Browsing Tag Bobby Chacon

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    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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    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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  • 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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    Top 12 All-Time Greatest Catchers

    On this day back in 1950, the man they called “The Bronx Bull” scored a sensational, come-from-behind, final round knockout to retain the world’s middleweight title. France’s Laurent ...

    On September 13, 2018 / By
  • 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 ...

    On September 7, 2016 / By
  • 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 ...

    On September 20, 2015 / By
  • 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 ...

    On January 11, 2015 / By
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