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Legend? Not So Much

November 9, 2021November 9, 2021 Ralph M. Semien Boxing, caleb plant, Canelo Alvarez, Canelo vs Golovkin, Canelo vs Plant, Gennadiy Golovkin, Gennady Golovkin, Julio Cesar Chavez, legacy, MGM Grand, Muhammad Ali, Saul "Canelo" Alvarez

Saturday night dedicated fight fans had to slog through a pretty boring undercard to get to what the Arby’s commercials

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More Than Just One Punch

November 5, 2021November 5, 2021 Alden Chodash 2 Comments Budd Schulberg, Emanuel Steward, Evander Holyfield, George Foreman, HBO, Howard Cosell, Jim Lampley, kronk gym, Las Vegas, Lennox Lewis, Michael Moorer, Mike Tyson, Muhammad Ali, Riddick Bowe, Teddy Atlas

It was on this day in 1994 that the “impossible dream” was fulfilled. At age 45, former heavyweight champion George

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Serious Boxers Need Serious Managers

October 20, 2021October 20, 2021 Neil Crane 2 Comments Al Haymon, Andy Ruiz Jr., Anthony Joshua, Errol Spence Jr, Floyd Mayweather, George Tobias, gervonta davis, Jackie Gleason, Mikey Garcia, Premier Boxing Champions, Requiem For A Heavyweight, Showtime Boxing, Spence vs Garcia, The Set-Up

This column was originally published in February of 2020, following Errol Spence Jr.’s almost-fatal car crash, and after Gervonta Davis

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Right Fight, Wrong Time: Hagler vs Leonard In 1983

October 13, 2021October 16, 2021 James Simpson 7 Comments Floyd Mayweather, John Mugabi, Las Vegas, Lennox Lewis, Manny Pacquiao, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Marvin Hagler, Mike Tyson, Muhammad Ali, Riddick Bowe, Roberto Duran, Sugar Ray Leonard, Thomas Hearns, Wilfred Benitez

Back in 1987, Sugar Ray Leonard and Marvelous Marvin Hagler threw down in a highly-anticipated middleweight title fight in Las

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Happy Birthday To “The Rock”

September 1, 2021September 1, 2021 Michael Carbert 11 Comments Archie Moore, Boxing, conor mcgregor, Ezzard Charles, Floyd Mayweather, Harry Greb, Jersey Joe Walcott, Joe Louis, Larry Holmes, Mayweather vs McGregor, Michael Spinks, Rocky Marciano, Ruben Olivares, Sugar Ray Robinson, Willie Pep

Today is the birthday of legendary heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano and we will always pay tribute to the one and only

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On Eddie Futch

August 9, 2021August 9, 2021 Sean Crose 2 Comments Eddie Futch, Floyd Mayweather, Freddie Roach, Joe Frazier, Joe Louis, Ken Norton, Larry Holmes, Madison Square Garden, Marlon Starling, Mike Tyson, Muhammad Ali, Riddick Bowe, Thrilla in Manila

Perhaps it’s just me but I get the feeling Eddie Futch , who was born on this date 110 years

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When Fighters Fought

July 24, 2021July 24, 2021 Matt O'Brien 0 Comments Amir Khan, Benn, Bernard Hopkins, Canelo Alvarez, Chris Eubank, Collins, Danny Garcia, Errol Spence, Evander Holyfield, Felix Trinidad, Fernando Vargas, Gennady Golovkin, Ike Quartey, James Toney, Jamie Munguia, jarrett hurd, Keith Thurman, Kell Brook, Manny Pacquiao, Mike Tyson, Muhammad Ali, Naz, Oscar De La Hoya, Pernell Whitaker, Prince Naseem, Rcardo Mayorga, Riddick Bowe, Roy Jones Jr., Shawn Porter, sugar shane mosley, Sweet Pea, Terence Crawford, Vernon Forrest, Winky Wright

Speaking for fans of a certain vintage, we all have a special set of boxers, the ones that forged our

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It’s Time: The Dream vs The Takeover

