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As Marvin Gaye sang back in the day, “Ain’t nothin’ like the real thing, baby,” and these days how boxing fans yearn for “the real thing,” for meaningful competition and genuine greatness. You’ll recall how several years back
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The first two decades of the twentieth century were a time of rapid evolution for the sport of boxing. Legal restrictions were being lifted around the world, and pugilism was rapidly shifting from an underground and shambolic enterprise,
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One of boxing’s most enduring tropes is that of the prizefighter who punches his way out of poverty and obscurity and into a life of riches and success. Throughout the fight game’s long history, countless pugilists have lived
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Fritzie Zivic is forever one of the most colorful characters in the history of boxing and with 158 wins on his record, he was also no slouch in terms of ring accomplishments. But there’s a reason why you
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The great Joe Louis, already something of a legend, made his first defense as heavyweight champion against Welshman Tommy Farr just nine weeks after his title-winning knockout over James J. Braddock. Few thought Farr capable of troubling Louis, let
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One of the obvious realizations upon re-reading A.J. Liebling’s The Sweet Science is that while much has changed in the sport over the last sixty years, some things haven’t at all. In Liebling’s time, boxing was more than
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The first Jeffries vs Corbett clash took place in Coney Island, New York over a century ago but the storylines highlighted by that historic battle are ones we have seen on countless occasions since. First, it presented the
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Napoleon, war-master, was a terror to his foes, A general of generals, as everybody knows; And Jack McAuliffe, lightweight king, who many battles won, Was tagged by his admirers: “The Ring Napoleon!” Nat Fleischer’s opening poem in his
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Brand new podcast for you, fight fans, hosted as always by Alden Chodash, and it’s a special edition marking the 50th anniversary of quite possibly the biggest prizefight of all-time, that first remarkable battle between Joe Frazier and
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