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Aug. 22, 1998: Gatti vs Robinson I

People are a product of their environment; where and how you grow up shapes what you become. The same is true for boxers and how they box. Cuban ...
On August 22, 2020 / By Jamie Rebner
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April 1, 2000: Klitschko vs Byrd

When a prizefighter decides he has had enough for the night and signals surrender, a variety of attitudes and opinions from the boxing fraternity are revealed. The “Q”-word ...
On April 1, 2020 / By Shaun Brown
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McCluskey’s Dozen: Thirty Years Of Talent

Talent is an almost indefinable quality. You can spot it in a prodigious young athlete, but at the same time it’s difficult to define precisely what it is. ...
On January 23, 2020 / By Ronnie McCluskey
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Top 12 Fights We Want To See In 2020

No one can dispute the fact that 2019 was a strong year for boxing with some excellent fights we’ll remember for a long time to come. Match-ups such ...
On January 20, 2020 / By Rob Lownie
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Five Myths About Judging

In the aftermath of the controversial draw verdict for Saturday’s huge heavyweight showdown, attention has once again turned to the ancient question of how boxing matches are scored ...
On December 6, 2018 / By Matt O'Brien
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Confidence Game: Can Linares Shock “Hi-Tech”?

And so Vasyl Lomachenko will once again fight a top-tier opponent when he faces Jorge Linares on Saturday for lightweight supremacy. Linares undoubtedly deserves that status, having scraped ...
On May 10, 2018 / By Sean Crose
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On Not Getting Your Money’s Worth

After an impotent end to a one-sided fight, it was an exasperated bunch that filed out of Madison Square Garden on Saturday night. The main event, which concluded ...
On December 12, 2017 / By Eliott McCormick
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Confessions Of A Rigondeaux Fan

Yup, I’m one of them, a Guillermo Rigondeaux fan. A Guillermo Rigondeaux defender. A Guillermo Rigondeaux supporter. Not that long ago, when I was just starting off in ...
On December 10, 2017 / By Sean Crose
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The Journey Of El Chacal

Author and director Brin-Jonathan Butler is an expert on Cuban boxing. A former amateur fighter, Butler traveled to the island nation more than once and even trained under ...
On December 7, 2017 / By Eliott McCormick
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Why Rigondeaux Will Win

Back in 2011 this writer travelled to Dublin, Ireland to support Willie “Big Bang” Casey’s unexpected and premature world title tilt. The venue was the City West Hotel and ...
On December 6, 2017 / By Gary Elbert
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Loma vs Rigo: The Tactical Overview

It’s a match many hardcore fight fans never thought would happen, one they scarcely dared to hope for. “Hi-Tech” vs “El Chacal.” Loma vs Rigo. Two supreme ring ...
On December 1, 2017 / By Lee Wylie
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When The Best Fight The Best

It seems that for many boxing fans it’s fashionable to hate on Guillermo Rigndeaux, but I don’t understand why that is. Seriously, what is there to dislike about ...
On October 13, 2017 / By Robert Portis
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Time To Make A Statement

There is something about Erislandy Lara that causes one to think, even after all this time, that he is still on the cusp of a career-defining moment. With ...
On October 12, 2017 / By Sheila Oviedo
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Return Of The Rebel

“I love boxing. I love hitting people. I love hurting people.” So says Mike ‘ The Rebel ‘ Perez in a recent promotional video for his World Boxing ...
On September 29, 2017 / By Gary Elbert
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No One Should Cry For El Chacal

Guillermo Rigondeaux is a fighter either too good for his own good, or one whose ego is too big for his own benefit. There is a fascinating divide ...
On July 19, 2017 / By Danny Howard
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Boxing Gods, We Want Some More!

As diehard fight fans, every so often we take a long and thoughtful look at the assemblage of talent in the boxing world, all the top contenders and ...
On July 13, 2017 / By Jamie Rebner
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Mere Anarchy: The Sad Plight Of The Jackal

Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The ...
On March 15, 2017 / By Gary Elbert
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An Epidemic Of Gutlessness

“That fight,” says Floyd Mayweather Jr. at the recent celebration for his 40th birthday, “makes a lot of sense.” Interesting statement. The “fight” Floyd refers to is the ...
On February 27, 2017 / By Robert Portis
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Frampton vs Santa Cruz: Act Two

Okay, now that it’s clear the chances of Carl Frampton or Leo Santa Cruz ever facing one Guillermo Rigondeaux are getting slimmer and slimmer (if they haven’t evaporated ...
On January 27, 2017 / By Sean Crose
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No Quick Recovery

Okay boxing fans, let’s step back and look at things objectively. First and foremost, many of our number are very unhappy with the state of our sport right now. ...
On August 22, 2016 / By Sean Crose
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Fight Report: Frampton vs Santa Cruz

Northern Ireland took over the Barclays Center on Saturday night to lift their countryman Carl ”The Jackal” Frampton to an upset win over Leo ”El Terremoto” Santa Cruz. ...
On July 31, 2016 / By Rene Ricardo Bernal
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Frampton vs Santa Cruz: The Fight City Picks

No doubt, all of us fight freaks were hoping to see one or both of these guys take on the other “Jackal,” Guillermo Rigondeaux, but we got the next ...
On July 30, 2016 / By Michael Carbert
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Vasyl Lomachenko: The Tricks

Having already gifted us excellent videos on virtually every top technical pugilist in the game today, including Roman Gonzalez, Gennady Golovkin, Guillermo Rigondeaux, Andre Ward, Canelo Alvarez and Floyd ...
On June 23, 2016 / By Lee Wylie
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Frampton vs Quigg: Not As Advertised

The crowd was electric. Absolutely, positively electric. Here was the excitement so badly missing from fights in Las Vegas. For thousands upon thousands of people were packed into ...
On February 28, 2016 / By Sean Crose
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Lee Wylie On Frampton vs Quigg

While the match is not nearly as momentous on this side of the Atlantic, the fact remains that for serious boxing fans, Carl Frampton vs Scott Quigg is ...
On February 26, 2016 / By Lee Wylie
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Question & Answer With Lee Wylie (No. 3)

Suffering from uncertainty about your lead shoulder feint? Having trouble with your distance management or footwork? Are concerns about how best to parry a right lead keeping you ...
On February 9, 2016 / By Lee Wylie
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Rigondeaux Returns

If boxing were an organism, talent would be the marrow strengthening its bones. Beneath the pageantry, in a place untouched by politics and careerism, a firm structure exists without which boxing ...
On November 20, 2015 / By Eliott McCormick
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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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Lomachenko’s Muse

What is art? And how do we evaluate it? Great minds through the centuries have pondered these questions, brooding over the subjective nature of aesthetic judgment. Must art ...
On November 5, 2015 / By Daniel Attias
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The Cuban Sphinx Sits and Waits

Sphinx-like and solitary, Guillermo Rigondeaux sits in repose on his desert throne. Despite his bleak environs he has ample supplies and is impressively ornamented. In one sense, Rigondeaux ...
On November 4, 2015 / By Eliott McCormick