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Aug. 4, 1947: Williams vs Montgomery

August 4, 2021August 7, 2021 Robert Portis 1 Comment Beau Jack, Bob Montgomery, Bobcat Montgomery, grudge match, Ike Williams, lightweight championship, Philadelphia

Ike Williams and Bob Montgomery made no secret of the fact that they disliked one another and their animosity made

July 12, 1948: Williams vs Jack

July 12, 2021July 13, 2021 Michael Carbert 0 Comments Beau Jack, Fritzie Zivic, Henry Armstrong, Ike Williams, Kid Gavilan, Lew Jenkins

By 1948, everyone knew the party was almost over for Beau Jack. The former lightweight king and the all-time champ

April 2, 1954: Olson vs Gavilan

April 2, 2021May 19, 2021 Michael Carbert 0 Comments Beau Jack, Carl Olson, Carmen Basilio, chicago, Chicago Stadium, Ike Williams, Joey Maxim, Johnny Bratton, Kid Gavilan, Randy Turpin, Sugar Ray Robinson, Tommy Bell

Kid Gavilan, aka “The Cuban Hawk,” had been a top ranked boxer for years before he won the world welterweight

Nov. 14, 1951: Carter vs Aragon

November 14, 2020October 16, 2021 Robert Portis 0 Comments Art Aragon, California, Enrique Bolanos, Golden Boy, Ike Williams, Jimmy Carter, Los Angeles, Mamie Van Doren, Marilyn Monroe, Olympic Auditorium, Oscar De La Hoya

When boxing fans hear the moniker “The Golden Boy,” they of course think of Oscar De La Hoya, but some

Top 12 All-Time Greatest Catchers

July 10, 2020July 12, 2020 Robert Portis 0 Comments Ad Wolgast, Archie Moore, Arturo Gatti, Bobby Chacon, Carmen Basilio, Dick Tiger, Fritzie Zivic, Gene Fullmer, Ike Williams, Jake LaMotta, Joe Gans, Joe Grim, Joey Giardello, John L. Sullivan, Kid Gavilan, Matthew Saad Muhammad, Rocky Graziano, Rocky Maricano, Sugar Ray Robinson

On this day way back in 1922, the man they would come to call “The Bronx Bull” was born. Jake

Top 12 All-Time Greatest Lightweights

January 10, 2020January 13, 2020 Neil Crane 27 Comments Aaron Pryor, Beau Jack, Benny Leonard, Carlos Ortiz, Esteban DeJesus, freddie welsh, Henry Armstrong, Ike Williams, Jack Blackburn, Joe Gans, Julio Cesar Chavez, Lou Ambers, Pernell Whitaker, Roberto Duran, Tony Canzoneri

We continue our periodic series ranking the all-time best boxers in the original eight weight classes by today casting our

April 20, 1960: Fullmer vs Giardello

April 20, 2021June 1, 2021 Michael Carbert 4

As most boxing fans know, they made a movie about wrongly imprisoned middleweight contender Rubin “Hurricane” Carter with Denzel Washington

Sept. 29, 2001: Hopkins vs Trinidad

September 29, 2021October 2, 2021 Alden Chodash 1

It was on this day back in 2001 that Bernard “The Executioner” Hopkins‘ stubborn, persistent drive to reach the peak

July 26, 2008: Cotto vs Margarito I

July 26, 2021July 29, 2021 Eliott McCormick 1

Few championship fights in recent history have been marred by a controversy as serious as that which attended Cotto vs

April 6, 1987: Leonard vs Hagler

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On April 15, 1985, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, after twelve long years of struggle and sacrifice, finally conquered the summit of