Browsing Tag Fritzie Zivic

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  July 16, 1947: Zale vs Graziano II

  In 1945 Rocky Graziano stood at the precipice of ruin. Just 26-years-old, with a record of 35-6-5, he had lost two matches in a row, two high profile defeats ...

  On July 16, 2019 / By Robert Portis
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  July 12, 1948: Williams vs Jack

  By 1948, everybody knew the party was almost over for Beau Jack. The former lightweight king and the all-time champ when it came to headlining main events at Madison Square ...

  On July 12, 2019 / By Michael Carbert
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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, 2019 / By Robert Portis
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  The Genius Of Sugar Ray Robinson

  For 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, 2019 / By Lee Wylie
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  March 5, 1943: Jack vs Zivic

  In decades past the boxing world was an even tougher and less forgiving place than it is today, not to mention more crooked. Fighters were fighters, not businessmen, ...

  On March 5, 2019 / By Michael Carbert
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  Top 12 All-Time “Dirtiest” Champs

  A comprehensive roster of boxers who dabbled in the darker arts of ringcraft would rival a catalogue of the soldiers who ringed the walls of Troy, or a ...

  On January 11, 2019 / By Michael Carbert
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  Jan. 4, 1940: Armstrong vs Ghnouly

  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 ...

  On January 4, 2019 / By Michael Carbert
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  Oct. 14, 1949: Gavilan vs Jack

  It 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, 2018 / By Robert Portis
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  Oct. 4, 1940: Zivic vs Armstrong

  Fritzie Zivic was 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 ...

  On October 4, 2018 / By Michael Carbert
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  Top 12 All-Time Greatest Catchers

  On this day back in 1950, the man they called “The Bronx Bull” scored a sensational, come-from-behind, final round knockout to retain the world’s middleweight title. France’s Laurent ...

  On September 13, 2018 / By Robert Portis
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  Top 12 All-Time Greatest Welterweights

  Our 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 noted ...

  On October 9, 2017 / By Robert Portis
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  Jake LaMotta: 1922-2017

  Jake LaMotta, who died yesterday from complications due to pneumonia, was boxing’s oldest living former champion and a direct link to the “Golden Age” of prizefighting, a time ...

  On September 20, 2017 / By Robert Portis
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  Ward Stops Kovalev In Second Controversial Fight

  Andre Ward is a fighter who continues to surprise boxing fans and that’s exactly what he did on Saturday night when he stopped the formidable Sergey Kovalev at ...

  On June 18, 2017 / By Daniel Attias
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  Welcome to Shocker Week

  At a polite social gathering, a friend introduces you to someone as, among other things, “a boxing fan,” or “a boxing writer,” or perhaps even “an ardent follower ...

  On February 8, 2015 / By Michael Carbert
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  Fight City Legends: Homicide Hank

  It requires a leap of the imagination to understand how different from today the sport of boxing was in the 1930s. Or how different the society that allowed ...

  On June 25, 2014 / By Michael Carbert