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Pacquiao vs Thurman: The Fight City Picks

It hasn’t exactly been a terrible year, but it’s been far from a great one, when it comes to meaningful, top-level match-ups and big attractions in boxing. And ...
On July 16, 2019 / By Neil Crane
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Pernell Whitaker: Gone Too Soon

When the United States Olympic Boxing Team sauntered away with a staggering nine gold medals in 1984, Pernell Whitaker was actually lost in the shuffle. First came an ...
On July 15, 2019 / By Patrick Connor
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Bobby “Boogaloo” Watts And The Philadelphia Middleweights

Bobby “Boogaloo” Watts is from a different era, a time when more often than not, fighters embraced challenges and took on all comers. It was the 1970’s and ...
On July 1, 2019 / By Thad Moore
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Golovkin Returns: Photo Gallery

As many like to say in boxing, “It is what it is.” And so it was for the return of Gennady Golovkin, the man many feel is in ...
On June 9, 2019 / By Neil Crane
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15 Kinds Of Fight Fan Heartache

Boxing, by its very nature, is the sport of heartache, disappointment and painful memories. More than any other, it sadistically toys with its fans, raising expectations and then, ...
On May 28, 2019 / By Matt O'Brien
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Happy Birthday To Marvelous Marvin Hagler

It’s the birthday of “The Marvelous One,” an all-time great middleweight champion who, for close to a full decade, was part of any discussion about the best fighter ...
On May 23, 2019 / By Robert Portis
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Canelo vs Jacobs: The Fight City Picks

We’re almost half-way through 2019 and boxing fans can pretty much count on one hand the number of truly compelling, high-profile and legitimate best-vs-best contests we’ve been able ...
On May 2, 2019 / By Robert Portis
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Sor Rungvisai vs Estrada II: The Fight City Picks

Tomorrow night, it’s finally time for the second chapter in what die-hard fight fans hope will turn into a legendary rivalry as Juan Francisco Estrada of Mexico and ...
On April 25, 2019 / By Neil Crane
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Happy St. Patrick’s Day

Another St. Patrick’s Day, another big show in New York with Ireland’s Michael Conlan as the headliner. Fight fans got their money’s worth as every match on the ...
On March 21, 2019 / By Neil Crane
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When Thunder and Lightning Struck

One of my earliest boxing-related memories happened when I was seven. On a warm Saturday night my parents took me to my favorite restaurant, the one that served ...
On March 17, 2019 / By Rafael García
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Glory Does Stay

“If a man can bridge the gap between life and death, if he can live on after he’s dead, then maybe he was a great man.” — James ...
On March 16, 2019 / By Patrick Connor
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Michael Conlan: Irish Ambition

At the end of every Olympic cycle, a horde of bluechip prospects storms boxing’s pro ranks hoping to secure marquee promotional backing and begin the quest for glory ...
On March 14, 2019 / By Zachary Alapi
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Spence vs Garcia: The Fight City Picks

Errol Spence and Mikey Garcia are two of the best talents in boxing today. Both are champions; both are undefeated. However, few, if any, foresaw a clash between ...
On March 12, 2019 / By Neil Crane
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The Weekend That Was

In case the sport of boxing wasn’t brutal enough inside the ring, Maurice “Mighty Mo” Hooker and “Showtime” Shawn Porter showed just how taxing it could be outside ...
On March 10, 2019 / By Alden Chodash
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Arthur Mercante Jr.: An Honest Ref

It’s safe to say that boxing officials are held to a very high standard, because not only can a slip-up result in a loss of control, but occasionally, ...
On March 3, 2019 / By Alden Chodash
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“Where’s the love?” Interview With Vanes Martirosyan

It wasn’t long ago that the landscape of boxing was decorated with Don King attractions. Since King entered the sport in the early 1970s, boxing’s most infamous promoter ...
On February 23, 2019 / By Alden Chodash
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DeGale vs Eubank: Flight Of The Egos

