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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, 2021 / By Eliott McCormick
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Happy Birthday To “The Rock”

Today is the birthday of legendary heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano and we will always pay tribute to the one and only “Brockton Blockbuster,” regardless of the fact his famous ...
On September 1, 2021 / By Michael Carbert
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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 August 13, 2021 / By Robert Portis
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Aug. 2, 1980: Pryor vs Cervantes

The Montreal Olympics in 1976 was 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 2, 2021 / By Michael Carbert
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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 July 28, 2021 / By Joshua Isard
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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, 2021 / By Robert Portis
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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 January 11, 2021 / 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 25, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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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 December 1, 2020 / By Douglas Cavanaugh
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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 November 30, 2020 / By Patrick Connor
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Top 12 All-Time Greatest Victories

For the purposes of this list, a great victory is one secured in the face of an overwhelming disadvantage, or taken at the expense of a truly great ...
On October 3, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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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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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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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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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

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