Browsing Tag Bobby Chacon
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Features 2
Eighty Fights From The 80’s (Part One)
The 1980s were a monumental decade in politics, pop music and, of course, in boxing. Indeed, the eighties stand out for the sheer volume of exciting battles, not ...
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Columns 0
Nothing Left To Prove
Most great boxers do not go gently into the good night of retirement, but instead rage and fight against the dying of the light. And while, having long ...
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Boxiana 1
Jan. 14, 1984: Mancini vs Chacon
Boxing is not an old man’s sport and over the decades there have been plenty of what we might call “passing-the-torch” fights, when age gives way to younger ...
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Boxiana 2
Dec. 12, 1982: Chacon vs Limon IV
They called him “The Schoolboy,” because he had once attended university, a rare thing among professional prizefighters. But make no mistake, despite the nickname and the ever-present boyish ...
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Fight City Reviews 2
Las Glorias del Gran Puas
“I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered.” — George Best The Northern Ireland footballer’s famous quip is less ...
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Boxiana 0
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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The Top Twelve 0
Top 12 All-Time Greatest Catchers
On this day way back in 1922, the man they would come to call “The Bronx Bull” was born. Jake LaMotta would go on to not only become ...
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Features 3
Remembering Bobby Chacon
Sometimes the price of glory is steep and painful. In the case of Bobby Chacon, it would appear, at least to those who have never known what it ...
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Columns 1
Chocolatito Reigns Supreme
There’s a new kid at the top of the charts. Floyd Mayweather has, at least for now, retired, and Chocolatito, the little Nicaraguan boxing maestro, was this week ...
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Columns 0
Magomed Abdusalamov: Boxing Must Do More
Former heavyweight boxer Magomed Abdusalamov has returned to hospital for treatment of serious blood and bone infections which, according to doctors, are potentially life-threatening. This is just the ...
