Browsing All Posts By Ronnie McCluskey
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Fight City Reviews 0
A Fistful Of Murder
Having already written a book about maniacal South American fighter Edwin Valero, Don Stradley doubtless experienced déjà vu when poring over the troubled tale of Argentine middleweight Carlos ...
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Features 9
Fifty Epic Fights: The 1990s
It’s been more than a year since our world was devastated by the deadly COVID-19 virus and we’re still far from getting back to normal. In fact, depending ...
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Features 5
Eighty Fights From The 80’s (Part Two)
We know you’ve barely started sampling all the great battles we listed yesterday in Part One of this list, but we promised, and so we deliver: here’s the ...
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Features 2
Eighty Fights From The 80’s (Part One)
The 1980s were a monumental decade in politics, pop music and, of course, in boxing. Indeed, the eighties stand out for the sheer volume of exciting battles, not ...
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Boxiana 0
April 18, 1998: Eubank vs Thompson
Chris Eubank was always a mighty specimen. Sleekly muscled during his reigns as middle and super-middleweight champion, it should have come as no surprise when he gatecrashed the ...
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Fight City Reviews 2
The Story Of The Cincinnati Cobra
Like anyone who identifies as something of a boxing diehard, I’m familiar with the name Ezzard Charles. However, if pressed I could not tell you much more than ...
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Fight City Reviews 2
McIlvanney On Boxing
A.J. Liebling will always be boxing’s literary standard bearer, his masterwork The Sweet Science and other books certain to find appreciative fans through the generations. If there’s a ...
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Boxiana 2
Aug. 29, 1992: Toney-McCallum II
Some would argue that James Toney’s first victory over Mike McCallum, which also happened to be his final defense of his middleweight title, is, all things considered, his greatest ...
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Features 6
Whatever Happened To Scott Harrison?
For a country so small, Scotland has punched well above its weight in producing champion boxers. Benny Lynch, “The Little King of the Gorbals,” famously lit up the ...
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Features 5
McCluskey’s Dozen: Thirty Years Of Talent
Talent is an almost indefinable quality. You can spot it in a prodigious young athlete, but at the same time it’s difficult to define precisely what it is. ...
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Taylor vs Prograis: Primed For Greatness
Taylor vs Prograis: a showdown to decide the last man standing at 140 pounds. Saturday’s junior welterweight unification between southpaws Josh Taylor and Regis Prograis might be the ...
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Fight Reports 0
Fight Report: Super Series In Glasgow
Back in November, I agreed with the consensus that said the WBSS bill topped by Josh Taylor was the best to occur on Scottish soil for years. Six ...
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Features 0
DeGale vs Eubank: Flight Of The Egos
Although it’s pleasing to see the DeGale vs Eubank fight come to fruition – it could so easily have been one of those oft-discussed but never consummated domestic ...
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Features 0
Frampton vs Warrington: A Clash Of Armies
That a pair of potential Fights of the Year candidates — Frampton vs Warrington and Chisora vs Whyte — are taking place on the same night, on separate ...
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Columns 0
What Now, Mr. Groves?
One of the more negative aspects of boxing in the modern age is the way in which defeated fighters are cast aside, while those who have assiduously protected ...
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Fight Reports 0
Fight Report: Taylor vs Martin
The Event The World Boxing Super Series hit Glasgow for a show widely regarded as the best to take place on Scottish soil in years. Home favourite Josh ...
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Fight Reports 0
Fight Report: Taylor vs Postol
The Event When Cyclone Promotions announced that their fast-rising star Josh Taylor was to fight Viktor Postol, few could believe it. Not because Taylor was not considered capable, ...
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Columns 0
Groves vs Eubank: Showdown In Manchester
There was a time when few people took Chris Eubank Jr seriously, but it’s fair to say that time has passed. You only have to watch the sinewy ...
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Columns 1
At Long Last
Since Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao trolled the sporting world to the tune of six hundred million dollars two years ago, boxing fans have craved a superfight. A ...
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Columns 0
Five Big Fights For The Big Men
At the time Tyson Fury dethroned Wladimir Klitschko in November of 2015, there was just one match needed to determine the undisputed, number one heavyweight on the planet: ...
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Columns 2
Will Eubank Deliver?
When Chris Eubank Jr. announced that he would face Renold Quinlan for the meretricious IBO super-middleweight title on February 4, he inadvertently provoked a tidal flow of derision. ...
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Features 3
Another Mismatch Superfight?
An unsettling trend which has emerged in the world of boxing in 2016 is the mismatch superfight, and with news that WBC cruiserweight champion Tony Bellew will move up ...
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Another Burns’ Night in Glasgow
Promoter Eddie Hearn has not always saw fit to book Glasgow’s premier events venue, the SSE Hydro, for Ricky Burns and last night was only the second time ...
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Can Kell Brook Be The Next British Giant-Killer?
The date with destiny is rapidly approaching for Kell Brook, and if he’s to have any hope of toppling fearsome middleweight ruler Gennady Golovkin, he must live up ...
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Bellew Bidding For Goodison Glory
In boxing, football stadium fights have a certain dizzying appeal. Funnelling an army of 20 000 or more diehard fight fans into an open-air stadium creates an electrifying ...
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Columns 1
Superfight For Kell Brook?
Back in August of 2014, following an ugly contest marred by excessive clinching and frequent rabbit punches, Kell Brook supplanted Shawn Porter as IBF welterweight champion. The unbeaten underdog ...
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#MayPac One Year Later
“Well, that happened.” That was my friend’s reaction to ‘the biggest fight in boxing history.’ The statement, made moments after the final bell, unintentionally but very concisely reflected ...
