No matter how you break it down, Errol Spence vs Danny Garcia has one major thing going for it: it’s one of the best matches that can currently ...
On December 4, 2020 / By Rafael GarcíaIt was the classic clash of the old king vs the future king when the once-great Beau Jack met Kid Gavilan in Chicago Stadium in a ten round, non-title ...
On October 14, 2020 / By Robert PortisThe great Sugar Ray Robinson had retired from boxing, had been singing and tap-dancing for three years. He didn’t have much success, so he came back to the ...
On September 24, 2020 / By David ComoThe first Robinson vs Turpin battle took place in London, England just two months before the second, and it will forever stand as one of the greatest upsets ...
On September 12, 2020 / By Robert PortisIt is often the case with dynamic brawlers who rely on physical strength, constant aggression, and a seemingly inhuman ability to absorb punishment that, like an engine habitually ...
On August 10, 2020 / By Michael CarbertOn 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 ...
On July 10, 2020 / By Robert PortisCuba’s messy political issues in the last half-century have made for countless stories of struggle and triumph, though more the former than anything else. From rafting across shark-infested ...
On June 4, 2020 / By Patrick ConnorFor fans of “The Sweet Science,” today should be a very special occasion, if not a national holiday. It’s Sugar Ray Robinson’s birthday and everyone who loves the ...
On May 3, 2020 / By Lee WylieMay 1st, 1957. Chicago Stadium. The rematch between young, tough Gene Fullmer, and the living legend, Sugar Ray Robinson. Pre-fight predictions were mixed, but most thought time was ...
On May 1, 2020 / By Michael CarbertAs most boxing fans know, they made a movie about wrongly imprisoned middleweight contender Rubin “Hurricane” Carter with Denzel Washington in the leading role. And while no doubt ...
On April 20, 2020 / By Robert PortisKid Gavilan, aka “The Cuban Hawk,” had been a top ranked boxer for years before he won the world welterweight title, having bested such rough customers as Tommy ...
On April 2, 2020 / By Michael CarbertSugar Ray Robinson, regarded by many as pound-for-pound the greatest boxer of all time, rarely found himself the underdog, but that’s exactly what he was heading into his ...
On March 25, 2020 / By Michael CarbertLet us journey back, boxing fans, to a time when the best fought the best and did so not once every couple of years but whenever the occasion ...
On March 4, 2020 / By Michael CarbertOur ratings of the all-time greatest fighters in each of the traditional eight weight classes continues with a look at the storied ranks of the welterweight division. As ...
On November 13, 2019 / By Robert PortisThe last line of defense for a boxer is the durability of his mandible. Here are the 12 best chins in boxing history, the men who faced the ...
On May 30, 2018 / By Robert PortisA 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 PortisFor middleweight champion Gene Fullmer, no nickname really stuck. Some tried to give him the moniker of “Cyclone” or “The Utah Cyclone” or even “The Mormon Mauler,” but ...
On April 28, 2015 / By Robert PortisIn the long history of boxing, few trainers have had the impact of Angelo Dundee who died of an apparent heart attack in Florida yesterday. He was 90 ...
On February 2, 2012 / By Michael Carbert“Boxing is the sport to which all other sports aspire.”
– George Foreman
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