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Ross vs Armstrong

Barney Ross was more than just one of the best boxers who ever lived. A Jew whose life was largely defined by anti-Semitism, he was a hero to ...
On May 31, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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Fight City Legends: Speckled Bob

We live in the age of the camera and mass produced, edited, precisely manicured images, when glamour, style and looks have never been more important. On this score, ...
On May 26, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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May 21, 1966: Ali vs Cooper II

Looking back, it’s easy to forget that until the early 1970s and his wars with Bonavena, Frazier, Norton and Foreman, many seriously questioned the toughness of Muhammad Ali. ...
On May 21, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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May 20, 1985: Holmes vs Williams

Thirty-five years ago today a crime occurred. It went largely unnoticed outside the world of boxing, but that doesn’t change the fact that it happened. Or that nothing ...
On May 20, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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May 20, 1983: Holmes vs Witherspoon

The career of heavyweight champion Larry Holmes is, among other things, a study in frustration. First, there was the struggle to establish himself as a serious contender in ...
On May 20, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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May 19, 1995: Gomez vs Lockridge

In recent years the late Rocky Lockridge unfortunately became as well-known for his appearance on the television show “Intervention” and the visceral cry of pain that launched countless ...
On May 19, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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May 15, 1953: Marciano-Walcott II

An immediate return match after a tough loss can be a risky proposition. There is no physical reason for this; after a few weeks the body repairs itself ...
On May 15, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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The Top 12 All-Time Greatest Mexican Boxers

A while back your preferred kick-ass boxing website had a special week on Mexican pugilists called “Mexican Style” and part of it was a spirited debate regarding just ...
On May 5, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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May 1, 1957: Robinson-Fullmer II

May 1st, 1957. Chicago Stadium. The rematch between young, tough Gene Fullmer, and the living legend, Sugar Ray Robinson. Pre-fight predictions were mixed, but most thought time was ...
On May 1, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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April 27, 1968: Ellis vs Quarry

In June of 1967, a jury found world heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali guilty of draft evasion for his refusal to join the military and participate in the war ...
On April 27, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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April 21, 1962: Brown vs Ortiz

They called him “Old Bones” because they needed something to liven up his image and distinguish him from all the other Joe Browns in America, but also because ...
On April 21, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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April 19, 1991: Holyfield vs Foreman

When news came in 1987 that former heavyweight champion George Foreman, who had retired ten years before to become an evangelical pastor, was embarking on a wholly unexpected ...
On April 19, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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April 16, 1952: Robinson vs Graziano

Sometimes match-ups that appear obvious, can’t-miss attractions, just don’t happen for whatever reason. Such was the case with Sugar Ray Robinson and Rocky Graziano. Both were based in ...
On April 16, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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April 14, 1979: Galindez vs Rossman II

The Latin code of “machismo” is a harsh one. Pain, weakness or humility do not exist for the true “macho man” who will concede nothing, who will never ...
On April 14, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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April 10, 1964: Pastrano vs Peralta

To say light heavyweight champion Willie Pastrano was not the most enthusiastic or Spartan-like of athletes is a bit of an understatement. According to his trainer, Angelo Dundee, ...
On April 10, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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Fight City Legends: The Ghetto Wizard

In the long history of boxing there have been many master trainers, gurus of the ring who made it their life’s work to mould young men into pugilists. ...
On April 7, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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April 6, 1987: Leonard vs Hagler

On April 15, 1985, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, after twelve long years of struggle and sacrifice, finally conquered the summit of professional boxing and established himself as not only ...
On April 6, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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April 5, 1915: Johnson vs Willard

It is not for nothing that late scribe Jimmy Cannon called boxing “the red light district of sports.” Pugilism is no stranger to corruption and criminals and over ...
On April 5, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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April 2, 1954: Olson vs Gavilan

Kid Gavilan, aka “The Cuban Hawk,” had been a top ranked boxer for years before he won the world welterweight title, having bested such rough customers as Tommy ...
On April 2, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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March 31, 1980: Tate vs Weaver

Not for nothing do they call boxing “the cruelest sport.” Just as the outcome of a baseball game can be decided with a single crack of the bat, ...
On March 31, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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March 25, 1958: Robinson vs Basilio II

Sugar Ray Robinson, regarded by many as pound-for-pound the greatest boxer of all time, rarely found himself the underdog, but that’s exactly what he was heading into his ...
On March 25, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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March 13, 1963: Clay vs Jones

No matter how impressive the amateur credentials, or how good they look in the gym, you can never know what a prospect is made of before they are ...
On March 13, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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March 8, 1971: Ali vs Frazier I

Back in 2015, immediately following the announcement of a Floyd Mayweather vs Manny Pacquiao match finally being signed and sealed, excited boxing pundits began searching for comparisons. How ...
On March 8, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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March 5, 1943: Jack vs Zivic

In decades past the boxing world was an even tougher and less forgiving place than it is today, not to mention more crooked. Fighters were fighters, not businessmen, ...
On March 5, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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March 4, 1961: Robinson vs Fullmer IV

Let us journey back, boxing fans, to a time when the best fought the best and did so not once every couple of years but whenever the occasion ...
On March 4, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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Fight City Legends: The Boston Bonecrusher

When we compare the great champions of past and present, inevitably we draw a distinction between the true warrior and the mere athlete. At that point we realize ...
On March 3, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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March 1, 1992: Nelson vs Fenech II

It may not be right or just, but the fact remains that when it comes to drawing attention and selling tickets, the heavyweights are always tops in boxing. ...
On March 1, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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Feb. 28, 1973: Napoles vs Lopez II

They call boxing the cruelest sport for a number of reasons, one of them being that no matter how talented or dedicated a boxer is, his success ultimately ...
On February 28, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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Feb. 25, 1964: Clay vs Liston I

An earthquake. The ground collapsing beneath one’s feet. Everything around you that is established and familiar giving way to things new and strange and frightening. We’re only human ...
On February 25, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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Feb. 18, 1989: Whitaker vs Haugen

Looking back it’s difficult not to feel some measure of regret for Pernell Whitaker, which is absurd given that the man won six world titles in four divisions ...
On February 18, 2020 / By Michael Carbert

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