May 30, 2021May 30, 2021 Neil Crane 0 Comments DAZN, Devin Haney, Eddie Hearn, George Kambosos Jr., Haney vs Linares, Haney vs Lopez, Jorge Linares, Lopez vs Haney, Lopez vs Kambosos, ryan garcia, Teofimo Lopez, Top Rank, Vasiliy Lomachenko

Last night saw a big win both for the boxer they call “The Dream,” and for the increasingly precarious enterprise

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The Sting Of The Scorpion

February 17, 2021February 17, 2021 James Simpson 0 Comments Barrera vs Morales, Bob Arum, Canelo Alvarez, Carl Frampton, gervonta davis, jamel herring, Mexico, Miguel Berchelt, OSCAR VALDEZ, Shakur Stevenson, Top Rank, Vasiliy Lomachenko

Regardless of anyone’s opinions of the state of boxing in the 21st century, there’s no denying that with some seventeen

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Nothing Left To Prove

February 8, 2021February 8, 2021 Joshua Isard 0 Comments Bobby Chacon, Boxing, Canelo Alvarez, Gennadiy Golovkin, Golovkin vs Brook, Guillermo Rigondeaux, Jermell Charlo, Keith Thurman, Kell Brook, Lomachenko vs Rigondeaux, Manny Pacquiao, Roy Jones Jr., Shawn Porter, Vasiliy Lomachenko

Most great boxers do not go gently into the good night of retirement, but instead rage and fight against the

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The Only Decision To Make

December 16, 2020December 19, 2020 Gary Elbert 1 Comment Adonis Stevenson, Daniel Dubois, Dubois vs Joyce, Joe Joyce, Lennox Lewis, Oleksandr Usyk, Tony Bellew, Usyk vs Bellew, Wladimir Klitschko

It remains unforgettable: Roberto Duran, arguably the greatest boxer, pound-for-pound, on the planet, stops fighting, turns his back on his

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No More Bullshit

December 6, 2020December 6, 2020 Ralph M. Semien 0 Comments Bob Arum, Crawford vs Spence, Danny Garcia, Errol Spence Jr, Leonard vs Duran, Leonard vs Hearns, Roberto Duran, Spence vs Crawford, Spence vs Garcia, Sugar Ray Leonard, Terence "Bud" Crawford, Terence Crawford, Thomas Hearns

Back in 1969, Norman Mailer, writer, gadfly, fight fan, and best-selling author, put himself forward as a candidate for mayor

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“My Brain Is Okay!”

December 3, 2020December 3, 2020 Ralph M. Semien 0 Comments Danny Garcia, Errol Spence Jr, Kell Brook, Mikey Garcia, Premier Boxing Champions, Shawn Porter, Showtime Boxing, Spence vs Garcia, Spence vs Porter, Teofimo Lopez

A few weeks ago I saw Errol Spence in a video from his training camp for Saturday’s showdown with Danny

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Davis vs Santa Cruz: The Tall Order

October 30, 2020November 1, 2020 Ralph M. Semien 0 Comments Abner Mares, Alamodome, Barclay's Center, Carl Frampton, Davis vs Santa Cruz, Frampton vs Santa Cruz, gervonta davis, Leo Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz vs Mares, Showtime, Showtime Boxing, Texas

I really like Leo Santa Cruz, not just as a boxer, a four-division champion at that, but as a man.

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Ali vs Shavers: The Greatest’s Finest Hour

September 30, 2020October 3, 2020 Michael Ezra 4 Comments angelo dundee, Bernard Hopkins, Earnie Shavers, Floyd Patterson, George Foreman, Joe Frazier, Ken Norton, Larry Holmes, Leon Spinks, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Muhammad Ali, Roberto Duran, Rocky Marciano, Sugar Ray Leonard

No matter how dismal the fight scene may be at a given time, fans can always cherish and take comfort

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Yes, Roy Really Was That Good

September 25, 2020September 27, 2020 Sean Crose 0 Comments Anthony Joshua, Chris Eubank, Dariusz Michalczewski, Denis Andries, Eric Harding, Jack Dempsey, Jack Johnson, Jake Kilrain, Jake LaMotta, James Toney, Joe Frazier, Marvin Hagler, Mayweather, Muhammad Ali, NIGEL BENN, Roy Jones Jr., Sugar Ray Robinson, Thomas Hearns, Tyson, Vinny Pazienza, Virgil Hill

