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Herring vs Frampton: In The Eyes Of The Jackal

In her 1986 treatise, On Boxing, renowned author Joyce Carol Oates writes that “the boxer meets an opponent who is a dream-distortion of himself in the sense that ...
On April 1, 2021 / By Luke Beirne
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The Loneliest Warriors

When Szilvia Szabados landed in Detroit shortly before midnight on March 6, 2017, she knew she was walking into hostile territory. The Hungarian challenger flew nineteen hours from ...
On March 18, 2021 / By Sheila Oviedo
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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 17, 2021 / By Patrick Connor
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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 16, 2021 / By Rafael García
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Marvelous Marvin Hagler: 1954-2021

For those of us watching from the outside, who never knew Marvelous Marvin Hagler on a personal level, perhaps the characteristic which made the greatest impression was the ...
On March 13, 2021 / By Robert Portis
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Gonzalez vs Estrada II: At Last

This Saturday a Texas shootout is going down between elite gunslingers, one no serious fight fan can afford to miss. A little more than eight years since their ...
On March 11, 2021 / By Rafael García
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The Executioner’s Greatest Victories

To state the obvious, fight fans have always been attracted to thunderous power punchers. The sheer violence of a sudden, dramatic knockout is a major part of boxing’s ...
On February 27, 2021 / By Jamie Rebner
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Golovkin vs Canelo: The Last Word

With boxing still profoundly affected by the ongoing pandemic, we will continue to periodically revisit some of our past feature articles. Today we look back to the still ...
On February 26, 2021 / By Robert Portis
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On Leon Spinks

In mourning the death of Leon Spinks one week ago, one is not lamenting the loss of “a great fighter,” as some, moved by sentiment, have called him, ...
On February 12, 2021 / By Neil Crane
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February Fights

After a busy few months at the end of 2020 during which many top fighters answered the bell, 2021 has been off to a slow start. Thankfully February ...
On February 3, 2021 / By Harry Meyerson
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No More Lights

With boxing still profoundly affected by the ongoing pandemic, we will continue to periodically revisit some of our past feature articles. Today, we look back to when our ...
On January 31, 2021 / By Rafael García
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Beyond The Sky

For Brin-Jonathan Butler I didn’t have ten dollars to spend on event parking, so I drove up and parked on the hill below Maine Medical Center. Then I ...
On January 23, 2021 / By B. A. Cass
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Above All Mortals

With boxing still profoundly affected by the ongoing pandemic, we will continue to periodically revisit some of our past feature articles. Today, on the anniversary of the great ...
On January 12, 2021 / By Patrick Connor
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2020 Fighter Of The Year

Fighter Of The Year Nominations: Tyson Fury Teofimo Lopez Joe Smith Jr. Katie Taylor Winner: Teofimo Lopez It’s been a difficult year, on this we can all agree. ...
On January 10, 2021 / By Hunter Breckenridge
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2020 Fight Of The Year

Fight Of The Year Nominations: Jose Zepeda KO5 Ivan Baranchyk Juan Francisco Estrada TKO11 Carlos Cuadras Roman Gonzalez TKO8 Kal Yafai Alex Povetkin TKO5 Dillian Whyte Masayoshi Nakatani ...
On January 9, 2021 / By Robert Portis
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2020 Performance Of The Year

Performance Of The Year Nominations: Roman Gonzalez TKO9 Kal Yafai Kazuto Ioka TKO 8 Kosei Tanaka Tyson Fury TKO 7 Deontay Wilder Teofimo Lopez W12 Vasiliy Lomachenko Gervonta ...
On January 8, 2021 / By Matt O'Brien
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2020 Round Of The Year

Round Of The Year Nominations: Jose Zepeda vs Ivan Baranchyk, Round Two Clay Collard vs Raymond Guajardo, Round One Gervonta Davis vs Leo Santa Cruz, Round Six Kazuto ...
On January 8, 2021 / By Robert Portis
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2020 Knockout Of The Year

Knockout Of The Year Nominations: Alex Povetkin TKO5 Dillian Whyte Gervonta Davis KO6 Leo Santa Cruz Eleider Alvarez KO7 Michael Seals Naoya Inoue KO7 Jason Moloney Joe Smith ...
On January 7, 2021 / By Jamie Rebner
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2020 Upset Of The Year

Upset Of The Year Nominations: Alex Povetkin TKO5 Dillian Whyte Jeison Rosario TKO5 Julian Williams Teofimo Lopez W12 Vasiliy Lomachenko Robert Helenius TKO4 Adam Kownacki Maxi Hughes W10 ...
On January 7, 2021 / By Neil Crane
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2020: The Nominations

To say 2020 was kinda crazy is to state the obvious to the point of trivializing what was an unprecedented year of chaos, upheaval, crisis and death on ...
On January 6, 2021 / By Neil Crane
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January Hangover: Quiet Start For 2021

The new year’s boxing schedule kicks off with tonight’s high-stakes showdown for the lightweight division, Luke Campbell vs Ryan Garcia. Just 22, Garcia (20-0) had a brief 44-fight ...
On January 2, 2021 / By Harry Meyerson
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Pacquiao vs Marquez IV: A History of Violence

Earlier this month boxing marked the eight year anniversary of one of the most consequential prizefights of recent times, the fourth battle between legendary champions Juan Manuel Marquez ...
On December 24, 2020 / By Rafael García
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Prelude To A Trilogy?

The Event On separate cards over the weekend, boxing superstars Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Gennadiy Golovkin saw action for the first time in 2020 as they looked to ...
On December 20, 2020 / By Rafael García
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Road To Nowhere?

So much has changed since September of 2018 that we might as well have been living in a different world. Come to think of it, I guess we ...
On December 17, 2020 / By Rafael García
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Hemingway, Fitzgerald & The Round That Went Too Long

“My writing is nothing. My boxing is everything.” So said the one and only Ernest Hemingway, one of the twentieth century’s most captivating and revered writers. Best-selling literary ...
On December 13, 2020 / By Sean Crose
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End To A Lost Year

With boxing hit hard by the ongoing global coronavirus crisis, training and travel schedules have been disrupted, live gates are limited, and fights have been postponed or cancelled ...
On December 4, 2020 / By Harry Meyerson
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The Fight That Haunted Wyatt Earp

Anyone familiar with American popular culture has heard the name Wyatt Earp and fans of the movie Tombstone may believe they know all about the man. But there’s ...
On December 2, 2020 / By Sean Crose
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Soft Landing: Fury Defeats Wlad

Five years ago today it was an historic showdown in the heavyweight division, Wladimir Klitschko vs Tyson Fury in Düsseldorf, Germany and our own Eliott McCormick was a ...
On November 28, 2020 / By Eliott McCormick
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The Fire Inside

“At first, I hated it because, like anyone, I wanted to be undefeated. I wanted to have a perfect record. But when it doesn’t happen, what are you ...
On November 19, 2020 / By Jamie Rebner
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Not Exactly High Drama

Coming on the heels of a thrilling month of fight action that was capped off by a Halloween knockout parade, November has big shoes to fill. As boxing ...
On November 7, 2020 / By Harry Meyerson

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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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