Browsing Tag Bob Fitzsimmons

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  The Top Twelve 3

  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 ...

  On July 8, 2019 / By Michael Carbert
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  Top 12 All-Time Greatest Victories

  For the purposes of this list, a great victory is one which takes place against a great fighter when they are in their prime and no mitigating factors ...

  On June 7, 2019 / By Michael Carbert
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  Fight City Legends: Speckled Bob

  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, ...

  On May 26, 2019 / By Michael Carbert
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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 ...

  On April 18, 2019 / By Ronnie McCluskey
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  Top 12 All-Time Best 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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  Fight City Legends: The Barbados Demon

  With Mikey Garcia, a former featherweight, about to challenge full-fledged welterweight Errol Spence Jr. on Saturday, the factor of weight is on the minds of boxing fans. Though ...

  On March 13, 2019 / By Michael Carbert
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  Nov. 16, 1979: Arguello vs Chacon

  Bobby Chacon had been an overnight sensation in California, a hugely popular young fighter attracting big crowds to the Inglewood Forum and the Olympic Auditorium. But as quickly ...

  On November 16, 2018 / By Michael Carbert
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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 ...

  On September 26, 2018 / By Alden Chodash
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  Sept. 2, 1995: McCall vs Bruno

  For the heavyweight division, the 1990’s were total chaos. A complete chronicle of the ups and downs of the big men during that decade reads like a season-long ...

  On September 2, 2018 / By Michael Carbert
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  July 25, 1902: Jeffries vs Fitzsimmons II

  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. ...

  On July 25, 2018 / By Robert Portis
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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 ...

  On June 2, 2018 / By Robert Portis
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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 ...

  On September 15, 2017 / By Robert Portis
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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 ...

  On July 23, 2017 / By Rafael García
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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 ...

  On April 22, 2016 / By Robert Portis