Browsing Tag Harry Wills

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  The Top Twelve 4

  Top 12 All-Time Greatest Uncrowned Champions

  For most of boxing history, world title belts didn’t grow on trees, as they say, and even title shots were a rare and much sought-after commodity. Competition was ...

  On September 15, 2020 / By Neil Crane
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  Boxiana 4

  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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  Sept. 6, 1920: Dempsey, Greb & Langford

  It’s now a very rare thing for boxing fans to get genuinely excited about the undercard for a major fight. The preliminaries for big showdowns are often exercises ...

  On September 7, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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  Aug. 15, 1911: Langford vs O’Brien

  It’s a sad tale, but a classic one, told many times in boxing: the proud, old king saddles up for one last battle against a young warrior just ...

  On August 15, 2020 / 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, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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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 March 28, 2020 / By Thomas Dade
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  Boxiana 6

  Fight City Legends: The Boston Bonecrusher

  When we compare the great champions of past and present, inevitably we draw a distinction between the true warrior and the mere athlete. At that point we realize ...

  On March 3, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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  Oct. 27, 1903: Johnson vs McVea II

  On February 5th of 1903, Jack Johnson outpointed “Denver” Ed Martin to win what was referred to at that time as the “Black” or “Colored” heavyweight championship of ...

  On October 27, 2019 / By Robert Portis