Browsing All Posts By Michael Carbert
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Boxiana 4
Dec. 5, 1947: Louis vs Walcott I
Bad decisions. Robberies. Ridiculous scorecards. Maybe nothing sickens a fight fan more than judges rendering a final verdict which makes a mockery of a hard-fought contest. Sadly, such ...
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Boxiana 5
Nov. 18, 1970: Frazier vs Foster
When former heavyweight champion Joe Frazier died in 2011 it came as a shock to the boxing world. After all, he was a mere sixty-seven years of age ...
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Boxiana 0
Nov. 16, 1979: Arguello vs Chacon
Bobby Chacon had been an overnight sensation in California, a popular young fighter attracting big crowds to the Inglewood Forum and the Olympic Auditorium. But as quickly as ...
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Boxiana 3
Nov. 12, 1982: Pryor vs Arguello I
It’s November, 1982 and the sport of boxing is bigger than ever. Sugar Ray Leonard, Roberto Duran, Marvin Hagler and Thomas Hearns are all mainstream stars and fight fans enjoy ...
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Boxiana 8
Nov. 10, 1983: Hagler vs Duran
Since finally winning the world middleweight title in 1980 and firmly establishing himself as one of the best boxers on the planet, Marvelous Marvin Hagler had been like ...
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Boxiana 2
Nov. 9, 1996: Holyfield vs Tyson I
Intimidation. From the jungles of our primitive ancestors, to the boardrooms of today’s suit-and-tie warriors, the ability to demoralize an antagonist without resorting to physical violence remains a ...
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Boxiana 1
Nov. 7, 1988: Leonard vs Lalonde
In 1982, after being treated for a detached retina, Sugar Ray Leonard retired from boxing. Two years later he attempted a comeback, which was quickly aborted after an ...
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Boxiana 1
Nov. 6, 1981: Holmes vs Snipes
In May of 1981, undefeated fair-skinned heavyweight contender Gerry Cooney galvanized the attention of fair-skinned American sports fans by demolishing respected veteran Ken Norton in a mere 54 ...
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Boxiana 0
Nov. 4, 1932: Canzoneri vs Petrolle
For fight fans who happen to be born after around say, 1975 or so, Billy Petrolle might seem a rather curious figure. Here’s a warrior with over 89 ...
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Boxiana 2
Nov. 1, 1922: Britton vs Walker II
It was that same old tale, the one we relive over and over again. The aging king refuses to move on and leave the cheers of the crowd ...
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Boxiana 0
Oct. 30, 1982: Hagler vs Obelmejias II
It’s 1982 and no one doubts that undisputed middleweight champion Marvelous Marvin Hagler is the best active boxer on the planet, pound-for-pound. While Aaron Pryor, Michael Spinks, and ...
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Boxiana 8
Oct. 30, 1974: Ali vs Foreman
In 1974, George Foreman reigned supreme. The previous year he had astonished the sports world with his terrifying demolition of Joe Frazier, knocking Smokin’ Joe to the canvas ...
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Boxiana 0
Oct. 29, 1987: Hearns vs Roldan
The great Henry Armstrong had come agonizingly close to accomplishing the feat. Latter day legends Alexis Arguello and Roberto Duran had tried and failed. But finally, for the ...
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Boxiana 3
Oct. 26, 1970: Ali vs Quarry I
Following his successful defense of the heavyweight championship of the world against Zora Folley in March of 1967, Muhammad Ali’s boxing career came to a sudden, though not ...
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Boxiana 3
Oct. 25, 1980: Weaver vs Coetzee
Following Leon Spink’s huge upset victory over Muhammad Ali in 1978, the heavyweight championship belt was torn in two. The World Boxing Council soon stripped Spinks of their ...
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Boxiana 3
Oct. 16, 1987: Tyson vs Biggs
It is 1987 and nothing and no one can stop heavyweight wrecking machine Mike Tyson. The year before he had blown away Trevor Berbick in two rounds to become ...
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Boxiana 1
Oct. 12, 1978: Scott vs Gregory
It remains one of the more unlikely episodes in all of boxing history. A convicted criminal locked inside a maximum security penitentiary not only competed in sanctioned, professional ...
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Boxiana 9
Fight City Legends: The Fighting Marine
Gene Tunney will forever be a truly great boxer, one of the best to ever step into the ring. A clever strategist with excellent footwork, superb defense, and ...
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Boxiana 1
Oct. 4, 1940: Zivic vs Armstrong
Fritzie Zivic is forever one of the most colorful characters in the history of boxing and with 158 wins on his record, he was also no slouch in ...
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The Top Twelve 10
Top 12 All-Time Greatest Victories
For the purposes of this list, a great victory is one secured in the face of an overwhelming disadvantage, or taken at the expense of a truly great ...
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Boxiana 5
Oct. 1, 1975: Ali vs Frazier III
Forty-five years later, one still hears the echoes, the reverberations of that final, epic struggle between two boxing legends. After all, it was more than a heavyweight championship ...
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Boxiana 18
Sept. 28, 1976: Ali vs Norton III
In a time of endless and constant media exposure and thirty second attention spans, it is almost impossible to fully appreciate the larger-than-life fame and popularity of Muhammad ...
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Boxiana 4
Sept. 27, 1980: Hagler vs Minter
For too long Marvin Hagler had been denied, ignored and unjustly sidelined while lesser middleweights got the big opportunities and the big money. For too long Hagler had ...
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Boxiana 6
Sept. 23, 1952: Marciano vs Walcott I
After a record breaking reign atop the big man division, the great Joe Louis had finally retired in 1948 and in the years immediately following boxing struggled to ...
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Boxiana 1
Sept. 21, 1985: Holmes vs Spinks I
In March of 1985, heavyweight champion Larry Holmes scored a tenth round stoppage of undefeated contender David Bey and then immediately announced that he was done. As in, ...
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Boxiana 2
Sept. 16, 1981: Leonard vs Hearns
In the summer of 1981, only two boxers mattered in America: WBA welterweight champion Thomas Hearns, and WBC welterweight champion Sugar Ray Leonard. Since the previous fall, when ...
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Boxiana 2
Sept. 14, 1923: Dempsey vs Firpo
After more than nine decades it may be difficult to appreciate the impact of the legendary Dempsey vs Firpo fight and how it transformed the public image of ...
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Boxiana 15
Sept. 10, 1973: Ali vs Norton II
It had been years since Muhammad Ali worked with such intensity and purpose, years since he had forced his body to undergo the torture necessary to reach supreme ...
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Boxiana 3
Sept. 9, 1983: Pryor vs Arguello II
Do a Google search for Alexis Arguello and you end up with photos and videos about Aaron Pryor. Do one for Aaron Pryor and you end up with ...
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Boxiana 7
Sept. 6, 1920: Dempsey, Greb & Langford
It’s now a very rare thing for boxing fans to get genuinely excited about the undercard for a major fight. The preliminaries for big showdowns are often exercises ...
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