Browsing All Posts By Patrick Connor
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June 8, 2002: Lewis vs Tyson
Legitimate superfights tend not to just happen spontaneously, but instead build up over time. The first bout between Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali was years in the making, ...
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June 4, 1971: Napoles vs Backus II
Cuba’s messy political issues in the last half-century have made for countless stories of struggle and triumph, though more the former than anything else. From rafting across shark-infested ...
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May 29, 1901: McGovern vs Herrera
In one corner is a bigger-than-life character, a two-division titlist and miniature wrecking ball defeated only by himself in two disqualification losses. And in the other corner, an ...
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May 22, 1982: Arguello vs Ganigan
A few years back the rise of Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez as a rare flyweight superstar again put the nation of Nicaragua on the boxing map, but in fact ...
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May 14, 1883: Sullivan vs Mitchell
From the embers of the Great Boston Fire of 1872 rose a man not small of frame and stature like his 5-foot, 2-inch father, but instead heavy and ...
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April 8, 2006: Mayweather vs Judah
Boxing has always been able to create superstars, even if those days seem to be slowly drawing to a close. Only time will tell whether the sport can ...
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Features 7
Glory Does Stay
“If a man can bridge the gap between life and death, if he can live on after he’s dead, then maybe he was a great man.” — James ...
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Feb. 7, 1882: Sullivan vs Ryan
At the dawn of pugilism’s gloved era, championship claims were difficult to prove or sustain absent reliable record-keeping and a means to ensure prizefights could happen without police interference. ...
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Jan. 21, 1927: LaBarba vs Clark
Flyweight wasn’t much of a division until Jimmy Wilde came along. While not the first of the little champions, “The Ghost With the Hammer in His Hand” showed ...
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Above All Mortals
With boxing still profoundly affected by the ongoing pandemic, we will continue to periodically revisit some of our past feature articles. Today, on the anniversary of the great ...
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Nov. 30, 1956: Patterson vs Moore
In decades past, when undisputed heavyweight champions were the norm and not the exception, they inevitably created a great vacuum of power upon retiring. It was a mad scramble ...
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Fight City Legends: The Boston Gob
In boxing history, there are the champions and there are those who fight among them. For every Muhammad Ali, Joe Louis and Jack Dempsey, there were hundreds of ...
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Sept. 29, 1967: Griffith vs Benvenuti II
“I would have quit, but I didn’t know how to do anything else but fight.” Beyond the mythologies and whimsical fairy tales full of heroes who sneered at ...
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The Long Count
More than nine decades have passed since the rematch between Gene Tunney and Jack Dempsey took place on a brisk September evening at Chicago’s Soldier Field in 1927, ...
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Aug. 31, 1989: Zaragoza vs Duarte
In the 1920s, “Cauliflower Row” became a popular appellation for the fight racket. It was the perfect name, referring to the disfigured ears boxers often wind up with, ...
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Aug. 9, 2003: Freitas vs Barrios
For Elio Ortiz the end came in round four after he visited the canvas a fifth time at the hands of Teddy Reid. Reid himself had been rocked ...
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Top 12 All-Time Greatest Mexico vs Puerto Rico Fights
The phrase “hot Latin blood,” coined to describe the alleged fiery temperament of Spanish speakers on the planet, goes back well into the 19th century. So maybe it ...
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July 22, 1931: Walker vs Sharkey
There really was nothing left to prove. Why Mickey Walker felt an assault on the heavyweight division was necessary, nobody still living knows. It likely had much to ...
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July 15, 1931: Chocolate vs Bass
Throughout boxing history, world titles have assumed various levels of worth, some about as valuable as your proverbial wooden nickel. It’s a process unlikely to ever stop, as ...
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Top 12 Greatest Roberto Duran Victories
Seems like we had just finished celebrating the 40th anniversary of the first great Duran vs Leonard battle when the awful news came that the man they call ...
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Top 12 All-Time Greatest Heavyweight Slugfests
Heading into tonight’s much-anticipated rematch between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder, the man they call “The Gypsy King” has repeatedly promised an action-packed war, a heavyweight version of ...
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Pernell Whitaker: Gone Too Soon
When the United States Olympic Boxing Team sauntered away with a staggering nine gold medals in 1984, Pernell Whitaker was actually lost in the shuffle. First came an ...
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Boxing With The Beard No. 5
In the newest episode of “Boxing With The Beard,” illustrious fight pundit Patrick Connor of Knuckles & Gloves Boxing Radio breaks down Saul “Canelo” Alvarez vs Rocky Fielding, ...
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Boxing With The Beard
Patrick Connor is a contributor to this site, as well as many others, and he has also been known to make videos to discuss current boxing news. Herewith, ...
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David Benavidez: Something To Prove
A rematch between David “Red Flag” Benavidez and Ronald “The Thrill” Gavril would be main event material during an average boxing weekend. But this Saturday night, it’s a ...
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Boxing Returns To Portland
It’s been nearly 12 years since the city of Portland, Oregon played host to a professional boxing card. Few people around the “Rose City” actually remember its bustling ...
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Night Of The Superfly
When little-known Srisaket Sor Rungvisai tabbed a controversial upset win over four-time champion Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez last March, a first round knockdown in favor of the challenger was ...
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Fight Report: Gonzalez vs Cuadras
Becoming a star in contemporary boxing isn’t the easiest thing to do, and it’s especially difficult when a fighter scales in far below more popular divisions like middleweight ...
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August 23, 1997: Lopez vs Sanchez
“Before each round Ricardo looks up at the heavens, then goes out to kill, kill, kill. It’s like he’s asking permission from God to annihilate the other guy.” ...
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Waging War: Vargas and Salido Draw
The entire boxing world may be in a state of mourning, but the sport must continue to function, even if only to distract the masses. Thankfully two Mexican warriors, ...
