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Prograis vs Taylor: The Fight City Picks

Another week, another best-vs-best match that unifies belts and adds some always needed clarity to the boxing landscape. Enjoy it while you can, fight fans! As we all ...
On October 23, 2019 / By Neil Crane
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At The Crossroads

The amateur boxing scene in Canada has been busy these days with the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Games less than a year away. There’s still much to do with ...
On October 23, 2019 / By Steven Green
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Taylor vs Prograis: Primed For Greatness

Taylor vs Prograis: a showdown to decide the last man standing at 140 pounds. Saturday’s junior welterweight unification between southpaws Josh Taylor and Regis Prograis might be the ...
On October 22, 2019 / By Ronnie McCluskey
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Hawk Time Forever

Were he still with us, Aaron Pryor would be 64-years-old today. Gone too soon, and taken in the same year that saw the passing of Muhammad Ali, the ...
On October 20, 2019 / By Robert Portis
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Beterbiev vs Gvozdyk: Light Heavyweight Lift Off

Recent weeks have seen boxing fans spoiled by a deluge of terrific contests between big-name fighters. From the back-and-forth battle between Errol Spence Jr. and Shawn Porter, to ...
On October 14, 2019 / By Rob Lownie
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Philadelphia Marks Five Decades of Peltz Boxing

There was an atmosphere of celebration last Friday night, but one with an accent of sadness, as a nine fight card full of competitive bouts went off at ...
On October 9, 2019 / By Joshua Isard
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Spence vs Porter: The Fight City Picks

You can make the case that this match-up should have happened a while ago. You can also point out that one of the two combatants didn’t look very ...
On September 25, 2019 / By Neil Crane
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Ryan Ford At The O2: Photo Gallery By Jeff Lockhart

No one can say born warrior Ryan Ford hasn’t had his chances to break through to greater prominence and a higher ranking in the light heavyweight division, but ...
On September 5, 2019 / By Neil Crane
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The Macon Bibb United Boxing Club

From the outside, the industrial building where the Macon Bibb United Boxing Club can be found looks nothing like a place for the serious pursuit of the brutal ...
On September 4, 2019 / By James Simpson
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Remembering Mantequilla

If our current time is one of shifting identities and countless refugees, then José Ángel Nápoles is somehow, despite the passage of time, emblematic of it. His journey ...
On August 20, 2019 / By Neil Crane
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Exposed? Maybe. Maybe Not.

On June 19, 1936, the number one ranked heavyweight contender, Joe Louis, stepped into the ring at Yankee Stadium in New York City. In the opposite corner stood ...
On August 19, 2019 / By Hunter Breckenridge
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Sonny Conto: “I’m For Real!”

Sonny Conto is three fights and just four rounds into his professional career, yet he’s already a Philadelphia phenomenon. Indeed, Conto has received more than his share of ...
On August 7, 2019 / By Joshua Isard
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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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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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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

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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