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  • Joe Frazier
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
  • Plimpton Hemingway
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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
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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
  • Wyatt Earp
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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
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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
  • Claggett
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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
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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
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    Colin Hart: From Caracas To Kinshasa

    For almost six decades, renowned British sports writer Colin Hart has covered the good, the great, and not so great of sporting events across the world. And back ...

    On October 31, 2020 / By
  • October Fireworks
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    October Fireworks

    As we all know, boxing was off the air completely for many weeks this past spring due to the ongoing pandemic, before returning thanks to Top Rank’s summer ...

    On October 20, 2020 / By
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    Hawk Time Forever

    Were he still with us, Aaron Pryor would be 65-years-old today. Gone too soon, and taken in the same year that saw the passing of Muhammad Ali, “The ...

    On October 20, 2020 / By
  • Vasiliy vs Teofimo
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    Loma vs Lopez: Winner Takes All

    To say there’s a great deal at stake for this Saturday’s showdown between Vasiliy Lomachenko and Teofimo Lopez is a bit of an understatement. Loma vs Lopez is ...

    On October 13, 2020 / By
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    Hearns vs Leonard: In Their Own Words

    The Sugar Ray Leonard vs Thomas Hearns fight in 1981 was significant for so many reasons. You had two of the best, if not the best, fighters on the planet ...

    On September 16, 2020 / By
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    15 Kinds Of Fight Fan Heartache

    As the world of sports and live entertainment ground to a halt this year, boxing fans endured months without any ring action at all, as some excellent scheduled ...

    On August 27, 2020 / By
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    Corona Crossroads: Alvarez vs Smith Preview

    Fans of Eleider Alvarez will certainly appreciate the irony of the Columbian-Montrealer having his most active year as a pro since 2017 under the shadow of COVID-19. The ...

    On August 20, 2020 / By
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    Plaster of Torrance (Part Two)

    Plaster of Torrance: Unwrapping the Meaning of Antonio Margarito, Part Two. Excerpted from The Bittersweet Science. There are times when boxing matches resemble more a bullfight than they ...

    On July 30, 2020 / By
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    Plaster Of Torrance (Part One)

    Last week we marked the anniversary of the legendary first battle between Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito. To pay further tribute to this remarkable fight, we would like ...

    On July 29, 2020 / By
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    Older Than You Think

    Like everyone else during the quarantine, I’ve been desperate for boxing content in the months between live cards. Aside from YouTube rabbit holes, I also dove into books ...

    On July 20, 2020 / By
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    Fifty Epic Fights: The 1990s

    We got some bad news, fellow fight fans: looks like COVID-19 isn’t going anywhere, at least not for quite a while. So, depending on where you reside, you ...

    On July 14, 2020 / By
  • hunter s. thompson
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    Fear And Loathing In Zaire

    Hunter S. Thompson is undoubtedly an icon of the “counter-culture” movement. He was also undoubtedly a miserable failure as a boxing writer. A motorcycle-racing, gun-loving, Nixon-hating, booze-swilling, narcotic-ingesting ...

    On July 9, 2020 / By
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