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Fight City Legends: King of the Canebrakes

On this day way back in 1933, a young man, a fighter, lies close to death in a hospital bed in Macon, Georgia. The room is quiet, morose ...
On October 3, 2021 / By Daniel Attias
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The Long Count

More than nine decades have passed since the rematch between Gene Tunney and Jack Dempsey took place on a brisk September evening at Chicago’s Soldier Field in 1927, ...
On September 22, 2021 / By Patrick Connor
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Top 12 All-Time Most Significant Fights

There are of course many high-profile clashes in boxing history which have brought out big crowds and made a serious splash, but then there are the truly monumental ...
On September 20, 2021 / By Neil Crane
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Sept. 14, 1923: Dempsey vs Firpo

After more than nine decades it may be difficult to appreciate the impact of the legendary Dempsey vs Firpo fight and how it transformed the public image of ...
On September 14, 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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Fight City Legends: Gentleman Jim

“From my first fight I started to run away.” James John Corbett, often referred to as “Gentleman Jim,” never cared much for the brutish nature of the sport ...
On July 8, 2021 / By Alden Chodash
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Fight City Legends: The Manassa Mauler

If boxing’s greatest era is that in which it was most popular, then Jack Dempsey is the fighter most identified with the sport’s zenith. The ‘Manassa Mauler,’ whose ...
On June 24, 2021 / By Eliott McCormick
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The Smoke City Wildcat

They called them the Roaring Twenties, that crazy decade following World War I when the economy boomed, “speakeasies” opened on every other corner, the “flappers” started showing a ...
On June 6, 2021 / By Robert Portis
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June 5, 1925: Tunney vs Gibbons

By 1924, Gene Tunney, to the incredulity of American sports fans, had begun openly campaigning for a chance to face the heavyweight champion of the world, Jack Dempsey. ...
On June 5, 2021 / By Michael Carbert
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May 15, 1953: Marciano vs Walcott II

An immediate return match after a tough loss can be a risky proposition. There is no physical reason for this; after a few weeks the body repairs itself ...
On May 16, 2021 / By Michael Carbert
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May 15, 1920: Greb vs Gibbons II

The enigma that is Harry Greb has grown to mythical proportions in recent years and there is no doubt his accomplishments warrant inclusion in any discussion regarding the ...
On May 15, 2021 / By Daniel Attias
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Dempsey’s Long Goodbye (Part 2)

This is the second of two articles detailing Jack Dempsey’s comeback tour. For Part One, click here. Dempsey took a brief break from the first leg of the ...
On May 3, 2021 / By Thomas Dade
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Dempsey’s Long Goodbye (Part 1)

The comeback trail is a well-trodden path for professional boxers. Ex-champions, contenders, and club fighters alike are all tempted to return to the ring for one last payday. ...
On May 2, 2021 / By Thomas Dade
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April 30, 1928: Sharkey vs Delaney

The day after the fight, James A. Farley, Chairman of the New York State Athletic Commission, states there will be a full investigation. Prior to the match, Farley ...
On April 30, 2021 / By David Como
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Top 12 All-Time Most Controversial Fights

No sport has courted as much scandal and public outrage as boxing. From dives and fixed fights, to outrageous decisions, not to mention the shady stuff behind closed ...
On March 12, 2021 / By Robert Portis
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The Boxing Kings

It’s a most intriguing irony that prizefighting–a brutal and exploitative enterprise baptized as “the red light district of sports” by the late Jimmy Cannon–is the most romanticized of ...
On February 13, 2021 / By Rafael García
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Fight City Legends: The Mighty Atom

The writer of a profile of Jimmy Wilde, aka “The Mighty Atom,” is tempted to put down the particulars of Wilde’s incredible record – 152 bouts, 146 victories, ...
On February 6, 2021 / By Robert Portis
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Feb. 1, 1965: Patterson vs Chuvalo

The popularity of boxing has waxed and waned over the decades, but the 1950s saw a new source of anxiety emerge for professional prizefighting: television. With boxing featured ...
On February 1, 2021 / By Michael Carbert
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Above All Mortals

With boxing still profoundly affected by the ongoing pandemic, we will continue to periodically revisit some of our past feature articles. Today, on the anniversary of the great ...
On January 12, 2021 / By Patrick Connor
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Bad Rap?

“I wouldn’t say he was dirty so much as he was expedient. He was so eager to get the damage done that his head and shoulders went with ...
On December 27, 2020 / By Douglas Cavanaugh
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Hemingway, Fitzgerald & The Round That Went Too Long

“My writing is nothing. My boxing is everything.” So said the one and only Ernest Hemingway, one of the twentieth century’s most captivating and revered writers. Best-selling literary ...
On December 13, 2020 / By Sean Crose
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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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Fight City Legends: The Fighting Marine

Gene Tunney will forever be a truly great boxer, one of the best to ever step into the ring. A clever strategist with excellent footwork, superb defense, and ...
On October 6, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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The Fight That Never Was

Back during that awful time when for five long years it seemed Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao would never, ever meet in the ring, pundits and historians mused ...
On September 11, 2020 / By Sean Crose
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Top 12 All-Time Most Cerebral Boxers

It takes more than strength, punching power and great conditioning to become a champion prizefighter. Mastery of footwork, angles, feinting, defense and the ability to adapt to an ...
On July 24, 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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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 Tragedy of Boxers With CID

Ring rust is real. Three long years is what John L. Sullivan waited between fights; Jack Dempsey did the same. Neither heavyweight returned from the long, dry spell ...
On November 15, 2015 / By Sean Crose
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The Giant Falls Again

Undefeated. Invincible. Unstoppable. The best. The greatest. All applied to Ronda Rousey short hours ago, and thus her fall to unheralded Holly Holm is easily the biggest upset ...
On November 15, 2015 / By Robert Portis

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