Browsing Tag Fritzie Zivic
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The Genius Of Sugar Ray Robinson
This past Monday was a boxing anniversary with a difference, one that, were life not on hold due to COVID-19, would have been reason for numerous gatherings and ...
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March 5, 1943: Jack vs Zivic II
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, ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Oct. 4, 1940: Zivic vs Armstrong
Fritzie Zivic is forever one of the most colorful characters in the history of boxing and with 158 wins on his record, he was also no slouch in ...
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The Top Twelve 13
Top 12 All-Time “Dirtiest” Champs
A comprehensive roster of boxers who dabbled in the darker arts of ring-craft would rival a catalogue of the soldiers who ringed the walls of Troy, or a ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Top 12 All-Time Greatest Catchers
On 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 ...
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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 ...
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Top 12 All-Time Best 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 ...
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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 ...
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Fight Reports 6
Fight Report: Ward vs Kovalev II
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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