By the mid-90’s, the question was being asked by more than a few: was he the best ever? Certainly there

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Adrien Broner In Perspective: Respect Is Due

June 13, 2020June 16, 2020 Sean Crose 1 Comment Adrien Broner, Broner vs Garcia, Broner vs Pacquiao, Floyd Mayweather, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Gennadiy Golovkin, Manny Pacquiao, Marcos Maidana, Mikey Garcia, Paulie Malignaggi, Shawn Porter, Terence Crawford

He may have proven himself to be a one-man morality tale: the guy who had it all, but then made

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Can Wilder Win?

April 9, 2020April 9, 2020 Sean Crose 1 Comment Bermane Stiverne, Bronze Bomber, Deontay Wilder, Fury vs Wilder, Gerry Cooney, Klitschko vs Fury, Lennox Lewis, Luis Ortiz, Sugar Hill, The Bronze Bomber, The Gypsy King, Tyson Fury, Wilder vs Fury, Wladimir Klitschko

While the whole world, and of course that includes the sports world, is “on pause” due to the deadly pandemic

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Never Bet Against The Gypsy King

February 23, 2020February 24, 2020 Ralph M. Semien 4 Comments Deontay Wilder, Fury vs Wilder, The Gypsy King, Tyson Fury, Wilder vs Fury, Wladimir Klitschko

There’s an old saying that you should never switch horses midstream. So I should know better. I’m a big Tyson

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Fury vs Wilder II: The Breakdown

February 21, 2020February 22, 2020 Matt O'Brien 2 Comments Ben Davison, Bermane Stiverne, Bronze Bomber, Deontay Wilder, Dominic Breazeale, Gypsy King, John McDermott, king kong, kronk gym, Luis Ortiz, Otto Wallin, Steve Cunningham, Sugar Hill, Tom Szhwarz, Tyson Fury, Wladimir Klitschko

It seems strange to know so much about two fighters – their strengths and weaknesses and how their styles mesh

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The Contrasting Legacies Of Roy & Floyd

February 13, 2020January 16, 2021 Laurence Thompson 8 Comments Andre Ward, Bernard Hopkins, David Haye, Enzo Maccarinelli, Floyd Mayweather, Floyd Mayweather Jr., James Jeffries, James Toney, Juan Manuel Marquez, Manny Pacquiao, Miguel Cotto, Muhammad Ali, Rocky Marciano, Roy Jones Jr., Sam Langford, Shane Mosley, tim bradley, Tommy Burns, Wladimir Klitschko

When James J. Jeffries, heavyweight champion of the world, retired undefeated in 1905, few were in any doubt that they

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The Legacy of Douglas vs Tyson

February 10, 2020February 12, 2020 Eliott McCormick 10 Comments Bruce Seldon, Buster Douglas, Don King, Frank Bruno, Kid Dynamite, Lennox Lewis, Mike Tyson, Peter McNeeley, Tupac Shakur, Tyson vs Douglas

What is the legacy of James “Buster” Douglas’ astonishing knockout of Mike Tyson? Perhaps an impossible question to answer, though

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Overfed Turkey Or Sleek Bird Of Prey?

December 27, 2019December 27, 2019 Laurence Thompson 1 Comment Al Haymon, Bermane Stiverne, Chris Arreola, David Price, Deontay Wilder, Earnie Shavers, Evander Holyfield, Francesco Pianeta, Fury vs Wilder, George Foreman, Larry Holmes, Luis Ortiz, Muhammad Ali, Premier Boxing Champions, Showtime Boxing, The Bronze Bomber, The Gypsy King, Tyson Fury, Wilder vs Fury, Wilder vs Fury II, Wladimir Klitschko

What a difference two years can make. Back in 2017, the WBC belt-holder Deontay Wilder had just fought Gerald Washington,

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The Crawford Question

December 11, 2019December 13, 2019 Rob Lownie 1 Comment Bob Arum, Bud Crawford, Egidijus Kavaliasuskas, Floyd Mayweather, Josh Taylor, Keith Thurman, Richard Commey, Ricky Burns, Shawn Porter, Sugar Ray Leonard, Teofimo Lopez, Terence Crawford, Top Rank, viktor postol, Yuriorkis Gamboa

When a fighter who many consider to be, pound-for-pound, the best in the world defends his title at Madison Square

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Andy Ruiz Jr: Another One-Hit Wonder?

