Browsing Tag James Kirkland
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The Top Twelve 3
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 offering the ...
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Dangerous Enough: Canelo Must Pay The Price
I’ll never forget watching the Ray Mancini vs Duk Koo Kim match on live television as a child. Mancini was a favorite boxer of mine and on that ...
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Hit The Road, Andre
In November boxing got a rare treat: a showdown between two of the very best fighters in the sport, pound-for-pound. And while Kovalev vs Ward didn’t exactly remind ...
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2015 Knockout of the Year
Knockout of the Year Nominations: Saul “Canelo” Alvarez KO3 James Kirkland Randall Bailey KO7 Shusaku Fujinaka Gabriel Bracero KO1 Danny O’Connor Krzysztof Glowacko KO11 Marco Huck Ola Afolabi ...
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Lee Wylie 6
Cotto vs Canelo: Lee Wylie’s Pick
The Fight City is proud to be the home of Lee Wylie and as part of our special coverage in advance of an historic clash of champions, Cotto ...
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Creating Boxing’s Next Cash Cow
Mayweather vs Pacquiao signaled a change of order in boxing as the sport will need new stars to supplant these two as its biggest attractions. Who will step ...
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Canelo vs Kirkland: Estamos muy contentos!
“Estamos muy contentos!,” is an expression Canelo Alvarez keeps at hand in his bag of media-friendly phrases, saying it over and over in interviews and press conferences. It ...
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Canelo vs Kirkland: Reasons to Watch
If you’re tired of forking out for PPVs in which the number of pre-fight hype shows and “documentaries” dwarfs the number of punches thrown in the ring, you’re in ...
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Mark Your Calendar
The month of May doesn’t normally excite me. Spring is in the air but, if you happen to be from Scotland, that just means four seasons in one ...
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The Limits of Ambition
We’re about six weeks away from Mayweather vs Pacquiao, and while the boxing world celebrates finally getting the mega-fight it has wanted for so long, Saul “Canelo” Alvarez ...
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Mayweather vs Cotto: A Hell Of A Show
Would it really have been better four years ago? Back in late 2007 there were hopes in the welterweight division about a potential clash between then undefeated Miguel ...
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Fight Reports 0
Fight Report: Kirkland vs Angulo
In boxing, as in politics, it is an unforgivable blunder to peak early. Alfredo ‘El Perro’ Angulo learned this lesson the hard way on Saturday night in Cancun, ...
