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Ali vs Shavers: The Greatest’s Finest Hour

No matter how dismal the fight scene may be at a given time, fans can always cherish and take comfort from the sport’s glorious history. The past is ...
On September 30, 2020 / By Michael Ezra
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Sept. 29, 2001: Hopkins vs Trinidad

It was on this day back in 2001 that Bernard “The Executioner” Hopkins‘ stubborn, persistent drive to reach the peak of the mountain finally paid off. He scored ...
On September 29, 2020 / By Alden Chodash
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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 Matt O'Brien
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Top 12 All-Time “Dirtiest” Champs

A comprehensive roster of boxers who dabbled in the darker arts of ring-craft would rival a catalogue of the soldiers who ringed the walls of Troy, or a ...
On August 24, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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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 Zachary Alapi
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Aug. 14, 2010: Pascal vs Dawson

It doesn’t seem that long ago and yet the time has gone so fast. And so much has changed. Ten years later, it’s a pandemic and combat sports ...
On August 14, 2020 / By Jamie Rebner
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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 Rafael García
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Top 12 All-Time Most Cerebral Boxers

It takes more than strength, punching power and great conditioning to become a champion prizefighter. Mastery of footwork, angles, feinting, defense and the ability to adapt to an ...
On July 24, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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Superman: The Genius Of Jones Jr.

Twenty-two years ago, everyone knew that Roy Jones Jr. was “Superman.” Yes, he had suffered a disqualification defeat to Montell Griffin the year before, but that did nothing ...
On July 17, 2020 / By Lee Wylie
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Quarantine Blues: Boxing Fights For Survival

Last week the government of Quebec announced it was considering prohibiting the resumption of boxing events until an effective vaccine for COVID-19 is found. The province’s two biggest promoters, ...
On July 15, 2020 / By Eliott McCormick
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The Contrasting Legacies Of Roy & Floyd

When James J. Jeffries, heavyweight champion of the world, retired undefeated in 1905, few were in any doubt that they had just seen the greatest heavyweight fighter of ...
On February 13, 2020 / By Laurence Thompson
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Pernell Whitaker: Best Of A Decade

With the new year upon us, we are forced to reflect on the fact that 2019 saw the untimely passing of all-time great Pernell Whitaker, who would have ...
On January 2, 2020 / By Neil Crane
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Canelo vs Kovalev: What We Learned

It was an unlikely and unexpected event before it became one of the most anticipated showdowns of the year. Canelo vs Kovalev: a crossroads fight with major implications ...
On November 3, 2019 / By Robert Portis
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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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Fight Report: Browne vs Pascal

The Event Jean Pascal has been written off more times than a teenager’s first car and last night pretty much no one was giving him any chance of ...
On August 4, 2019 / By Neil Crane
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When Fighters Fought: Time for a Welterweight Renaissance

Speaking for fans of a certain vintage, we all have a special set of boxers, the ones that forged our love for the sport, the ones on those ...
On April 29, 2019 / By Matt O'Brien
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Top 12 All-Time Greatest Middleweights

The middleweights have traditionally been regarded as one of the sport’s true “glamour” divisions, boasting some of the best talent to ever lace ’em up and some of ...
On April 12, 2019 / By Robert Portis
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Like It Or Not, The Throne Is Empty

A few months ago we witnessed one of the more memorable heavyweight battles of recent years as alphabet titleholder and top-two contender Deontay Wilder faced off against the last ...
On March 20, 2019 / By Hunter Breckenridge
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Top 12 All-Time Greatest “Philly” Champs

Rocky is a great movie, and Creed was pretty good, but they get my town all wrong when it comes to boxing. The films portray Philadelphia as a city ...
On February 8, 2019 / By Joshua Isard
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The End Of An Aura

It’s surprising how far and how fast a fighter’s star can fall when a once-fearsome aura is finally burst. It’s just a few short years ago that Sergey ...
On January 30, 2019 / By Matt O'Brien
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The Bittersweet Science

“The more you know about boxing, the more you discover that you never truly know what’s going on,” write editors Carlo Rotella and Michael Ezra in their introduction ...
On January 23, 2019 / By Eliott McCormick
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Fury Only Played The Fool

(Before I get to the matter at hand, something infinitely more important need be said: A shout-out to the wife and family of Adonis Stevenson. As in no ...
On December 17, 2018 / By Ralph M. Semien
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Adonis Stevenson: How Did It Happen?

The long and controversial reign of WBC and lineal light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson ended in brutal fashion Saturday, after an onslaught of punches from decorated Ukrainian contender ...
On December 4, 2018 / By Sean Crose
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When Trash Talk Backfires

Many times my dad repeated this old saw in my presence: “A wise man keeps his ears open and his mouth shut.” Not that I ever listened or ...
On October 10, 2018 / By Neil Crane
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How Many Title Defenses Does GGG Have? It’s Complicated

In the wake of Gennady Golovkin’s return to knockout form last May, there was much fanfare regarding his purported achievement of matching Bernard Hopkins’ record of 20 consecutive ...
On September 11, 2018 / By Matt O'Brien
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Ringside At Ocean Resorts

The arena at Ocean Resorts Casino is brand new, and I noticed its pristine aesthetic the moment I walked in: red and blue lighting, which matched the Top ...
On August 20, 2018 / By Joshua Isard
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Fight Report: Alvarez Upsets Kovalev

The Event: Going into Saturday’s pivotal light-heavyweight affair, many questions loomed regarding Sergey Kovalev’s viability as an elite light-heavyweight following back-to-back losses to Andre Ward in 2016 and ...
On August 5, 2018 / By Alden Chodash
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Kovalev vs Alvarez: The Fight City Picks

It’s been noted more than a few times on this site in the last couple years, but it’s a fact that bears repeating: you have to go a ...
On August 1, 2018 / By Neil Crane
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Let’s Stop Pretending

Sports is about passion. It’s what fills the stands and sells the tickets. I’m from West Virginia, and the University Mountaineers football and basketball games can reduce people ...
On March 22, 2018 / By Jeffrey Fuss
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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 March 13, 2018 / By Jamie Rebner