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March 19, 1983: McCrory vs Jones I

In the late 70’s and early 80’s professional prizefighting was enjoying a serious resurgence with major stars such as Hearns, Hagler, Mancini, Duran, Arguello and Holmes inspiring keen ...
On March 19, 2019 / By Robert Portis
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March 17, 1990: Chavez vs Taylor I

Few “super fights” fully live up to the expectations aroused when they are initially announced, and even rarer are the ones that surpass them. But only a handful completely ...
On March 18, 2019 / By Rafael García
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March 13, 1963: Clay vs Jones

No matter how talented, how impressive their amateur credentials, or how good they may look in the gym, you can never know for sure what a young boxing ...
On March 13, 2019 / By Neil Crane
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Fight City Legends: The Barbados Demon

With Mikey Garcia, a former featherweight, about to challenge full-fledged welterweight Errol Spence Jr. on Saturday, the factor of weight is on the minds of boxing fans. Though ...
On March 13, 2019 / By Michael Carbert
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March 11, 1989: Holyfield vs Dokes

When Evander Holyfield and Michael Dokes clashed for the WBC Continental Americas Title back in 1989, the result was a battle which some later called the heavyweight fight of ...
On March 11, 2019 / By Eliott McCormick
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March 8, 1971: Ali vs Frazier I

Back in 2015, immediately following the announcement of a Floyd Mayweather vs Manny Pacquiao match finally being signed and sealed, excited boxing pundits began searching for comparisons. How ...
On March 8, 2019 / By Michael Carbert
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March 5, 1943: Jack vs Zivic

In decades past the boxing world was an even tougher and less forgiving place than it is today, not to mention more crooked. Fighters were fighters, not businessmen, ...
On March 5, 2019 / By Michael Carbert
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March 4, 1961: Robinson vs Fullmer IV

Let us journey back, boxing fans, to a time when the best fought the best and did so not once every couple of years but whenever the occasion ...
On March 4, 2019 / By Michael Carbert
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March 2, 1980: Kenty vs Espana

After decades of decline, Detroit, Michigan, attempted to reverse the years of stagnation and neglect and reassert itself in the late 70s as one of America’s great cities. A ...
On March 2, 2019 / By Robert Portis
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March 1, 1992: Nelson vs Fenech II

It may not be right or just, but the fact remains that when it comes to drawing attention and selling tickets, the heavyweights are tops in boxing. You ...
On March 1, 2019 / By Michael Carbert
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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, 2019 / 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, 2019 / 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, 2019 / By Rafael García
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Feb. 20, 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, 2019 / 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, 2019 / 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, 2019 / 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, 2019 / 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, 2019 / By Robert Portis
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Feb. 15, 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, fight ...
On February 14, 2019 / By Michael Carbert
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Feb. 11, 1990: Douglas vs Tyson

28 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, 2019 / 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 10, 2019 / 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, 2019 / By Michael Carbert
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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, 2019 / By Patrick Connor
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Feb. 5, 1943: Robinson vs 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, 2019 / By Robert Portis
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Fight City Legends: The Boston Gob

In boxing history, there are the champions and there are those who fight among them. For every Muhammad Ali, Joe Louis and Jack Dempsey, there were hundreds of ...
On February 4, 2019 / By Patrick Connor
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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, 2019 / 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 the ...
On February 2, 2019 / By Michael Carbert
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Feb. 2, 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, 2019 / 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 29, 2019 / By Michael Carbert
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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, 2019 / By Michael Carbert

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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