Browsing Tag George Chuvalo

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  May 21, 1966: Ali vs Cooper II

  Looking back, it’s easy to forget that until the early 1970s and his wars with Bonavena, Frazier, Norton and Foreman, many seriously questioned the toughness of Muhammad Ali. ...

  On May 21, 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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  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, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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  Top 12 All-Time Greatest Chins

  The last line of defense for a boxer is the durability of his mandible. Here are the 12 best chins in boxing history, the men who faced the ...

  On May 30, 2018 / By Robert Portis
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  King Of The North: Big Country vs Monster Mel

  The absurdly one-sided demolition inflicted by Deontay Wilder on Bermane Stiverne in their rematch a month ago was painful to watch in any case, but it was especially ...

  On November 30, 2017 / By Neil Crane
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  Action-Packed Grant Brothers Event

  There are essentially two measures of success for a night of live boxing matches: the number of empty chairs in the venue and the quality of the fights. ...

  On March 28, 2015 / By Robert Portis