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June 25, 1952: Maxim vs Robinson

In boxing, as in other avenues of life, it is possible to be too good for your own good. Sugar Ray Robinson is regarded by many as the ...
On June 25, 2021 / By Michael Carbert
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June 25, 1981: Leonard vs Kalule

Here’s the thing some people don’t get about Sugar Ray Leonard: the man was more athlete than boxer, and, despite his “sweet” nickname, he was more bad-ass than ...
On June 25, 2021 / By Neil Crane
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Fight City Legends: The Manassa Mauler

If boxing’s greatest era is that in which it was most popular, then Jack Dempsey is the fighter most identified with the sport’s zenith. The ‘Manassa Mauler,’ whose ...
On June 24, 2021 / By Eliott McCormick
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June 22, 1979: Duran vs Palomino

If one decides to rank the finest performances in the amazing career of the great Roberto Duran, his ten round tour de force against Carlos Palomino clearly merits ...
On June 23, 2021 / By Michael Carbert
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June 22, 1938: Louis vs Schmeling II

Former world champion Max Schmeling was a solid 10-to-1 underdog when he faced rising contender and awesome knockout artist Joe Louis in a major heavyweight showdown in June ...
On June 22, 2021 / By Robert Portis
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June 21, 2003: Lewis vs Klitschko

“He entered to the strains of ‘Hotel California,'” wondered HBO’s Jim Lampley. “So will it be heaven, or will it be hell?” Lampley was no doubt one of ...
On June 21, 2021 / By Alden Chodash
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June 20, 1980: Duran vs Leonard I

Time waits for no one, as the old cliché goes, a statement whose meaning the young can barely grasp and alas, I am young no longer. But four ...
On June 20, 2021 / By Michael Carbert
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June 19, 1936: Louis vs Schmeling

Think back, if you will boxing fans, and recollect those breathless days of yesteryear, when the young, can’t-miss prospect, the next great star of the ring, thrilled you ...
On June 19, 2021 / By Michael Carbert
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June 18, 1941: Louis vs Conn I

It is 1941 and while some say death and taxes are the only sure things in life, American sports fans know different. There exists a third certainty: Joe Louis ...
On June 18, 2021 / By Robert Portis
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June 17, 2000: De La Hoya vs Mosley I

It was the summer of 2000. Still drunk on the optimism of the New Millennium, the world seemed a happier, less volatile place. The social media giants dominating ...
On June 17, 2021 / By Matt O'Brien
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June 16, 1983: Duran vs Moore

In 1980, Roberto Duran‘s already legendary career reached both its zenith and its nadir. Having abandoned the lightweight division he had dominated for more than seven years, and ...
On June 16, 2021 / By Michael Carbert
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June 15, 1984: Hearns vs Duran

At the time, the story lines had not yet become vivid, the true significance of what was unfolding not yet clear. The term “The Four Kings” had yet ...
On June 15, 2021 / By Michael Carbert
Boxiana 2
The Tale Of Willie And Bill

One of the more intriguing and, sadly, forgotten boxing rivalries is the classic six bout series between Pittsburgh’s own William P. Davies, aka “Wee Willie,” and Cuba’s Eladio ...
On June 13, 2021 / By Douglas Cavanaugh
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June 12, 1989: Hearns vs Leonard II

The first Hearns vs Leonard battle in 1981, one of the biggest fights in boxing history, was billed as “The Showdown,” an appellation that made sense given that ...
On June 12, 2021 / By Robert Portis
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June 11, 1982: Holmes vs Cooney

It was boxing’s biggest night, but for all the wrong reasons. In terms of sheer popularity, exposure, and the money that goes with it, the 1980s has to ...
On June 11, 2021 / By Michael Carbert
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June 9, 1978: Holmes vs Norton

While it may be going a bit far to classify Ken Norton as a “hard-luck fighter,” it’s difficult not to when one considers all the twists and turns ...
On June 9, 2021 / By Michael Carbert
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June 8, 2002: Lewis vs Tyson

Legitimate superfights tend not to just happen spontaneously, but instead build up over time. The first bout between Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali was years in the making, ...
On June 8, 2021 / By Patrick Connor
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The Smoke City Wildcat

They called them the Roaring Twenties, that crazy decade following World War I when the economy boomed, “speakeasies” opened on every other corner, the “flappers” started showing a ...
On June 6, 2021 / By Robert Portis
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June 5, 1925: Tunney vs Gibbons

By 1924, Gene Tunney, to the incredulity of American sports fans, had begun openly campaigning for a chance to face the heavyweight champion of the world, Jack Dempsey. ...
On June 5, 2021 / By Michael Carbert
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June 4, 1971: Napoles vs Backus II

Cuba’s messy political issues in the last half-century have made for countless stories of struggle and triumph, though more the former than anything else. From rafting across shark-infested ...
On June 4, 2021 / By Patrick Connor
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June 3, 1979: Zarate vs Pintor

Whether it be the consistently absurd behavior of the alphabet bodies, or the numerous promotional feuds that have prevented so many great fights from happening, the sport of ...
On June 3, 2021 / By Jamie Rebner
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May 31, 1938: Ross vs Armstrong

Barney Ross was more than just one of the best boxers who ever lived. A Jew whose life was largely defined by anti-Semitism, he was a hero to ...
On May 31, 2021 / By Michael Carbert
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May 29, 1901: McGovern vs Herrera

In one corner is a bigger-than-life character, a two-division titlist and miniature wrecking ball defeated only by himself in two disqualification losses. And in the other corner, an ...
On May 29, 2021 / By Patrick Connor
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May 27, 1983: Hagler vs Scypion

The fighters in the ring, the crowd amped up, and Dick Johnson pulls out a saxophone to play the national anthem. He starts in, getting jazzy, dirty. The ...
On May 27, 2021 / By David Como
Boxiana 2
Fight City Legends: The Fighting Blacksmith

We live in the age of the camera and mass produced, edited, precisely manicured images, when glamour, style and looks have never been more important. On this score, ...
On May 26, 2021 / By Michael Carbert
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May 25, 1965: Ali vs Liston II

Just how controversial was this particular clash for the heavyweight championship of the world? Let us count the ways. First, there was the fact that its prelude, Clay ...
On May 25, 2021 / By Robert Portis
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May 25, 1980: Cooney vs Young

“I’m going to win this fight, going to win it big. I’ve trained hard for this and I’ve got it all together. I hear this Cooney kid is ...
On May 25, 2021 / By Robert Portis
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May 22, 1982: Arguello vs Ganigan

A few years back the rise of Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez as a rare flyweight superstar again put the nation of Nicaragua on the boxing map, but in fact ...
On May 22, 2021 / By Patrick Connor
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May 21, 1966: Ali vs Cooper II

Looking back, it’s easy to forget that until the early 1970s and his punishing wars with Bonavena, Frazier, Norton and Foreman, many seriously questioned the toughness of Muhammad ...
On May 21, 2021 / By Michael Carbert
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May 20, 1983: Holmes vs Witherspoon

The career of heavyweight champion Larry Holmes is, among other things, a study in frustration. First, there was the struggle to establish himself as a serious contender in ...
On May 20, 2021 / 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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