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Oct. 21, 1953: Olson vs Turpin

October 21, 2021October 21, 2021 David Como 3 Comments Bobo Olson, Carl Olson, Randy Turpin, Sugar Ray Robinson

“They say I haven’t trained hard enough for this fight. Who is to be the judge of how hard I

Oct. 18, 1991: Mercer vs Morrison

October 18, 2021October 21, 2021 Robert Portis 5 Comments Evander Holyfield, Francesco Damiani, George Foreman, James Tillis, John Wayne, Larry Holmes, Lennox Lewis, Michael Spinks, Mike Tyson, Pinklon Thomas, Ray Mercer, Razor Ruddock, Riddick Bowe, The Duke, Tommy 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

October 16, 2021October 19, 2021 Michael Carbert 3 Comments David Bey, Evander Holyfield, Joe Louis, Larry Holmes, Mike Tyson, Pinklon Thomas, Renaldo Snipes, Tyrell 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

October 16, 2021October 18, 2021 Rafael García 0 Comments chucho castillo, LA Forum, lionel rose, Mexican boxing, Ruben Olivares

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

October 14, 2021October 16, 2021 Robert Portis 0 Comments Beau Jack, Billy Graham, Carmen Basilio, Fritzie Zivic, Henry Armstrong, Kid Gavilan, Sugar Ray Robinson

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

October 12, 2021October 15, 2021 Michael Carbert 0 Comments Bennie Briscoe, Eddie Gregory, Eddie Mustafa Muhammad, HBO, Jake LaMotta, James Scott, Matthew Franklin, Matthew Saad Muhammad, Murad Muhammad, Rahway State Prison, Victor Galindez, wba

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

October 11, 2021October 14, 2021 Rafael García 2 Comments Boxing, El Finito, Finito Lopez, Joe Louis, Juan Manuel Marquez, Mexico, Nacho Beristain, Ricardo Lopez, Rocky Lin, TBE

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

October 10, 2021October 13, 2021 Robert Portis 0 Comments Fighting Harada, Masahiko Harada, Pascual Pérez, Pone 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

October 7, 2021October 10, 2021 Eliott McCormick 0 Comments Evander Holyfield, George Foreman, Lennox Lewis, Lewis vs Morrison, Oliver McCall, Tommy 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

October 5, 2021October 8, 2021 Robert Portis 0 Comments Barney Ross, Benny Leonard, Henry Armstrong, Jimmy McLarnin, Joe Louis, Kid Chocolate, Lou Ambers, Tony Canzoneri

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

October 4, 2021October 7, 2021 Michael Carbert 2 Comments Billy Conn, Boxing, Boxing history, Fritzie Zivic, Henry Armstrong, Jake LaMotta, Lou Ambers, Red Smith, Sugar Ray Robinson

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

October 3, 2021October 6, 2021 Daniel Attias 0 Comments Archie Moore, Gene Tunney, Harry Greb, Jack Dempsey, Max Schmeling, Mike McTigue, Tex Rickard, Tommy Loughran, Young Stribling

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

October 1, 2021October 8, 2021 Michael Carbert 5 Comments Ali vs Frazier, angelo dundee, Boxing, Eddie Futch, Frazier vs Ali, George Foreman, Jerry Quarry, Jimmy Ellis, Joe Frazier, Ken Norton, Manila, Muhammad Ali, Philippines, Smokin' Joe, The Greatest, Thrilla in Manila

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

September 30, 2021October 3, 2021 Patrick Connor 0 Comments Bennie Briscoe, Dick Tiger, Emile Griffith, Gil Clancy, Nino Benvenuti, Sandro Lopopolo

“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

September 29, 2021October 2, 2021 Alden Chodash 1 Comment Bernard Hopkins, Felix Trinidad, Fernando Vargas, Hopkins vs Trinidad, Madison Square Garden, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, New York City, Puerto Rico, Steve Smoger

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

September 28, 2021October 8, 2021 Michael Carbert 19 Comments George Foreman, Jerry Quarry, Jimmy Young, Joe Frazier, Joe Louis, Ken Norton, Muhammad Ali, Yankee Stadium

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

September 28, 2021September 30, 2021 Neil Crane 0 Comments Caesars Palace, Earnie Shavers, Jerry Quarry, Ken Norton, Larry Holmes, Las Vegas, Mike Weaver, Muhammad Ali, Ron Lyle

