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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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Bernard Hopkins

Features 

The Executioner’s Greatest Victories

September 15, 2023September 15, 2023 Jamie Rebner
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Features 

Plaster of Torrance (Part Two)

August 13, 2023September 25, 2023 Rafael García
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Gans
The Top Twelve 

Top 12 All-Time Most Cerebral Boxers

April 26, 2023April 26, 2023 Robert Portis
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Columns 

When Fighters Fought

April 9, 2023April 9, 2023 Matt O'Brien
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Boxiana 

March 9, 2013: Hopkins vs Cloud

March 9, 2023March 9, 2023 Robert Portis
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The Top Twelve 

Pernell Whitaker: Best Of A Decade

February 8, 2023February 8, 2023 Neil Crane
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Columns 

Ali vs Shavers: The Greatest’s Finest Hour

January 5, 2023January 5, 2023 Michael Ezra
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The Top Twelve 

Top 12 All-Time “Dirtiest” Champs

December 31, 2022December 31, 2022 Michael Carbert
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Wilder vs Fury II
Columns 

Fury Only Played The Fool: Wilder vs Fury I

December 1, 2022December 1, 2022 Ralph M. Semien
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Columns 

The Contrasting Legacies Of Roy & Floyd

November 27, 2022November 27, 2022 Laurence Thompson
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Features 

15 Kinds Of Fight Fan Heartache

October 23, 2022October 23, 2022 Matt O'Brien
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Boxiana 

Sept. 29, 2001: Hopkins vs Trinidad

September 29, 2022September 29, 2022 Alden Chodash
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Fight City Reviews 

The Bittersweet Science

July 24, 2022July 24, 2022 Eliott McCormick
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Columns 

A Troubling And Confounding Legacy

January 31, 2022January 31, 2022 Andrew Rihn
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The Top Twelve 

Top 12 All-Time Greatest Middleweights

May 28, 2021January 11, 2022 Robert Portis
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Lee Wylie 

The Five Ways of Attack

November 27, 2020November 27, 2020 Lee Wylie
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Features 

Corona Crossroads: Alvarez vs Smith Preview

August 20, 2020August 23, 2020 Zachary Alapi
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Pascal vs Dawson
Boxiana 

Aug. 14, 2010: Pascal vs Dawson

August 14, 2020August 14, 2021 Jamie Rebner
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Lee Wylie 

Superman: The Genius Of Jones Jr.

July 17, 2020July 20, 2020 Lee Wylie
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The Fight City 

Quarantine Blues: Boxing Fights For Survival

July 15, 2020July 18, 2020 Eliott McCormick
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Canelo
Features 

Canelo vs Kovalev: What We Learned

November 3, 2019January 2, 2021 Robert Portis
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Features 

Philadelphia Marks Five Decades of Peltz Boxing

October 9, 2019October 13, 2019 Joshua Isard
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Upset
Fight Reports 

Fight Report: Browne vs Pascal

August 4, 2019August 7, 2019 Neil Crane
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Columns 

Like It Or Not, The Throne Is Empty

March 20, 2019March 22, 2019 Hunter Breckenridge
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The Top Twelve 

Top 12 All-Time Greatest “Philly” Champs

February 8, 2019February 11, 2019 Joshua Isard
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Columns 

The End Of An Aura

January 30, 2019January 30, 2019 Matt O'Brien
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Columns 

Adonis Stevenson: How Did It Happen?

December 4, 2018December 6, 2018 Sean Crose
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Columns 

How Many Title Defenses Does GGG Have? It’s Complicated

September 11, 2018September 13, 2018 Matt O'Brien
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Features 

Ringside At Ocean Resorts

August 20, 2018January 16, 2021 Joshua Isard
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Alvarez vs Smith
Fight Reports 

Fight Report: Alvarez Upsets Kovalev

August 5, 2018January 23, 2019 Alden Chodash
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Nov. 8, 1997: Holyfield vs Moorer II
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Nov. 8, 1997: Holyfield vs Moorer II

November 8, 2022November 8, 2022 Robert Portis
Robinson vs Basilio
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March 25, 1958: Robinson vs Basilio II

March 25, 2023March 25, 2023 Michael Carbert
The Fight That Never Was
Boxiana 

The Fight That Never Was

January 19, 2023January 19, 2023 Sean Crose
Jan. 1, 1915: The Legend Of Levinsky
Boxiana 

Jan. 1, 1915: The Legend Of Levinsky

January 1, 2023January 1, 2023 Robert Portis
Fight City Legends: The Aldgate Sphinx
Boxiana 

Fight City Legends: The Aldgate Sphinx

September 25, 2023September 25, 2023 Mathieu Brousseau
Knockout
Boxiana 

Sept. 23, 1952: Marciano vs Walcott I

September 24, 2023September 24, 2023 Michael Carbert
Sept. 23, 1957: Robinson vs Basilio
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Sept. 23, 1957: Robinson vs Basilio

September 23, 2023September 23, 2023 David Como
The Long Count
Fight City Reviews 

The Long Count

September 22, 2023September 22, 2023 Patrick Connor
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Top 12 All-Time Greatest Heavyweights

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Top 12 All-Time Greatest Heavyweight Punchers

Top 12 All-Time Greatest Heavyweight Punchers

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Top 12 Reasons Why Muhammad Ali Is Forever “The Greatest”

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January 8, 2022May 2, 2022 Neil Crane

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