Browsing Tag Bob Fitzsimmons
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Sept. 2, 1995: McCall vs Bruno
For the heavyweight division, the 1990’s were total chaos. A complete chronicle of that bizarre decade for the game’s big men reads like a season-long script for a ...
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Top 12 All-Time Greatest Light Heavyweights
Continuing our infrequent rankings of the all-time greatest boxers in each of the original eight weight classes, we offer our third installment in the series. We started with ...
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July 25, 1902: Jeffries vs Fitzsimmons
It is difficult to say how heavyweight champion James J. Jeffries would have matched up against more contemporary boxers, but there’s no doubt he was an extraordinary fighter. ...
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Fight City Legends: Gentleman Jim
“From my first fight I started to run away.” James John Corbett, often referred to as “Gentleman Jim,” never cared much for the brutish nature of the sport ...
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Top 12 All-Time Greatest Middleweights
The middleweights have traditionally been regarded as one of boxing’s true “glamour” divisions, boasting some of the best talent to ever lace ’em up and some of the ...
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Fight City Legends: The Fighting Blacksmith
We live in the age of the camera and mass produced, edited, precisely manicured images, when glamour, style and looks have never been more important. On this score, ...
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April 18, 1998: Eubank vs Thompson
Chris Eubank was always a mighty specimen. Sleekly muscled during his reigns as middle and super-middleweight champion, it should have come as no surprise when he gatecrashed the ...
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Fight City Legends: The Barbados Demon
Boxers failing to make weight before a fight is an ever-present concern, one that angers many fans and rightfully so. It’s a fundamental requirement and a true professional ...
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The Fight That Haunted Wyatt Earp
Anyone familiar with American popular culture has heard the name Wyatt Earp and fans of the movie Tombstone may believe they know all about the man. But there’s ...
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Nov. 16, 1979: Arguello vs Chacon
Bobby Chacon had been an overnight sensation in California, a popular young fighter attracting big crowds to the Inglewood Forum and the Olympic Auditorium. But as quickly as ...
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Fight City Legends: Chrysanthemum Joe
“Jeffries number one? No, sir. Give me Joe Choynski anytime. I faced both and should know. Jeffries had a powerful wallop, but Choynski had a paralyzing punch. His ...
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Top 12 All-Time Greatest Victories
For the purposes of this list, a great victory is one secured in the face of an overwhelming disadvantage, or taken at the expense of a truly great ...
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Top 12 All-Time Greatest Heavyweights
At a very leisurely pace over the last couple of years, The Fight City has offered its own idiosyncratic rankings of the all-time greatest boxers in each of ...
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Gentleman Jim Speaks
The Roar of the Crowd: The True Tale of the Rise and Fall of a Champion Originally published in 1925, The Roar of the Crowd is an entertaining ...
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Top 12 All-Time Biggest Middleweight Fights
A couple years ago, when everyone was getting set for the long-awaited confrontation between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather, we put together a list of the “biggest” welterweight ...
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Top Men: Hardest P4P Punchers Ever
Starting today, The Fight City is pleased to bring you episodes of Patrick Connor’s Top Men Boxing Radio podcast. This week, Patrick, noted boxing scribe and historian, along ...
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