Fight City Legends: Little Chocolate
The question is posed: who was the first black man to win a world boxing championship? And here are the
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Oct. 21, 1953: Olson vs Turpin
“They say I haven’t trained hard enough for this fight. Who is to be the judge of how hard I
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Oct. 18, 1991: Mercer vs Morrison
Most boxing fans are familiar with the ancient chestnut, “As the heavyweights go, so goes boxing,” and it would be
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Oct. 16, 1987: Tyson vs Biggs
It is 1987 and nothing and no one can stop heavyweight wrecking machine Mike Tyson. The year before he had blown
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Oct. 16, 1970: Olivares vs Castillo
The rivalry between Ruben Olivares and Jesus Castillo—one of the most revered in Mexican boxing lore—took place in an era when the bantamweight
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Oct. 14, 1949: Gavilan vs Jack
It was the classic clash of the old king vs the future king when the once-great Beau Jack met Kid Gavilan
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Oct. 12, 1978: Scott vs Gregory
It remains one of the more unlikely episodes in all of boxing history. A convicted criminal locked inside a maximum
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Oct. 11, 1992: Lopez vs Lin
The nickname of all-time great Mexican pugilist Ricardo Lopez is “El Finito,” which translates to “The Fine One.” Sometimes a
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Oct. 10, 1962: Harada vs Kingpetch
Pone Kingpetch, Thailand’s first world champion, had won the flyweight crown from Pascual Pérez, an impressive achievement considering the Argentinian
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Oct. 7, 1995: Lewis vs Morrison
On October 7, 1995, top heavyweights Lennox Lewis and Tommy Morrison clashed at the Atlantic City Convention Center for Morrison’s
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Oct. 5, 1936: Canzoneri vs McLarnin II
Tony Canzoneri vs Jimmy McLarnin. Two of the very best from one of boxing’s greatest decades, the 1930’s, the Depression
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Oct. 4, 1940: Zivic vs Armstrong
Fritzie Zivic is forever one of the most colorful characters in the history of boxing and with 158 wins on
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Fight City Legends: King of the Canebrakes
On this day way back in 1933, a young man, a fighter, lies close to death in a hospital bed
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Oct. 1, 1975: Ali vs Frazier III
More than four decades later, one still hears the echoes, the reverberations of that final, epic struggle between two boxing
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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
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Sept. 29, 2001: Hopkins vs Trinidad
It was on this day back in 2001 that Bernard “The Executioner” Hopkins‘ stubborn, persistent drive to reach the peak
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Sept. 28, 1976: Ali vs Norton III
In a time of constant media exposure and fifteen second attention spans, it is almost impossible to fully appreciate the
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Sept. 28, 1979: Holmes vs Shavers
We talk of fighters having a “puncher’s chance,” and that, more than anything else, was what Earnie Shavers brought into
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Sept. 27, 1980: Hagler vs Minter
For too long Marvelous Marvin Hagler had been denied, ignored and unjustly sidelined while lesser middleweights had got the big
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Sept. 27, 1986: Curry vs Honeyghan
Time flies and it’s already more than five years since Britain’s Kell Brook tried to shake up the boxing world by
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Sept. 27, 1950: Charles vs Louis
There’s little doubt that Ezzard Charles is one of boxing’s most underrated champions. A skillful technician, he holds wins over
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Sept. 23, 1957: Robinson vs Basilio
The great Sugar Ray Robinson had retired from boxing, had been singing and tap-dancing for three years. He didn’t have
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Sept. 23, 1952: Marciano vs Walcott I
After a record breaking reign atop the big man division, the great Joe Louis finally retired in 1948, and in
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Sept. 21, 1985: Holmes vs Spinks I
In March of 1985, heavyweight champion Larry Holmes scored a tenth round stoppage of undefeated contender David Bey and then
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Sept. 19, 1980: Pintor vs Owen
For those who had never seen Johnny Owen perform, the impossibly thin and impossibly pale man who made his way
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Sept. 17, 1954: Marciano vs Charles
On this day back in 1954, Rocky Marciano and Ezzard Charles clashed at Yankee Stadium to contest, for the second
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Sept. 16, 1981: Leonard vs Hearns
In the summer of 1981, only two boxers mattered in America: WBA welterweight champion Thomas Hearns, and WBC welterweight champion
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Sept. 14, 1923: Dempsey vs Firpo
After more than nine decades it may be difficult to appreciate the impact of the legendary Dempsey vs Firpo fight
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Sept. 12, 1992: Chavez vs Camacho (Part II)
Click here to read part I of the tale of Chavez vs Camacho. With a delirious crowd awaiting the opening
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Sept. 12, 1992: Chavez vs Camacho (Part I)
The ring, like the arena that housed it, was filled to capacity. The final bell had rung and dozens of
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