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Top 12 Greatest All-Mexican Fights

February 22, 2021February 25, 2021 Rafael García 4 Comments Alfonso Zamora, Armando Muniz, Azabache Martinez, Carlos Palomino, Carlos Zarate, chucho castillo, Daniel Zaragoza, Erik Morales, Israel Vazquez, Jose Napoles, Julio Cesar Chavez, Lupe Pintor, Marco Antonio Barrera, Rafael Herrera, Rafael Marquez, Ruben Olivares

The expectations were high this past Saturday when Miguel Berchelt and Oscar Valdez answered the bell in Las Vegas and

Christmas carnage

The Twelve Rounds Of Christmas

December 25, 2019December 25, 2019 Robert Portis 0 Comments Arturo Gatti, Billy Conn, Diego Corrales, Evander Holyfield, Gatti vs Ward, George Foreman, Israel Vazquez, Jack Dempsey, Joe Louis, Juan Manuel Marquez, Manny Pacquiao, Micky Ward, Rafael Marquez, Roberto Duran, Ron Lyle, Ruslan Provodnikov, Sugar Ray Leonard, Terry Norris, The Twelve Days Of Christmas, Timothy Bradley

It’s a timeless Yuletide classic, a tune sung for centuries at this time of year, but now “The Twelve Days

The Weekend That Was

January 30, 2017January 30, 2017 Daniel Attias 0 Comments Arturo Gatti, Erik Morales, Francisco Vargas, Israel Vazquez, Marco Antonio Barrera, Mickey Ward, Miguel Berchelt, Miguel Roman, Rafael Marquez, Takashi Miura

Bloody and Bruised: Berchelt and Miura Emerge Victorious. It’s not often that boxing fans get to witness two fights back-to-back that

July 13, 1980: Muhammad vs Lopez II

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It was legendary sports scribe Jimmy Cannon who famously stated that boxing was “the red light district of sports,” renowned

April 30, 1928: Sharkey vs Delaney

April 30, 2021May 3, 2021 David Como 2

The day after the fight, James A. Farley, Chairman of the New York State Athletic Commission, states there will be

Jan. 15, 1990: Foreman vs Cooney

January 15, 2021January 17, 2021 Michael Carbert 1

They billed Foreman vs Cooney as “The Preacher and The Puncher,” but it quickly became known as “The Geezers at

March 17, 1990: Chavez vs Taylor I

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Few “super fights” fully live up to the expectations aroused when they are initially announced, and even rarer are the ones