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Pernell Whitker: Best Of The Decade

Today is Pernell “Sweet Pea” Whitaker’s birthday, the bonafide all-time great turning 55 and what better way to pay tribute to him and say “Happy Birthday” than to ...
On January 1, 2019 / By Neil Crane
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Plaster of Torrance (Part Two)

Plaster of Torrance: Unwrapping the Meaning of Antonio Margarito, Part Two. Excerpted from The Bittersweet Science. There are times when boxing matches resemble more a bullfight than they ...
On August 4, 2018 / By Rafael García
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Top 12 All-Time Cockiest Boxers

There’s confident, and then there’s cocky, the former being expected of any prizefighter with the guts to step into the ring, but the latter taking confidence and turning ...
On July 24, 2018 / By Neil Crane
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July 9, 1989: Rosario vs Jones

When we compare and rank boxers of the past, something all serious fight fans love to do, one of the key criteria is longevity. This has less to ...
On July 9, 2018 / By Robert Portis
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Beyond The Sky

For Brin-Jonathan Butler I didn’t have ten dollars to spend on event parking, so I drove up and parked on the hill below Maine Medical Center. Then I ...
On March 15, 2018 / By B. A. Cass
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Feb. 18, 1989: Whitaker vs Haugen

Looking back it’s difficult not to feel some measure of regret for Pernell Whitaker, which is absurd given that the man won six world titles in four divisions ...
On February 18, 2018 / By Michael Carbert
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Cut Time

In Cut Time: An Education at the Fights, Carlo Rotella expounds deeply on a thesis boxing fans have heard before; namely, that the fight game serves as a ...
On July 5, 2015 / By Rafael García
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Question and Answer With Lee Wylie

Suffering from uncertainty about your lead shoulder feint? Having trouble with your distance management or footwork? Are concerns about how best to counter a left hook keeping you ...
On February 7, 2015 / By Lee Wylie

The Fight City

Montreal is The Fight City. Known in years past as "Sin City" and "Babylon on the St. Lawrence", it saw more than its share of ring legends over the decades. A metropolis where hundreds of young warriors train and battle each day in its many gyms, it is where Archie Moore, Sugar Ray Leonard, Roberto Duran and Bernard Hopkins all found greatness. It is a city of fights and fighters, of hockey and heroes, of broken dreams and immortal glory, a city unlike any other. Montreal is The Fight City.

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