December 5, 2019December 7, 2019 Alden Chodash 1 Comment Andy Ruiz Jr., Anthony Joshua, Eddie Hearn, Joshua vs Ruiz, Joshua vs Ruiz Jr., Matchroom Boxing, Mike Tyson, Wladimir Klitschko

For those who appreciate what we might call boxing fairy tales, February 11th, 1990 holds a special place in the

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“The Bronze Bomber” Will Need To Be Better Come February

November 29, 2019December 3, 2019 Ralph M. Semien 1 Comment Anthony Joshua, DAZN, Deontay Wilder, Fury vs Wilder, Luis Ortiz, pbc on fox, Showtime, The Bronze Bomber, The Gypsy King, Tyson Fury, Wilder vs Fury, Wilder vs Fury II

Wilder vs Ortiz II is done and dusted and now I for one cannot wait for February. Because, barring something

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The Canelo Situation

October 20, 2019October 20, 2019 Ralph M. Semien 14 Comments CANELO, Canelo Alvarez, Canelo vs Golovkin, Canelo vs Jacobs, Canelo vs Kovalev, Danny Jacobs, DAZN, Gennadiy Golovkin, Golden Boy Promotions, Golovkin vs Derevyanchenko, Kovalev vs Canelo, Main Events, Oscar De La Hoya, Saul "Canelo" Alvarez, Saul Alvarez, Sergey Kovalev, Sergiy Derevyanchenko

For a while now I’ve been wondering what’s going on with Saul “Canelo” Alvarez. First, for many months he’s been

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The Courage Of Patrick Day

October 17, 2019October 17, 2019 Michael Carbert 0 Comments Duk Koo Kim, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Patrick Day, Ray Mancini, Thomas Hearns

Patrick Day died yesterday. He was only 27-years-old and, according to all accounts, was an exceptional young man. He died

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Golovkin’s Big Gamble

October 3, 2019October 3, 2019 Rob Lownie 0 Comments Canelo Alvarez, Canelo vs Golovkin, DAZN, Gennady Golovkin, Golovkin vs Derevyanchenko, Jacobs vs Derevyanchenko, Madison Square Garden, Sergiy Derevyanchenko

There are boxers who, when the gloves have been hung up and the ring left behind, are considered indisputably great.

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A Lowdown Dirty Shame

October 3, 2019October 3, 2019 Ralph M. Semien 1 Comment Al Haymon, Crawford vs Spence, Errol Spence, John Molina, Josesito Lopez, Keith Thurman, Manny Pacquiao, Pacquiao vs Thurman, Shawn Porter, Spence vs Crawford, Spence vs Porter, Terence Crawford

It appears increasingly likely that there will never be a clash between the two best welterweights in the world, Errol

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June 26, 1972: Duran vs Buchanan

June 26, 2021June 29, 2021 Michael Carbert 12

In September of 1970, Scotland’s Ken Buchanan won the WBA version of the lightweight championship by close 15 round decision

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July 9, 1989: Rosario vs Jones

July 9, 2021July 12, 2021 Robert Portis 2

When we compare and rank boxers of the past, something all serious fight fans love to do, one of the

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Dec. 29, 2007: Cunningham vs Huck

December 30, 2019January 2, 2020 Robert Portis 0

Surely one of the most agonizing decisions a boxing trainer ever has to make is to signal surrender on behalf

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May 15, 1953: Marciano vs Walcott II

May 16, 2021May 18, 2021 Michael Carbert 2

An immediate return match after a tough loss can be a risky proposition. There is no physical reason for this;