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April 5, 1915: Johnson vs Willard

It is not for nothing that late scribe Jimmy Cannon called boxing “the red light district of sports.” Pugilism is no stranger to corruption and criminals and over ...
On April 5, 2019 / By Michael Carbert
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Dempsey vs Wills: The Superfight That Never Was

Back about a few years ago, when it seemed Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao would never actually meet in the ring, pundits and historians started to wonder if ...
On April 4, 2019 / By Sean Crose
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Top 12 Most Significant Fights In Boxing History

There are big fights which all boxing fans want to see, and then there are the monumental clashes that attract attention from all corners and have a lasting ...
On March 29, 2019 / By Michael Carbert
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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 24, 2019 / By Michael Carbert
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Fight City Legends: The Boston Gob

In boxing history, there are the champions and there are those who fight among them. For every Muhammad Ali, Joe Louis and Jack Dempsey, there were hundreds of ...
On February 4, 2019 / By Patrick Connor
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Top 12 All-Time “Dirtiest” Champs

A comprehensive roster of boxers who dabbled in the darker arts of ringcraft would rival a catalogue of the soldiers who ringed the walls of Troy, or a ...
On January 11, 2019 / By Michael Carbert
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Jan. 9, 1942: Louis vs Baer II

It is 1942 and in the wake of the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, America is at war. As the country enters this new chapter in ...
On January 9, 2019 / By Michael Carbert
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Fight City Legends: The Georgia Deacon

He was only 32 when he died but if, as the old saw goes, only the good die young, then Tiger Flowers could not have escaped his fate. ...
On December 9, 2018 / By Robert Portis
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Nov. 30, 1956: Patterson vs Moore

In decades past, when undisputed heavyweight champions were the norm and not the exception, they inevitably created a great vacuum of power upon retiring. It was a mad scramble ...
On November 30, 2018 / By Patrick Connor
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Top 12 All-Time Greatest Opening Rounds

In boxing, as in most things in life, it’s quality, not quantity. Excitement is the name of the game and the greatest fights are the ones that offer ...
On November 23, 2018 / By Neil Crane
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The Gods Of War

One of the best parts about being a boxing fan is the vitality of the sport’s history and the spirited debates and discussions that arise from it. The ...
On November 17, 2018 / By Joshua Isard
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Fight City Legends: Gentleman Jim

“From my first fight I started to run away.” James John Corbett, often referred to as “Gentleman Jim,” never cared much for the brutish nature of the sport ...
On September 26, 2018 / By Alden Chodash
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The Long Count

Nine decades have passed since the rematch between Gene Tunney and Jack Dempsey took place on a brisk September evening at Chicago’s Soldier Field in 1927, and in ...
On September 22, 2018 / By Patrick Connor
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Sept. 14, 1923: Dempsey vs Firpo

After more than nine decades it may be difficult to appreciate how huge the legendary Dempsey vs Firpo fight was or how it transformed the public image of ...
On September 14, 2018 / By Michael Carbert
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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 (Ed. note: That said, the undercard for Golovkin ...
On September 6, 2018 / By Michael Carbert
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Fight City Legends: The Fighting Marine

Gene Tunney will forever be a truly great boxer, one of the best to ever step into the ring. A clever strategist with excellent footwork, superb defense and ...
On August 13, 2018 / By Michael Carbert
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The Boxing Kings

It’s one of life’s most interesting ironies that prizefighting–a brutal, often exploitative, enterprise baptized as “the red light district of sports” by the late Jimmy Cannon–is the most ...
On August 12, 2018 / By Rafael García
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Fight City Legends: Pancho Villa

The real Pancho Villa was a prominent Mexican revolutionary who won fame for his military victories during the early part of the 20th century. Exactly why Francisco Guilledo ...
On August 1, 2018 / By Michael Carbert
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July 27, 1922: Leonard vs Tendler I

There is no disputing the oft-repeated truth that Benny Leonard will forever stand as one of the finest boxers who has ever lived. Not as well known is ...
On July 27, 2018 / By Michael Carbert
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July 22, 1931: Walker vs Sharkey

There really was nothing left to prove. Why Mickey Walker felt an assault on the heavyweight division was necessary, nobody still living knows. It likely had much to ...
On July 23, 2018 / By Patrick Connor
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Fight City Legends: The Manassa Mauler

If boxing’s greatest era is that in which it was most popular, then Jack Dempsey is the fighter most identified with the sport’s zenith. The ‘Manassa Mauler,’ whose ...
On July 2, 2018 / By Eliott McCormick
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July 2, 1921: Dempsey vs Carpentier

The year was 1921. Jack Dempsey, the heavyweight champion of the world, reigned as the most titanic figure in all of professional sports, though his public image had been recently ...
On July 1, 2018 / By Michael Carbert
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June 25, 1952: Maxim vs Robinson

In boxing, as in other avenues of life, it is possible to be too good for your own good. Sugar Ray Robinson is regarded by many as the ...
On June 25, 2018 / By Michael Carbert
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June 22, 1938: Louis-Schmeling II

Former world champion Max Schmeling was a solid 10-to-1 underdog when he faced rising contender and awesome knockout artist Joe Louis in a major heavyweight showdown in June ...
On June 22, 2018 / By Robert Portis
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Fight City Legends: The Smoke City Wildcat

They called them the Roaring Twenties, that crazy decade following World War I when the economy boomed, “speakeasies” opened on every other corner, the “flappers” started showing a ...
On June 6, 2018 / 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, 2018 / By Michael Carbert
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Top 12 All-Time Greatest Heavyweights

At a very leisurely pace over the last couple of years, The Fight City has offered its own idiosyncratic rankings of the all-time greatest boxers in each of ...
On June 2, 2018 / By Robert Portis
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May 15, 1920: Greb vs Gibbons II

The enigma that is Harry Greb has grown to mythical proportions in recent years and there is no doubt his accomplishments warrant inclusion in any discussion regarding the ...
On May 16, 2018 / By Daniel Attias
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May 15, 1953: Marciano vs Walcott II

An immediate return match after a tough loss can be a risky proposition. There is no physical reason for this; after a few weeks the body repairs itself ...
On May 15, 2018 / By Michael Carbert
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The Fight Game Has Changed

Since inception, the relationship between television and boxing has been bittersweet. Back in the 1950s A. J. Liebling, journalistic star for The New Yorker and boxing writer extraordinaire, ...
On May 3, 2018 / By Rafael García

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