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Four To Watch

While last weekend offered slim pickings in terms of ring action, this weekend is something else. On tap, a number of relevant matches involving some of the sport’s biggest ...
On June 7, 2018 / By Rafael García
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The Fight Game Has Changed

Since inception, the relationship between television and boxing has been bittersweet. Back in the 1950s A. J. Liebling, journalistic star for The New Yorker and boxing writer extraordinaire, ...
On May 3, 2018 / By Rafael García
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Cinco De Mamadas

“I have not let you down. I respect the sport and I will always be a clean fighter.” By uttering these words—with a straight, if contrite, face—Saul ...
On April 5, 2018 / By Rafael García
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12 Rounds In Lo’s Gym

An amateur boxer prowling the stands in desperation, looking for a last-second opponent. Silver Gloves competitions filled with anxious fighting novices. “Tough Man” contests brimming with fighters long ...
On March 27, 2018 / By Rafael García
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Fight Report: Superfly 2

The Event Superfly 2 went down last night at the Forum in Inglewood, California, featuring some of the best talent to be found in the lower weight classes. ...
On February 25, 2018 / By Rafael García
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Canelo vs GGG II Is Officially Set: Are We Happy Now?

After months of procrastination, the long negotiated, eagerly awaited rematch between Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin has finally become official. The Mexican and the Kazakh will meet up ...
On January 31, 2018 / By Rafael García
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Jan. 29, 2005: Gatti vs Leija

As 2005 started, Arturo Gatti‘s star was once again on the rise. He had previously earned the title of “Blood and Guts Warrior” after enduring 30 rounds of ...
On January 29, 2018 / By Rafael García
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2017 Performance of the Year

Nominees: Leo Santa Cruz (vs Carl Frampton) Oleksandr Usyk (vs Marco Huck) Andre Ward (vs Sergey Kovalev) Errol Spence (vs Kell Brook) Roman Gonzalez (vs Srisaket Sor Rungvisai ...
On January 5, 2018 / By Rafael García
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Je Me Souviens

The Place Bell is situated a five-minute walk from the doors of the Montmorency metro station in Laval, just north of Montreal. But when the temperature is -15 ...
On December 23, 2017 / By Rafael García
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Saunders vs Lemieux: Middleweight Crossroads

The middleweights are a class we have deemed more than once to be an unabashed mess given the fact that for several years it has been populated at ...
On December 14, 2017 / By Rafael García
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Battle For The Soul Of Mexican Boxing

If you place a large map of Mexico on your wall and then try to put your finger exactly on its center, your index will land very close ...
On September 14, 2017 / By Rafael García
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Getting Set For SUPERFLY

In a truly excellent year for boxing, this weekend’s SUPERFLY card is in a class of its own. The world’s top five super flyweights will be in action, ...
On September 7, 2017 / By Rafael García
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Adrien Broner: No More Lights

“Yo, maroon! Adrien Broner sucks, bro!” The six-foot high, 250-plus pounds guy in the burgundy jacket at the urinal next to mine didn’t flinch, so the guy doing ...
On August 19, 2017 / By Rafael García
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Adios, Dinamita

Greatness has a soft spot for grit. In the ring, Juan Manuel Marquez had grit in spades. He showed it practically every time he stepped between the ropes. ...
On August 11, 2017 / By Rafael García
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Fight Report: Garcia vs Broner

The Event At the Barclays Center of Brooklyn, New York, highly regarded Mikey Garcia met perennial troublemaker Adrien Broner in a bout that came together unexpectedly, adding a ...
On July 30, 2017 / By Rafael García
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Opposites Collide: Broner vs Garcia

Sometimes fights arrive in boxing that no one asked or expected to see. These fights serve as reminders that prizefighters are mercenaries first and foremost, willing to showcase ...
On July 28, 2017 / By Rafael García
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Brook vs Spence: Closer to The Truth

Tomorrow night at Bramall Lane Ground in Sheffield, England, IBF welterweight titlist Kell Brook will defend his belt against fearsome up-and-comer Errol Spence Jr. If most fight fans ...
On May 26, 2017 / By Rafael García
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Canelo vs Golovkin: Four Steps To Make It The Event Of The Year

Louis C. K. has a good bit about how words are neither good nor bad, but just happen to become good or bad depending on how people use them. ...
On May 18, 2017 / By Rafael García
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Top 12 All-Time Greatest All-Mexican Fights

As we get set for the Cinco de Mayo extravaganza of an all-Mexican showdown tonight between Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., what better time could ...
On May 6, 2017 / By Rafael García
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Canelo vs Chavez Jr.: A Question of Value

“Nobody knows what a dollar is, what the word means, what holds the thing up, what it stands in for. And that’s also what my work is about. Look ...
On May 3, 2017 / By Rafael García
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The Greatness Of Gonzalez

Allegedly, 60% of Roman Gonzalez is plain water, just like the rest of us. It begs the question: does that leave enough room in his compact 5’3″ frame ...
On March 20, 2017 / By Rafael García
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PBC’s Hard Lessons

Last week two high profile articles hit the web describing in almost grotesque detail the way Premier Boxing Champions—Al Haymon’s infamous boxing league—has been bled nearly dry. The ...
On October 3, 2016 / By Rafael García
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Top 12 All-Time Biggest Welterweight Fights

35 years ago one of the biggest fights in boxing history shattered box-office and telecast records and ushered in the era of The Four Kings. Hearns vs Leonard ...
On September 16, 2016 / By Rafael García
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Live To Fight Another Day

Reporting on a Gennady Golovkin fight mostly requires writing about why that fight came to be, with lots of speculation–most of it pointless–about what could possibly come next. ...
On September 11, 2016 / By Rafael García
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Crawford vs Postol: The Fight City Picks

Saturday night in Las Vegas, 28-year-old Terence Crawford and 32-year-old Viktor Postol will headline what could become a memorable PPV show at the top of the junior welterweight division. Bud ...
On July 22, 2016 / By Rafael García
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The Middleweight Mess Redux

In February of last year The Fight City staffers engaged in a no-holds-barred conversation about the sorry state of the middleweight ranks. The division in which such names as Sugar Ray ...
On July 14, 2016 / By Rafael García
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A Tweet Is Worth A Thousand Words

Many fight fans have learned their lesson regarding big fights and thus refuse to believe Andre Ward will face Sergey Kovalev before 2016 comes to a close. However, ...
On July 3, 2016 / By Rafael García
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On Canelo, Golovkin, Marinating, And Other Mamadas

“Como decimos en Mexico, vamos a dejarnos de mamadas” –Canelo Alvarez In Spanish, mamada is a noun derived from the verb mamar, which literally means ‘to suckle’. Being ...
On May 26, 2016 / By Rafael García
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A Question No One Asked

Canelo Alvarez and Amir Khan meet tonight at the Strip’s brand new T-Mobile Arena for a contest that on the surface looks like a can’t miss Vegas extravaganza. ...
On May 7, 2016 / By Rafael García
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A Futile Waiting Game

“You don’t want the fight, I understand, you’re 100% a businessman. But I wait, I’ve been waiting… let’s go fight.” –Gennady Golovkin No matter the circumstances surrounding Gennady ...
On April 22, 2016 / By Rafael García