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The Times They Are A-Changin’

“The times, they are a changin’.” These lyrics, so endlessly applicable, are what serenaded David Lemieux’s ring walk on Saturday night. Dylan’s poetry ostensibly heralds a changing middleweight ...
On June 23, 2015 / By Eliott McCormick
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He Howled and Made Horrid Faces

“They howled, and leaped, and spun, and made horrid faces; but what thrilled you was just the thought of their humanity–like yours–the thought of your remote kinship with ...
On June 20, 2015 / By Eliott McCormick
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Suitable Next Step: Lemieux vs N’Dam

Last December, Montreal’s David Lemieux had his first prizefight outside of Quebec when he went Brooklyn and solved Gabriel Rosado on HBO. It was an abbreviated hero’s journey, ...
On June 19, 2015 / By Eliott McCormick
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Creating Boxing’s Next Cash Cow: Anthony Joshua

Mayweather-Pacquiao signaled a change of order in boxing as the sport will need new stars to supplant these two as its biggest draw. Who will it be, and, ...
On June 10, 2015 / By Eliott McCormick
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The Joshua Spree (No. 2)

Welcome to The Joshua Spree, in which we track the progress of heavyweight super prospect Anthony Joshua as he walks the yellow brick road to a title shot ...
On May 30, 2015 / By Eliott McCormick
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Creating Boxing’s Next Cash Cow

Mayweather vs Pacquiao signaled a change of order in boxing as the sport will need new stars to supplant these two as its biggest attractions. Who will step ...
On May 23, 2015 / By Eliott McCormick
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Fighters Need to Fight

Fighters need to fight. Television networks need to fill time slots. And this mutually reinforcing relationship is why Gennady Golovkin, boxing’s middleweight garroter, will step into the ring ...
On May 16, 2015 / By Eliott McCormick
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Creating Boxing’s Next Cash Cow: Gennady Golovkin

Mayweather-Pacquiao signaled a change of order in boxing, as the sport will need new stars to supplant Floyd and Manny as its biggest draws. Who will it be, and ...
On May 10, 2015 / By Eliott McCormick
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The Widening Gyre: Styles Don’t Always Make Fights

“Turning and turning in the widening gyre/ The falcon cannot hear the falconer.” These lines open William Butler Yeats’ The Second Coming, an incomparably beautiful poem written in ...
On May 4, 2015 / By Eliott McCormick
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Hollow At Its Core

“Fighting Floyd Mayweather is a dose of cold reality.” — Jim Lampley Despite his synonymy with boxing, Floyd Mayweather remains a superstar with whom fans have a tepid engagement. ...
On April 29, 2015 / By Eliott McCormick
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Who Did It Better? Part 2

With just days to go before May 2, Mayweather vs Pacquiao is upon us, and as part of our coverage of this megafight, Eliott and Rafa offer a rigorous ...
On April 25, 2015 / By Eliott McCormick
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Coming (Back) To America: Klitschko vs Jennings Preview

Wladimir Klitschko’s mission to re-conquer America begins Saturday at Madison Square Garden. He will fight Bryant “By-By” Jennings of Philadelphia, a fine cosmetic representative of the heavyweight division, in ...
On April 24, 2015 / By Eliott McCormick
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The Title That Binds: Lee vs Quillin

Rarely does a fighter seek to regain a title he willingly vacated, but this will be Peter “Kid Chocolate” Quillin’s task when he faces “Irish” Andy Lee Saturday ...
On April 9, 2015 / By Eliott McCormick
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For Legacy And Money (Mostly Money)

Montreal’s Adonis Stevenson, the Kronk-schooled southpaw whose pulverizing power is, at times, offset by his patience, faces Sakio Bika tomorrow in Quebec City. It is the second major ...
On April 3, 2015 / By Eliott McCormick
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How To Make A Pariah Preeminent

This past Saturday during the Pascal vs Kovalev event at the Bell Centre in Montreal, a strange thing happened. On the huge screen above the ring, an elegantly tailored ...
On March 20, 2015 / By Eliott McCormick
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Pascal vs Kovalev: The Picks

Jean Pascal confronts the most difficult test of his career when he faces Sergey Kovalev at the Bell Centre tonight. It’s a premier match-up in the light heavyweight division ...
On March 14, 2015 / By Eliott McCormick
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The Crocodile vs The Bull

