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May 21, 1966: Ali vs Cooper II
Looking back, it’s easy to forget that until the early 70s and his wars with Bonavena, Frazier, Norton and Foreman, many seriously questioned the toughness of Muhammad Ali. ...
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May 20, 1985: Holmes vs Williams
Thirty-four 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 ...
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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 ...
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May 19, 1985: Gomez vs Lockridge
In recent years Rocky Lockridge has unfortunately become as well-known for his appearance on the television show “Intervention” and the visceral cry of pain that launched countless internet ...
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May 15, 1953: Marciano vs 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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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April 19, 1991: Holyfield vs Foreman
When news came in 1987 that former heavyweight champion George Foreman, who had retired almost a decade before to become an evangelical pastor, intended to embark on a ...
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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 ...
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April 12, 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, ...
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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. ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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, ...
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Top 12 Most Significant Fights In Boxing History
There are big fights which all boxing fans want to see, and then there are the monumental clashes that attract attention from all corners and have a lasting ...
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Back In The Win Column
As chronicled in detail on this website, the boxing journey of Ian MacKillop is a unique story unto itself as he has truly led a fighter’s life, traveling all ...
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March 25, 1958: Robinson vs Basilio II
Sugar Ray Robinson, widely regarded 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 return ...
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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 ...
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Fight City Legends: The Barbados Demon
With Mikey Garcia, a former featherweight, about to challenge full-fledged welterweight Errol Spence Jr. on Saturday, the factor of weight is on the minds of boxing fans. Though ...
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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 ...
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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, ...
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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 ...
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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 tops in boxing. You ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Top 12 All-Time Most Cerebral Boxers
It takes more than strength, punching power and great conditioning to become a champion prizefighter. Mastery of footwork, angles, feinting, defense and the ability to adapt to an ...
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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 ...
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Feb. 16, 1970: Frazier vs Ellis
Following Muhammad Ali’s refusal to be drafted into the U.S. Army in June 1967 and his being relieved of both his title and his license to box, the matter ...
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