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May 5, 1973: Jofre vs Legra

Boxing comebacks are usually a bad idea. Boxing comebacks involving former world champions over the age of 35 are, George Foreman notwithstanding, almost always a terrible idea. But ...
On May 5, 2020 / By Robert Portis
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May 4, 1980: Randolph vs Cardona

It was Leo Randolph’s turn. His compatriots from the 1976 Olympic Games who, like him, had won gold medals and received the plaudits of the American public, had ...
On May 4, 2020 / By Neil Crane
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May 1, 1957: Robinson-Fullmer II

May 1st, 1957. Chicago Stadium. The rematch between young, tough Gene Fullmer, and the living legend, Sugar Ray Robinson. Pre-fight predictions were mixed, but most thought time was ...
On May 1, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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April 30, 1928: Sharkey vs Delaney

The day after the fight, James A. Farley, Chairman of the New York State Athletic Commission, states there will be a full investigation. Prior to the match, Farley ...
On April 30, 2020 / By David Como
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Fight City Legends: Gentleman Jim

“From my first fight I started to run away.” James John Corbett, often referred to as “Gentleman Jim,” never cared much for the brutish nature of the sport ...
On April 29, 2020 / By Alden Chodash
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April 27, 1968: Ellis vs Quarry

In June of 1967, a jury found world heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali guilty of draft evasion for his refusal to join the military and participate in the war ...
On April 27, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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April 25, 1998: Jones vs Hill

Like so many ring greats, Roy Jones Jr. found it very hard to say goodbye to boxing, fighting on long after it was obvious to all that his ...
On April 25, 2020 / By Jamie Rebner
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April 23, 1977: Zarate vs Zamora

In 1977, boxing’s two best bantamweights were both tremendous punchers, both undefeated, both champions, and both Mexican. A showdown was inevitable. It was a match everyone knew could ...
On April 23, 2020 / By Eliott McCormick
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April 22, 1979: Johnson vs Franklin

Their first meeting, in July of 1977, was a thrilling war, called one of the most sensational fights in the history of the Philadelphia Spectrum. As any knowledgeable ...
On April 22, 2020 / By Neil Crane
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April 22, 2001: Lewis vs Rahman I

The creation of history can be as forgettable as it is memorable. On April 22, 2001, in Carnival City, South Africa, American heavyweight Hasim Rahman knocked out Lennox ...
On April 22, 2020 / By Eliott McCormick
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April 21, 1962: Brown vs Ortiz

They called him “Old Bones” because they needed something to liven up his image and distinguish him from all the other Joe Browns in America, but also because ...
On April 21, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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April 20, 1960: Fullmer vs Giardello

As most boxing fans know, they made a movie about wrongly imprisoned middleweight contender Rubin “Hurricane” Carter with Denzel Washington in the leading role. And while no doubt ...
On April 20, 2020 / By Robert Portis
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April 19, 1991: Holyfield vs Foreman

When news came in 1987 that former heavyweight champion George Foreman, who had retired ten years before to become an evangelical pastor, was embarking on a wholly unexpected ...
On April 19, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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April 18, 1998: Eubank vs Thompson

Chris Eubank was always a mighty specimen. Sleekly muscled during his reigns as middle and super-middleweight champion, it should have come as no surprise when he gatecrashed the ...
On April 18, 2020 / By Ronnie McCluskey
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April 16, 1952: Robinson vs Graziano

Sometimes match-ups that appear obvious, can’t-miss attractions, just don’t happen for whatever reason. Such was the case with Sugar Ray Robinson and Rocky Graziano. Both were based in ...
On April 16, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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April 15, 1985: Hagler vs Hearns

Hagler vs Hearns. Next to The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, maybe the most famous boxing match in middleweight history. Billed as simply “The Fight,” what is there to ...
On April 15, 2020 / By Robert Portis
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April 14, 1979: Galindez vs Rossman II

The Latin code of “machismo” is a harsh one. Pain, weakness or humility do not exist for the true “macho man” who will concede nothing, who will never ...
On April 14, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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April 11, 1981: Holmes vs Berbick

In 1981 few doubted that Larry Holmes was one of the best boxers in the world, but rarely had the holder of the most coveted prize in all ...
On April 11, 2020 / By Robert Portis
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April 10, 1964: Pastrano vs Peralta

To say light heavyweight champion Willie Pastrano was not the most enthusiastic or Spartan-like of athletes is a bit of an understatement. According to his trainer, Angelo Dundee, ...
On April 10, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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April 8, 2006: Mayweather vs Judah

Boxing has always been able to create superstars, even if those days seem to be slowly drawing to a close. Only time will tell whether the sport can ...
On April 8, 2020 / By Patrick Connor
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Fight City Legends: The Ghetto Wizard

In the long history of boxing there have been many master trainers, gurus of the ring who made it their life’s work to mould young men into pugilists. ...
On April 7, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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April 7, 2001: Hamed vs Barrera

“I’m here training the greatest featherweight of all time.” None other than Emanuel Steward spoke those words, three weeks before Prince Naseem Hamed faced Marco Antonio Barrera in ...
On April 7, 2020 / By Rafael García
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April 6, 1987: Leonard vs Hagler

On April 15, 1985, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, after twelve long years of struggle and sacrifice, finally conquered the summit of professional boxing and established himself as not only ...
On April 6, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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April 5, 1915: Johnson vs Willard

It is not for nothing that late scribe Jimmy Cannon called boxing “the red light district of sports.” Pugilism is no stranger to corruption and criminals and over ...
On April 5, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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April 4, 2009: Bradley vs Holt

Every passionate fight fan remembers what sparked their love for The Sweet Science. For some it was watching Rocky or When We Were Kings, or coming across a ...
On April 5, 2020 / By Jamie Rebner
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April 2, 1954: Olson vs Gavilan

Kid Gavilan, aka “The Cuban Hawk,” had been a top ranked boxer for years before he won the world welterweight title, having bested such rough customers as Tommy ...
On April 2, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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April 1, 2000: Klitschko vs Byrd

When a prizefighter decides he has had enough for the night and signals surrender, a variety of attitudes and opinions from the boxing fraternity are revealed. The “Q”-word ...
On April 1, 2020 / By Shaun Brown
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Fight City Legends: The Galveston Giant

Jack Johnson looms over boxing as the sort of mythical figure one connects with a more legendary age. Born in 1878 to former slaves, the native of Galveston, ...
On April 1, 2020 / By Eliott McCormick
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March 31, 1980: Tate vs Weaver

Not for nothing do they call boxing “the cruelest sport.” Just as the outcome of a baseball game can be decided with a single crack of the bat, ...
On March 31, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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Jan. 31, 1973: Ali vs Norton I

Few deny that Muhammad Ali was one of the greatest heavyweight boxers of all-time, perhaps even “The Greatest,” and a major part of the evidence for that claim ...
On March 30, 2020 / By Jamie Rebner

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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