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The Artful Aggression Of Mantequilla

April 13, 2021April 16, 2021 Lee Wylie 1 Comment Curtis Cokes, Ernie Lopez, Hall of Fame, Hedgemon Lewis, Jose Napoles, Lee Wylie, welterweight

When the great Jose Napoles died in 2019, the boxing world paused and mourned a truly great boxer. No matter

Feb. 9, 1974: Monzon vs Napoles

February 9, 2021February 11, 2021 Michael Carbert 1 Comment angelo dundee, Billy Backus, Boxing, Carlos Monzon, Clyde Gray, Cuba, Curtis Cokes, Emile Griffith, Ernie Lopez, Hedgemon Lewis, John H. Stracey, Jose Napoles, Monzon vs Napoles, Paris

By this time no one questioned the greatness of Jose Napoles. The former Cuban who had emigrated to Mexico after

Top 12 All-Time Best Welterweights

November 13, 2019April 26, 2020 Robert Portis 19 Comments Barney Ross, Carmen Basilio, Curtis Cokes, Emile Griffith, Felix Trinidad, Fritzie Zivic, Henry Armstrong, Jack Britton, Jimmy McLarnin, joe walcott, Jose Napoles, Kid Gavilan, Luis Rodriguez, Manny Pacquiao, Mickey Walker, Oscar De La Hoya, Pipino Cuevas, Roberto Duran, Shane Mosley, Sugar Ray Leonard, Sugar Ray Robinson, Thomas Hearns, Wilfred Benitez

Our ratings of the all-time greatest fighters in each of the traditional eight weight classes continues with a look at

Remembering Mantequilla

August 20, 2019August 21, 2019 Neil Crane 1 Comment Billy Backus, Carlos Monzon, Curtis Cokes, Ernie Lopez, José Ángel Nápoles, Jose Napoles

If our current time is one of shifting identities and countless refugees, then José Ángel Nápoles is somehow, despite the

Philadelphia Fight Night

November 20, 2018November 20, 2018 Joshua Isard 0 Comments Benjamin Sinakin, Bennie Briscoe, Branden Pizarro, Curtis Cokes, Gadwin Rosa, Hard Hitting Promotions, Jaron Ennis, Manny Pacquiao, Manny Rivera, Matthew Saad Muhammad, Philadelphia, Shawn Porter, ShoBox, Showtime, Terence Crawford

Manny Rivera, co-owner of Hard Hitting Promotions, was walking the main room of the 2300 Arena in a checked suit

July 22, 1931: Walker vs Sharkey

July 22, 2021July 25, 2021 Patrick Connor 1

There really was nothing left to prove. Why Mickey Walker felt an assault on the heavyweight division was necessary, nobody

June 15, 1984: Hearns vs Duran

June 15, 2021August 21, 2021 Michael Carbert 6

At the time, the story lines had not yet become vivid, the true significance of what was unfolding not yet

Sept. 17, 1954: Marciano vs Charles

September 17, 2021September 19, 2021 Eliott McCormick 6

On this day back in 1954, Rocky Marciano and Ezzard Charles clashed at Yankee Stadium to contest, for the second

Fight City Legends: The Boston Gob

October 26, 2020May 19, 2021 Patrick Connor 0

In boxing history, there are the champions and there are those who fight among them. For every Muhammad Ali, Joe