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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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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, 2018 / 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, 2018 / 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 28, 2018 / By Robert Portis
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The Genius Of Sugar Ray Robinson

It is almost a cliché of sports: Sugar Ray Robinson is, pound-for-pound, the greatest boxer of all-time. While in fact some boxing historians point to Harry Greb and Sam Langford ...
On April 9, 2018 / 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, 2018 / By Michael Carbert
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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

The Fight City

Montreal is The Fight City. Known in years past as "Sin City" and "Babylon on the St. Lawrence", it saw more than its share of ring legends over the decades. A metropolis where hundreds of young warriors train and battle each day in its many gyms, it is where Archie Moore, Sugar Ray Leonard, Roberto Duran and Bernard Hopkins all found greatness. It is a city of fights and fighters, of hockey and heroes, of broken dreams and immortal glory, a city unlike any other. Montreal is The Fight City.

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