Browsing Tag Jack Sharkey

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  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 October 26, 2020 / By Patrick Connor
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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 22, 2020 / By Patrick Connor
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  Fist of the Reich

  Max Schmeling was the first German-born world heavyweight champion and the only boxer to defeat Joe Louis in “The Brown Bomber’s” prime. A sporting hero to the German people, he risked ...

  On July 19, 2020 / By Eliott McCormick
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  June 19, 1936: Louis vs Schmeling

  Think back, if you will boxing fans, and recollect those breathless days of yesteryear, when the young, can’t-miss prospect, the next great star of the ring, thrilled you ...

  On June 19, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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  April 30, 1928: Sharkey vs Delaney

  The day after the fight, James A. Farley, Chairman of the New York State Athletic Commission, states there will be a full investigation. Prior to the match, Farley ...

  On April 30, 2020 / By David Como
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  Dempsey’s Long Goodbye (Part 2)

  This is the second of two articles detailing Jack Dempsey’s comeback tour. For Part One, click here.  Dempsey took a brief break from the first leg of the ...

  On March 29, 2020 / By Thomas Dade
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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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  Fight City Legends: The Toy Bulldog

  There’s a character archetype that’s been floating around for decades, if not centuries: the scrappy Irishman who makes up with strength and guts what he lacks in stature, ...

  On February 4, 2020 / By Mathieu Brousseau
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  Top 12 All-Time Most Controversial Fights

  No sport has courted as much scandal and public outrage as boxing. From dives and fixed fights, to outrageous decisions, not to mention the shady stuff behind closed ...

  On February 1, 2020 / By Robert Portis
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  Top 12 All-Time Worst Cheap Shots

  All intentional fouls or blindside hits are cheap, but for this list we define a “cheap shot,” also known as a “sucker punch,” as a blow rendered when ...

  On October 13, 2019 / By Robert Portis
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  He Howled and Made Horrid Faces

  “They howled, and leaped, and spun, and made horrid faces; but what thrilled you was just the thought of their humanity–like yours–the thought of your remote kinship with ...

  On June 20, 2015 / By Eliott McCormick