fight Reports 0
Fight Report: Pascal vs Jack
The Event Jean Pascal continues to defy time and common sense and a career trajectory that, until quite recently, had him on his way out at the age ...
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The Top Twelve 2
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 1
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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Features 1
Prograis vs Taylor: The Fight City Picks
Another week, another best-vs-best match that unifies belts and adds some always needed clarity to the boxing landscape. Enjoy it while you can, fight fans! As we all ...
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Columns 1
Spence vs Porter: Lost Opportunity
It is a hard truth of boxing in the 21st century that fight fans are so starved for meaningful competition that matches which once upon a time would ...
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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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Features 0
Spence vs Porter: The Fight City Picks
You can make the case that this match-up should have happened a while ago. You can also point out that one of the two combatants didn’t look very ...
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Boxiana 1
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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Features 0
Ryan Ford At The O2: Photo Gallery By Jeff Lockhart
No one can say born warrior Ryan Ford hasn’t had his chances to break through to greater prominence and a higher ranking in the light heavyweight division, but ...
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Features 1
Remembering Mantequilla
If our current time is one of shifting identities and countless refugees, then José Ángel Nápoles is somehow, despite the passage of time, emblematic of it. His journey ...
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Boxiana 1
Aug. 17, 1938: Armstrong vs Ambers
There is only one way to become a truly great boxer and that is to compete against other truly great boxers. Back in the day, if one was ...
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Fight Reports 0
Fight Report: Browne vs Pascal
The Event Jean Pascal has been written off more times than a teenager’s first car and last night pretty much no one was giving him any chance of ...
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Features 1
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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Boxiana 3
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 Fight City 0
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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Features 0
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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The Top Twelve 0
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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The Top Twelve 3
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 0
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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Features 0
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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Boxiana 0
April 22, 1979: Johnson vs Franklin
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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The Fight City 0
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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Features 0
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 ...
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Boxiana 0
March 13, 1963: Clay vs Jones
No matter how talented, how impressive their amateur credentials, or how good they may look in the gym, you can never know for sure what a young boxing ...
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