Battling Nelson Archives - The Fight City

Top 12 All-Time Most Significant Fights

September 20, 2021September 21, 2021 Neil Crane 20 Comments Battling Nelson, Gene Tunney, George Foreman, Jack Dempsey, Jack Johnson, Joe Frazier, Joe Gans, Joe Louis, John L. Sullivan, Muhammad Ali, Roberto Duran, Sonny Liston, Sugar Ray Leonard

There are of course many high-profile clashes in boxing history which have brought out big crowds and made a serious

Fight City Legends: The Old Master

May 10, 2021July 25, 2021 Michael Carbert 2 Comments Battling Nelson, George Dixon, Henry Armstrong, Joe Gans, Nat Fleischer, Roberto Duran, Sam Langford, Sugar Ray Robinson, Willie Ritchie

Born in Baltimore in 1874, the great Joe Gans got his start in boxing the way many black fighters of

Abe Attell

Fight City Legends: The Little Hebrew

January 19, 2021January 21, 2021 Jamie Rebner 2 Comments Abe Attell, Aurelio Herrera, Battling Nelson, Boxing, George Dixon, James J. Corbett, Johnny Kilbane, Owen Moran, The Little Hebrew

“We were Jews living in an Irish neighborhood. You can guess the rest. I used to fight four, five, ten

Happy Birthday To The Old Master

November 25, 2020December 3, 2020 Lee Wylie 1 Comment Battling Nelson, Benny Leonard, Joe Gans, Lee Wylie, Legend, Monte Cox, Nat Fleischer, Roberto Duran, Sugar Ray Leonard, The Old Master

Joe Gans was a pugilistic pioneer. He innovated many now common boxing techniques and his crafty ways and unmatched ring

Top 12 All-Time “Dirtiest” Champs

August 24, 2020October 24, 2021 Michael Carbert 17 Comments Abner Mares, Ad Wolgast, Antonio Margarito, Battling Nelson, Bernard Hopkins, Evander Holyfield, Floyd Mayweather, Fritzie Zivic, Gene Fullmer, George Foreman, Harry Greb, Henry Armstrong, Jack Dempsey, Muhammad Ali, Roberto Duran, Sakio Bika, Sandy Saddler, Timothy Bradley, Willie Pep

A comprehensive roster of boxers who dabbled in the darker arts of ring-craft would rival a catalogue of the soldiers

The Rumble In The Jungle

October 25, 2014August 1, 2016 Michael Carbert 2

There have been bigger, more lucrative boxing matches, but few more momentous or memorable. When heavyweights George Foreman and Muhammad

April 18, 1998: Eubank vs Thompson

April 18, 2021April 21, 2021 Ronnie McCluskey 0

Chris Eubank was always a mighty specimen. Sleekly muscled during his reigns as middle and super-middleweight champion, it should have

May 25, 1980: Cooney vs Young

May 25, 2021May 27, 2021 Robert Portis 0

“I’m going to win this fight, going to win it big. I’ve trained hard for this and I’ve got it

Sept. 29, 2001: Hopkins vs Trinidad

September 29, 2021October 2, 2021 Alden Chodash 1

It was on this day back in 2001 that Bernard “The Executioner” Hopkins‘ stubborn, persistent drive to reach the peak