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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

On April 15, 1985, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, after twelve long years of struggle and sacrifice, finally conquered the summit of

The great Henry Armstrong had come agonizingly close to accomplishing the feat. Latter day legends Alexis Arguello and Roberto Duran

When news came in 1987 that former heavyweight champion George Foreman, who had retired ten years before to become an

Until December of 1952, some eighteen years after he had embarked on what would eventually be an all-time great pro