After Jean Pascal lost the biggest fight of his career — the rematch with Bernard Hopkins at the Bell Center in 2011 — Hopkins told Max Kellerman that ...
On March 14, 2015 / By Eliott McCormick
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Bosses Sometimes Bore

Adrien Broner boxed smartly, and boringly, in last night’s co-main on Al Haymon’s nascent Premier Boxing Champions series. “The Problem” (30-1) easily outpointed John Molina (27-6), who delivered ...
On March 8, 2015 / By Eliott McCormick
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Bosses Don’t Take Losses

“Bosses talk to bosses.” This is what Adrien Broner declared during his car ride interview with TMZ’s cackling jackals in January. The fighter had been asked about the ...
On March 6, 2015 / By Eliott McCormick
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The Champion of Writers

“Foreman now nodded, gave an unexpected smile, and proceeded to make his kind remark about a champ at writing.” – Norman Mailer, meeting George Foreman for the first time. ...
On March 1, 2015 / By Eliott McCormick
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Can Fury Use Hammer to Crack Heavyweight Safe?

Tyson Fury’s march towards the title shot he’s long politicked for continues this Saturday when he fights Christian Hammer in London. If you’re not German (or even if you ...
On February 27, 2015 / By Eliott McCormick
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Mayweather-Pacquiao: It Happened

“It happened!” Jim Lampley exclaimed, so incredulously, when an elephant-shaped George Foreman knocked out Michael Moorer to win the heavyweight championship at the age of 45. And while ...
On February 22, 2015 / By Eliott McCormick
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Riviera Run-Over: Golovkin vs Murray

Monte Carlo, known for its extravagant displays of wealth, will see a different form of pageantry when Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin fights Martin Murray tomorrow. Golovkin is a fighter ...
On February 20, 2015 / By Eliott McCormick
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Five Questions For Charles Farrell

Charles Farrell is a former boxing manager who once steered Mitch “Blood” Green, Leon Spinks, and Freddie Norwood. He is also the author of “Why I Fixed Fights”, ...
On January 28, 2015 / By Eliott McCormick
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The Heavyweight Landscape Changes

One week ago, Deontay Wilder became the first American heavyweight champion since Shannon Briggs. For some reason, Briggs is still in boxing, and has spent the last while ...
On January 24, 2015 / By Eliott McCormick
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Critics Can STFU Cause Someone’s Getting KTFO: Stiverne vs Wilder

Though it’s billed as “Return to Glory”, Saturday does not signify an American heavyweight renaissance. Those of us who tasted the Tyson or Ali eras, and thus have ...
On January 16, 2015 / By Eliott McCormick
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Roc Nation Stages First Card at MSG

To much fanfare, Jay Z’s Roc Nation held its first ever boxing card last night. Staged at New York’s Madison Square Garden, it was headlined by Dusty Hernandez-Harrison‘s ...
On January 10, 2015 / By Eliott McCormick
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2014 Knockout Of The Year

Nominated: Carl Froch TKO8 George Groves Marvin Sonsona KO3 Akifumi Shimoda Andy Lee KO5 John Jackson Naoya Inoue KO2 Omar Narvaez Nicholas Walters TKO6 Nonito Donaire Winner: Andy Lee ...
On January 5, 2015 / By Eliott McCormick
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The Jackal Is Relegated to Japan

On the last day of one of boxing’s lamest years, its master craftsman, Guillermo “El Chacal” Rigondeaux (14-0), steps into the ring where he’ll seek a upbeat conclusion ...
On December 31, 2014 / By Eliott McCormick
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Pepsi Center Card Fizzles

Last night at the Pepsi Center in Quebec City, Showtime put on its last fight card of significance for 2014. It wasn’t even that significant, for although several ...
On December 20, 2014 / By Eliott McCormick

The Fight City

Montreal is The Fight City. Known in years past as "Sin City" and "Babylon on the St. Lawrence", it saw more than its share of ring legends over the decades. A metropolis where hundreds of young warriors train and battle each day in its many gyms, it is where Archie Moore, Sugar Ray Leonard, Roberto Duran and Bernard Hopkins all found greatness. It is a city of fights and fighters, of hockey and heroes, of broken dreams and immortal glory, a city unlike any other. Montreal is The Fight City.

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