Browsing Tag Ezzard Charles

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  Sept. 27, 1950: Charles vs Louis

  There’s little doubt that Ezzard Charles is one of boxing’s most underrated champions. A skillful technician, he holds wins over a long list of great fighters and he ...

  On September 27, 2020 / By Daniel Attias
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  Sept. 23, 1952: Marciano vs Walcott I

  After a record breaking reign atop the big man division, the great Joe Louis had finally retired in 1948 and in the years immediately following boxing struggled to ...

  On September 23, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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  Sept. 17, 1954: Marciano vs Charles II

  On this day back in 1954, Rocky Marciano and Ezzard Charles clashed at Yankee Stadium to contest, for the second time in just three months, the heavyweight championship ...

  On September 17, 2020 / By Eliott McCormick
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  Happy Birthday To “The Rock”

  Today is the birthday of legendary heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano and we’re always going to pay tribute to the one and only “Brockton Blockbuster,” regardless of the fact his famous ...

  On September 1, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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  Aug. 2, 1980: Pryor vs Cervantes

  The Montreal Olympics in 1976 represented a galvanizing moment for boxing in America, an event that saw the sport gain new stars and new fans, as the U.S. ...

  On August 3, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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  Tribute To The Cincinnati Cobra (Part Three)

  All great boxers have fans, but then there are the “super fans,” guys who go above and beyond the call of duty to proclaim far and wide their ...

  On July 23, 2020 / By Hammad Yusuf
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  Tribute To The Cincinnati Cobra (Part Two)

  Time for Part II in our three part look at the boxing techniques of the late, great Ezzard Charles, aka “The Cincinnati Cobra.” As stated before, compared to ...

  On July 5, 2020 / By Hammad Yusuf
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  Tribute To The Cincinnati Cobra (Part One)

  Without a doubt, Ezzard Charles, aka “The Cincinnati Cobra,” is one of the all-time greatest athletes to ever lace up the gloves. And yet, compared to numerous other ...

  On June 30, 2020 / By Hammad Yusuf
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  June 29, 1942: Charles vs Burley II

  No one knowledgeable about the long history of prizefighting doubts the standing of Charley Burley. The man was so good even Sugar Ray Robinson avoided him. And no ...

  On June 29, 2020 / By Robert Portis
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  Top 12 All-Time Greatest Heavyweights

  At a very leisurely pace over the last couple of years, The Fight City has offered its own idiosyncratic rankings of the all-time greatest boxers in each of ...

  On March 7, 2020 / By Robert Portis
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  The Gods Of War

  One of the best parts about being a boxing fan is the vitality of the sport’s history and the spirited debates and discussions that arise from it. The ...

  On February 27, 2020 / By Joshua Isard
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  Top 12 All-Time Greatest Heavyweight Slugfests

  Heading into tonight’s much-anticipated rematch between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder, the man they call “The Gypsy King” has repeatedly promised an action-packed war, a heavyweight version of ...

  On February 22, 2020 / By Patrick Connor
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  Light Heavyweight Mayhem

  The famous middleweight “Murderer’s Row” of the 1940s, which in its prime featured Archie Moore, Ezzard Charles, Charley Burley, Lloyd Marshall and Holman Williams (among others), had something ...

  On February 8, 2020 / By Douglas Cavanaugh
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  McCluskey’s Dozen: Thirty Years Of Talent

  Talent is an almost indefinable quality. You can spot it in a prodigious young athlete, but at the same time it’s difficult to define precisely what it is. ...

  On January 23, 2020 / By Ronnie McCluskey
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  Coal For Christmas

  If James Braddock is “The Cinderella Man,” then what do we call Arnold Cream, aka Jersey Joe Walcott? Braddock’s story of perseverance in the face of seemingly insurmountable ...

  On December 24, 2019 / By Michael Carbert
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  Nov. 30, 1956: Patterson vs Moore

  In decades past, when undisputed heavyweight champions were the norm and not the exception, they inevitably created a great vacuum of power upon retiring. It was a mad scramble ...

  On December 1, 2019 / By Patrick Connor
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  Sugar And Steel

  Though it is almost impossible to overstate Sugar Ray Robinson’s greatness, so much has been written on the subject of that inarguable status that little can be said ...

  On November 11, 2019 / By Douglas Cavanaugh
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  The Story Of The Cincinnati Cobra

  Like anyone who identifies as something of a boxing diehard, I’m familiar with the name Ezzard Charles. However, if pressed I could not tell you much more than ...

  On October 10, 2019 / By Ronnie McCluskey
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  Top 12 All-Time Greatest Light Heavyweights

  Continuing our infrequent rankings of the all-time greatest boxers in each of the original eight weight classes, we offer our third installment in the series. We started with ...

  On July 8, 2019 / By Michael Carbert
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  Top 12 All-Time Greatest Victories

  For the purposes of this list, a great victory is one which takes place against a great fighter when they are in their prime and no mitigating factors ...

  On June 7, 2019 / By Michael Carbert
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  Will Beterbiev Ignite The Light Heavyweights?

  All dressed up, no place to go: that’s boxing’s light heavyweight division at the moment. So much talent, so many great matches waiting to be made, but everything ...

  On June 3, 2016 / By Robert Portis
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  Dawn Of A New Era

  Boxing is a cyclical sport. No matter how dominant, fearsome or skilled a reigning champion may seem at the height of his powers, sooner or later, the old ...

  On February 5, 2016 / By Matt O'Brien
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  The Fallout

  Late last night I was watching both of Rocky Marciano’s classic bouts against Ezzard Charles and was struck by what energetic, thrilling, brutal, high-end affairs they were. Charles ...

  On August 6, 2015 / By Sean Crose