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

September 27, 2021September 29, 2021 Michael Carbert 4 Comments Alan Minter, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Marvin Hagler, middleweight champion, Vito Antuofermo

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

September 27, 2021September 29, 2021 Jamie Rebner 1 Comment Donald Curry, Gennady Golovkin, Gil Clancy, Kell Brook, Lloyd Honeyghan, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Sugar Ray Leonard

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

September 26, 2021September 28, 2021 Daniel Attias 5 Comments Ezzard Charles, Gus Lesnevich, Jack Johnson, Jersey Joe Walcott, Joe Louis, Kid Chocolate, Lee Savold, Stanley Ketchel

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

September 24, 2021September 26, 2021 David Como 4 Comments Carmen Basilio, Floyd Mayweather, Gene Fullmer, Jake LaMotta, Randy Turpin, Sugar Ray Robinson, Tony DeMarco

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

September 23, 2021September 25, 2021 Michael Carbert 8 Comments Ezzard Charles, Jersey Joe Walcott, Joe Louis, John L. Sullivan, knockout, Municipal Stadium, Philadelphia, Rocky Marciano

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

September 21, 2021September 23, 2021 Michael Carbert 1 Comment Carl Williams, Eddie Futch, Gerry Cooney, Holmes vs Spinks, Joe Louis, Ken Norton, Larry Holmes, Michael Spinks, Mike Weaver, Muhammad Ali, Rocky Marciano, Tim Witherspoon

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

September 19, 2021September 22, 2021 Rob Lownie 4 Comments Carlos Zarate, Hugh McIlvanney, Johnny Owen, Lupe Pintor, Merthyr Tydfil, Mexico, Wales

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

September 17, 2021September 19, 2021 Eliott McCormick 6 Comments Ezzard Charles, Jersey Joe Walcott, Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano, Roland La Starza, The Brockton Blockbuster, The Cincinnati Cobra

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

September 16, 2021September 23, 2021 Michael Carbert 3 Comments angelo dundee, Emanuel Steward, Pipino Cuevas, Roberto Duran, Sugar Ray Leonard, Thomas 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

September 14, 2021September 17, 2021 Michael Carbert 2 Comments Dempsey vs Firpo, Dempsey vs Tunney, Gene Tunney, Georges Carpentier, Jack Dempsey, Jack Kearns, Luis Firpo, Tex Rickard

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)

September 13, 2021September 16, 2021 Rafael García 0 Comments Boxing, Carlos Salinas de Gortari, Don King, Hector Macho Camacho, Julio Cesar Chavez, Las Vegas, Mexican boxing, MGM Grand, Puerto Rican boxing, Sugar Ray Leonard, Thomas & Mack Center

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)

September 12, 2021September 15, 2021 Rafael García 0 Comments Chavez vs Camacho, Don King, Edwin Rosario, Hector Camacho, Julio Cesar Chavez, Las Vegas, Lonnie Smith, Meldrick Taylor, Mexico, Mike Tyson, Pernell Whitaker, Ray Mancini, Richard Steele, Sugar Ray Leonard, Thomas Hearns

The ring, like the arena that housed it, was filled to capacity. The final bell had rung and dozens of

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Sept. 12, 1951: Robinson vs Turpin

September 12, 2021September 14, 2021 Robert Portis 0 Comments Carmen Basilio, Gene Fullmer, Jake LaMotta, London, New York City, Polo Grounds, Randy Turpin, Robinson vs Turpin, Sugar Ray Robinson

The first Robinson vs Turpin battle took place in London, England just two months before the second, and it will

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Oct. 27, 1903: Johnson vs McVea II

October 27, 2021October 27, 2021 Robert Portis 0

On February 5th of 1903, Jack Johnson outpointed “Denver” Ed Martin to win what was referred to at that time

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August 23, 1997: Lopez vs Sanchez

August 24, 2016August 24, 2016 Patrick Connor 1

“Before each round Ricardo looks up at the heavens, then goes out to kill, kill, kill. It’s like he’s asking

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April 30, 1928: Sharkey vs Delaney

April 30, 2021May 3, 2021 David Como 2

The day after the fight, James A. Farley, Chairman of the New York State Athletic Commission, states there will be

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March 23, 1996: Gatti vs Rodriguez

March 23, 2021March 25, 2021 Jamie Rebner 2

I appreciate boxing skill as much as anyone, but no one can deny that a furious slugfest keeps eyes fixated