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  Bobby “Boogaloo” Watts And The Philadelphia Middleweights

  Bobby “Boogaloo” Watts is from a different era, a time when more often than not, fighters embraced challenges and took on all comers. It was the 1970’s and ...

  On July 1, 2019 / By Thad Moore
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  “A Moment I Will Never Forget”: Interview With Ray Leonard

  Thirty-one years ago it was one of the biggest fights in boxing history and one of the most controversial. Sugar Ray vs Marvelous Marvin. Hagler vs Leonard. Few fights ...

  On April 7, 2018 / By Thad Moore
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  Sosa and Farmer: ‘Our Relationship Is Very Big’

  Jason Sosa and Tevin Farmer are as close as any two professional boxers in the entire sport. When you enter Dream Team Boxing Academy in Runnemede, New Jersey, ...

  On December 14, 2016 / By Thad Moore
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  Hearns vs Leonard I: In Their Own Words

  The Sugar Ray Leonard vs Thomas Hearns fight in 1981 was significant for so many reasons. You had two of the best, if not the best, fighters on the planet ...

  On September 16, 2016 / By Thad Moore
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  Teddy Atlas: Boxing Is About Second Chances

  Boxing is Teddy Atlas’ life. As a youngster he fought amateur bouts and was a Golden Gloves champion. Chronic back problems cut short his career and he moved ...

  On August 5, 2016 / By Thad Moore
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  “I Wish He Would Live Forever”

  Muhammad Ali was bigger than boxing and much more than a celebrity. He was a leader of social and cultural change, embodying characteristics which all of us aspire ...

  On June 9, 2016 / By Thad Moore
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  Jacobs Calls Out Alvarez

  The middleweight division is full of excitement and intrigue right now but most of the talk is all about Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin. Questions abound. Is Canelo ...

  On May 12, 2016 / By Thad Moore
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  Teaching The Sweet Science

  Bernard Hopkins is synonymous with Philadelphia boxing. Throughout his career, the man once known as “The Executioner” has been at the top of the list as a crowd ...

  On April 13, 2016 / By Thad Moore
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  Shawn Porter: “I Want To End It In One Round”

  Former IBF welterweight champion “Showtime” Shawn Porter will be more than prepared for his fight against reigning WBA welterweight titleholder Keith “One Time” Thurman, if he has anything ...

  On March 3, 2016 / By Thad Moore
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  Tim Witherspoon: “I’m The Real Rocky!”

  Everyone knows who Rocky Balboa is, but who is the true Rocky, the real-life Rocky? Tim Witherspoon, a former heavyweight champion who, like the mythical Rocky, hails from ...

  On February 9, 2016 / By Thad Moore
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  Peter Quillin: Life After Jacobs

  Going into his fight with Daniel Jacobs, Peter Quillin was a slight betting favorite to win with many predicting a “Kid Chocolate” victory based on the fact he ...

  On January 16, 2016 / By Thad Moore