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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 ...
On February 28, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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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 ...
On February 25, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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Feb. 24, 1989: Duran vs Barkley

Iran “The Blade” Barkley vs Roberto “Hands of Stone” Duran represents a very special page in the history book of boxing. This intense and historic battle is nothing ...
On February 24, 2020 / By Rafael García
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Feb. 29, 1993: Chavez vs Haugen

When Joe Cortez stopped the fight, even Haugen must have felt like things were in their right place. He took on the role of villain with Chavez, years ...
On February 20, 2020 / By David Como
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Feb. 19, 2000: Morales vs Barrera I

No one can really pin down how the animosity began. Perhaps it was a regional rivalry with Erik Morales hailing from the working class region of Zona Norte, ...
On February 19, 2020 / By Rene Ricardo Bernal
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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 ...
On February 18, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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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 ...
On February 16, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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Feb. 15, 1982: Leonard vs Finch

It is 1982 and Sugar Ray Leonard is the king of not only the welterweight division, but of the entire sport of boxing. No other fighter is as ...
On February 15, 2020 / By Robert Portis
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Feb. 14, 1951: Robinson vs LaMotta VI

Of all the great rivalries in boxing, that between Sugar Ray Robinson and Jake LaMotta stands apart. First, these were two all-time greats. Even early in their careers, ...
On February 14, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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Feb. 11, 1990: Douglas vs Tyson

Thirty years ago today, it happened: Douglas vs Tyson. The biggest upset in boxing history. Every fan knows the narrative. In 1990, the undefeated Mike Tyson appeared indomitable, ...
On February 11, 2020 / By Eliott McCormick
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Feb. 11, 1949: Pep vs Saddler II

There is a certain mystique to legendary fights of yesteryear, a nostalgia that speaks of a time when ‘The Sweet Science’ was larger than life and ruled supreme. ...
On February 11, 2020 / By Daniel Attias
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Feb. 9, 1974: Monzon vs Napoles

By this time no one questioned the greatness of the man they called “Mantequilla.” Jose Napoles, the former Cuban who emigrated to Mexico after Fidel Castro took over ...
On February 9, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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Light Heavyweight Mayhem

The famous middleweight “Murderer’s Row” of the 1940s, which in its prime featured Archie Moore, Ezzard Charles, Charley Burley, Lloyd Marshall and Holman Williams (among others), had something ...
On February 8, 2020 / By Douglas Cavanaugh
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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. ...
On February 7, 2020 / By Patrick Connor
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Feb. 5, 1943: Robinson-LaMotta II

A rivalry is not a rivalry after just one fight. Ray Robinson and Jake LaMotta had faced each other for the very first time just four months prior ...
On February 5, 2020 / By Robert Portis
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Fight City Legends: The Toy Bulldog

There’s a character archetype that’s been floating around for decades, if not centuries: the scrappy Irishman who makes up with strength and guts what he lacks in stature, ...
On February 4, 2020 / By Mathieu Brousseau
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Feb. 3, 1996: Barrera vs McKinney

It’s 1996 and HBO has decided to start a new series of live boxing, providing fight fans with more excitement and their prizefighters with more exposure. At that time, ...
On February 3, 2020 / By Robert Portis
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Feb. 2, 1980: Sanchez vs Lopez I

Danny “Little Red” Lopez had won the WBC version of the featherweight crown in 1976 and no one begrudged him the title. This was because Lopez, contrary to ...
On February 2, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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Feb. 1, 1965: Patterson vs Chuvalo

The popularity of boxing has waxed and waned over the decades, but the 1950s saw a new source of anxiety emerge for professional prizefighting: television. With boxing featured ...
On February 1, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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Jan. 29, 1983: Duran vs Cuevas

Roberto Duran vs Pipino Cuevas. Just two or three years earlier, an absolute dream match, but now a meeting of ex-champions, if not has-beens; two once proud warriors, ...
On January 30, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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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 thirty rounds of ...
On January 29, 2020 / By Rafael García
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Jan. 28, 1974: Ali vs Frazier II

Their first historic confrontation in 1971 took a significant toll on both Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali. Months of build-up and intense media pressure were topped off by a ...
On January 28, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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Jan. 24, 1982: Pedroza vs Laporte

Few champions have ever won as many world title matches as Panama’s Eusebio Pedroza and yet the prolific featherweight’s career is defined more by who he didn’t fight ...
On January 25, 2020 / By Robert Portis
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Jan. 24, 1976: Foreman vs Lyle

Following his surprise defeat to Muhammad Ali in one of the most historic fights in boxing history, George Foreman returned from Africa not just a former champion, but ...
On January 24, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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Jan. 22, 1988: Tyson vs Holmes

Throughout his career, Larry Holmes had been underestimated. When he began fighting his way up the heavyweight ranks while also working as a sparring partner for Joe Frazier ...
On January 22, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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Jan. 21, 1978: Duran vs De Jesus III

The rivalry came as a surprise to everyone when it began in November of 1972. A surprise because, at the time, no one expected the fistic dynamo that ...
On January 21, 2020 / By Neil Crane
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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 ...
On January 21, 2020 / By Patrick Connor
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Fight City Legends: The Old Master

Born in Baltimore in 1874, the great Joe Gans got his start in boxing the way many black fighters of his time did, in absurd, exploitative spectacles called ...
On January 19, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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Jan. 16, 1982: Navarrete vs Choi

For fight fans the world over, the city of Manila in the Philippines will always be reminiscent of the legendary third and final clash between Joe Frazier and ...
On January 16, 2020 / By Robert Portis
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Jan. 15, 1990: Foreman vs Cooney

They billed Foreman vs Cooney as “The Preacher and The Puncher,” but it quickly became known as “The Geezers at Caesars,” this unique crossroads battle between two aging ...
On January 15, 2020 / By Michael Carbert

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The Fight City

Montreal is The Fight City. Known in years past as "Sin City" and "Babylon on the St. Lawrence", it saw more than its share of ring legends over the decades. A metropolis where hundreds of young warriors train and battle each day in its many gyms, it is where Archie Moore, Sugar Ray Leonard, Roberto Duran and Bernard Hopkins all found greatness. It is a city of fights and fighters, of hockey and heroes, of broken dreams and immortal glory, a city unlike any other. Montreal is The Fight City.

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