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A Requiem For Iron Mike

“The only thing we knew was violence in Brownsville, even with people we love.” — ...
On April 12, 2021 / By Eliott McCormick
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Top 12 All-Time Greatest Chins

A pugilist’s last line of defense is the durability of his mandible and of course no one doubts that a key qualification for ring greatness is sheer toughness, ...
On April 9, 2021 / By Robert Portis
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March 31, 1973: Ali vs Norton I

Few deny that Muhammad Ali was one of the greatest heavyweight boxers of all-time, perhaps even “The Greatest,” and a major part of the evidence for that claim ...
On March 31, 2021 / By Jamie Rebner
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When We Were Kings

With the death earlier this month of filmmaker Leon Gast, many fight fans are fondly recalling his most celebrated creation, a much-loved documentary which somehow seems as fresh ...
On March 30, 2021 / By Eliott McCormick
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Top 12 All-Time Greatest Upsets In Boxing History

How does one measure an upset? Simple: by the number of chins on the floor at the end of the fight. And the power of the shockwaves felt ...
On March 28, 2021 / By Robert Portis
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March 26, 1974: Foreman vs Norton

On March 31, 1973, unheralded heavyweight contender Ken Norton outpointed Muhammad Ali to score a huge upset. Seven months later, Ali scored a close decision victory of his own ...
On March 26, 2021 / By Eliott McCormick
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March 11, 1989: Holyfield vs Dokes

When Evander Holyfield and Michael Dokes clashed for the WBC Continental Americas Title back in 1989, the result was a battle which some later called the heavyweight fight of ...
On March 11, 2021 / By Eliott McCormick
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March 8, 1971: Ali vs Frazier I

Back in 2015, immediately following the announcement of a Floyd Mayweather vs Manny Pacquiao match finally being signed and sealed, excited boxing pundits began searching for comparisons. How ...
On March 8, 2021 / By Michael Carbert
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The Fight City Podcast No. 48

Brand new podcast for you, fight fans, hosted as always by Alden Chodash, and it’s a special edition marking the 50th anniversary of quite possibly the biggest prizefight ...
On March 8, 2021 / By Alden Chodash
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The Blood Feud

HBO’s 2008 film Thrilla In Manila is a sports documentary with an agenda; not necessarily a bad thing, but when a bias obscures and twists the truth, as happens here, ...
On March 7, 2021 / By Michael Carbert
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Feb. 28, 1973: Napoles vs Lopez II

They call boxing the cruelest sport for a number of reasons, one of them being that no matter how talented or dedicated a boxer is, his success ultimately ...
On February 28, 2021 / By Robert Portis
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Jan. 28, 1974: Ali vs Frazier II

That first historic Ali vs Frazier confrontation in 1971, without question one of the biggest sports events of all-time, took a significant toll on both “Smokin’ Joe” and ...
On January 28, 2021 / By Michael Carbert
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Facing Ali

Casualties of a cruel sport. Broken spokes on boxing’s eternal wheel. Archetypes for the noble poor. Or, to cast such reductive generalizing aside, perhaps just men who made a choice. Facing Ali, ...
On January 27, 2021 / By Eliott McCormick
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Jan. 24, 1976: Foreman vs Lyle

Following his surprise defeat to Muhammad Ali in one of the most historic fights in boxing history, George Foreman returned from Africa not just a former champion, but ...
On January 24, 2021 / By Michael Carbert
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Ali: A Life

The latest biography of Muhammad Ali, surely the most written-about boxer in history, is also the longest, and will be among the best-selling and most-read. Jonathan Eig’s Ali: A ...
On January 18, 2021 / By Michael Ezra
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Top 12 Reasons Why Muhammad Ali Is The Greatest

Today is the anniversary of the birth of the amazing athlete who changed boxing forever and, as we must each year, we take time to celebrate his life ...
On January 17, 2021 / By Michael Carbert
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Jan. 15, 1990: Foreman vs Cooney

They billed Foreman vs Cooney as “The Preacher and The Puncher,” but it quickly became known as “The Geezers at Caesars,” this unique crossroads battle between two aging ...
On January 15, 2021 / By Michael Carbert
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Pernell Whitaker: The Sweet Scientist

You can call him, as we do, the best southpaw in boxing history. Or you can call him, as we do, the best boxer of the 1990’s. Or ...
On January 2, 2021 / By Lee Wylie
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Coal For Christmas

If James Braddock is “The Cinderella Man,” then what do we call Arnold Cream, aka Jersey Joe Walcott? Braddock’s story of perseverance in the face of seemingly insurmountable ...
On December 25, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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Top 12 Greatest Muhammad Ali Performances

Do we need a special occasion to pay tribute to arguably the most popular and influential prizefighter of all-time? Is there ever a bad time to recall the ...
On December 22, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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Dec. 5, 1947: Louis vs Walcott I

Bad decisions. Robberies. Ridiculous scorecards. Maybe nothing sickens a fight fan more than judges rendering a final verdict which makes a mockery of a hard-fought contest. Sadly, such ...
On December 5, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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Nov. 22, 1997: Foreman vs Briggs

In late 1997, George Foreman was among the most well-known names in all of sports, having captured the imagination of the public with his transformation from the sullen ...
On November 22, 2020 / By Hunter Breckenridge
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Nov. 8, 1997: Holyfield vs Moorer II

The glorious second coming of Evander Holyfield had manifested itself a full year previous to his rematch with Michael Moorer, but it remained for some boxing fans a ...
On November 8, 2020 / By Robert Portis
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More Than Just One Punch

It was on this day in 1994 that the “impossible dream” was fulfilled. At age 45, former heavyweight champion George Foreman became the oldest man to win the ...
On November 5, 2020 / By Alden Chodash
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Nov. 5, 1994: Foreman vs Moorer

Boxing, they say, is a young man’s game. An obvious fact, one would think, especially for a sport as rough and dangerous as pugilism. But on the other ...
On November 5, 2020 / By Jamie Rebner
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Top 12 All-Time Greatest One Punch KOs

Few things in all of sports are as electrifying as the one punch knockout and these are the most consequential and stunning of them all. To make the ...
On November 2, 2020 / By Robert Portis
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Colin Hart: From Caracas To Kinshasa

For almost six decades, renowned British sports writer Colin Hart has covered the good, the great, and not so great of sporting events across the world. And back ...
On October 31, 2020 / By Shaun Brown
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Oct. 30, 1974: Ali vs Foreman

In 1974, George Foreman reigned supreme. The previous year he had astonished the sports world with his terrifying demolition of Joe Frazier, knocking Smokin’ Joe to the canvas ...
On October 30, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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Oct. 18, 1991: Mercer vs Morrison

Most boxing fans are familiar with the ancient chestnut, “As the heavyweights go, so goes boxing,” and it would be difficult to argue that the old saw bears ...
On October 18, 2020 / By Robert Portis
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Oct. 7, 1995: Lewis vs Morrison

On October 7, 1995, top heavyweights Lennox Lewis and Tommy Morrison clashed at the Atlantic City Convention Center for Morrison’s IBC belt, though the title was a minor ...
On October 7, 2020 / By Eliott McCormick

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