Although it’s pleasing to see the DeGale vs Eubank fight come to fruition – it could so easily have been one of those oft-discussed but never consummated domestic ...
On February 21, 2019 / By Ronnie McCluskey
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Michelle Rosado And The Philly Special

When I ask Michelle Rosado to give me a little summary of her career, she has a tough time starting. This hesitation stems from the fact that her ...
On February 6, 2019 / By Joshua Isard
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Richard Commey: A Second Chance

Some boxers are vaulted into title shots thanks to powerful promotional engines. Others, by virtue of an eye-catching performance or drawing power, leapfrog seemingly more established contenders to ...
On February 1, 2019 / By Zachary Alapi
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The Problem Was No Problem

In a totally underwhelming contest in which Adrien Broner, as expected, fought nearly the entire match backing up, Manny Pacquiao aggressively took the fight to his opponent and ...
On January 20, 2019 / By Ralph M. Semien
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2018 Fighter Of The Year

Nominations: Vasyl Lomachenko Tyson Fury Oleksandr Usyk Canelo Alvarez Josh Warrington Winner: Oleksandr Usyk While all of our nominees had outstanding years and deserve consideration for top honors, ...
On January 8, 2019 / By Neil Crane
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2018 Fight Of The Year

Nominations: Srisaket Sor Rungvisai vs Juan Francisco Estrada Canelo Alvarez vs Gennady Golovkin II Jarrett Hurd vs Erislandy Lara Dereck Chisora vs Carlos Takam Tyson Fury vs Deontay ...
On January 7, 2019 / By Robert Portis
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2018 Performance Of The Year

Nominees: Gennady Golovkin (vs Canelo Alvarez) Josh Warrington (vs Carl Frampton) Deontay Wilder (vs Luis Ortiz) Oleksandr Usyk (vs Murat Gassiev) Tyson Fury (vs Deontay Wilder) Eleider Alvarez (vs Sergey Kovalev) Oscar Valdez ...
On January 7, 2019 / By Alden Chodash
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2018 Knockout Of The Year

Nominations: Teofimo Lopez KO1 Mason Menard Murat Gassiev KO12 Yuniel Dorticos Dereck Chisora KO8 Carlos Takam Dillian Whyte KO11 Dereck Chisora Vasyl Lomachenko KO10 Jorge Linares Eleider Alvarez ...
On January 6, 2019 / By Neil Crane
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2018 Round Of The Year

Nominees: Srisaket Sor Rungvisai vs Juan Francisco Estrada — Round 12 Deontay Wilder vs Tyson Fury — Round 12 Murat Gassiev vs Yuniel Dorticos — Round 12 Leonardo Zappavigna ...
On January 5, 2019 / By Robert Portis
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2018 Upset Of The Year

Nominations: Rob Brant W12 Ryota Murata Maurice Hooker W12 Terry Flanagan Tony Harrison W12 Jermell Charlo Josh Warrington W12 Lee Selby Eleider Alvarez KO7 Sergey Kovalev Winner: Tony Harrison ...
On January 5, 2019 / By Alden Chodash
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2018: The Nominations

In many ways, 2018 picked up where 2017 left off with its share of excellent match-ups, unification fights, and a heaping helping of action-packed, crowd-pleasing battles. But perhaps ...
On January 4, 2019 / By Robert Portis
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McCluskey’s Dozen: 30 Years Of Talent

Talent is an almost indefinable quality. You can spot it in a prodigious young athlete but it’s difficult to define precisely what it is. It can manifest itself ...
On December 31, 2018 / By Ronnie McCluskey
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Who Is The Greatest Mexican Boxer?

Michael Carbert: A few years ago I wrote up a Top 12 Greatest All-Time Mexican Boxers list and to my delight, it inspired some consternation. I’ve wanted to ...
On December 28, 2018 / By Rafael García
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The Super Middleweight Super Six

Since being established by the major sanctioning bodies in the mid-80s, the super middleweight division has produced some classic contests. I was fortunate to grow into an avid ...
On December 21, 2018 / By Matt O'Brien

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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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