Browsing Tag Azumah Nelson

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  Pernell Whitaker: The Sweet Scientist

  You can call him, as we do, the best southpaw in boxing history. Or you can call him, as we do, the best boxer of the 1990’s. Or ...

  On March 20, 2020 / By Lee Wylie
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  March 1, 1992: Nelson vs Fenech II

  It may not be right or just, but the fact remains that when it comes to drawing attention and selling tickets, the heavyweights are always tops in boxing. ...

  On March 1, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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  Feb. 2, 1980: Sanchez vs Lopez I

  Danny “Little Red” Lopez had won the WBC version of the featherweight crown in 1976 and no one begrudged him the title. This was because Lopez, contrary to ...

  On February 2, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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  Salvador Sanchez: Counterpunch

  “I’m convinced that Salvador Sanchez was the best Mexican fighter of all time. Even better than Julio Cesar Chavez.”    — Wilfredo Gomez “The greatest Mexican fighter of all-time ...

  On January 26, 2020 / By Lee Wylie
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  Aug. 21, 1981: Sanchez vs Gomez

  One of the always frustrating things about boxing is that so many of the obviously great match-ups just never happen. It’s a shame Jack Dempsey never faced Harry ...

  On August 21, 2019 / By Michael Carbert
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  Top 12 All-Time Greatest Featherweights

  We’ve ranked the all-time greatest middleweights, bantamweights, light heavyweights and flyweights. Now we turn to the featherweights and offer our ranking of the best to ever lace up ...

  On August 14, 2019 / By Robert Portis
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  Sun Kil Moon: “Salvador Sanchez”

  In Salvador Sanchez, singer-songwriter Mark Kozelek walks amongst men who died much too soon. Such deaths are tragic by definition, but in the case of the men depicted ...

  On July 24, 2019 / By Rafael García
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  July 21, 1982: Sanchez vs Nelson

  There’s that old 1960s query: what if they had a war and no one came? Considering the 1982 clash between featherweights Salvador Sanchez and Azumah Nelson, the better question ...

  On July 21, 2019 / By Michael Carbert
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  May 19, 1985: Gomez vs Lockridge

  In recent years Rocky Lockridge has unfortunately become as well-known for his appearance on the television show “Intervention” and the visceral cry of pain that launched countless internet ...

  On May 19, 2019 / By Michael Carbert
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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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  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