Browsing Tag Jerry Quarry

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  Feb. 16, 1970: Frazier vs Ellis

  Following Muhammad Ali’s refusal to be drafted into the U.S. Army in June 1967 and his being relieved of both his title and his license to box, the matter ...

  On February 16, 2021 / By Michael Carbert
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  Dec. 7, 1970: Ali vs Bonavena

  You can take issue with his politics, label him a braggart and a loudmouth, make an inventory of all the lucky breaks he got, and even insist the ...

  On December 7, 2020 / By Robert Portis
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  Oct. 26, 1970: Ali vs Quarry I

  Following his successful defense of the heavyweight championship of the world against Zora Folley in March of 1967, Muhammad Ali’s boxing career came to a sudden, though not ...

  On October 26, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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  Oct. 1, 1975: Ali vs Frazier III

  Forty-five years later, one still hears the echoes, the reverberations of that final, epic struggle between two boxing legends. After all, it was more than a heavyweight championship ...

  On October 1, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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  Sept. 28, 1976: Ali vs Norton III

  In a time of endless and constant media exposure and thirty second attention spans, it is almost impossible to fully appreciate the larger-than-life fame and popularity of Muhammad ...

  On September 28, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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  Sept. 28, 1979: Holmes vs Shavers

  We talk of fighters having a “puncher’s chance,” and that, more than anything else, was what Earnie Shavers brought into the ring at Caesars Palace on this fateful ...

  On September 28, 2020 / By Neil Crane
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  June 27, 1987: Hilton vs Drayton

  Fighting families are not exactly unique in boxing. Indeed, the history of prizefighting is filled with siblings who shared the profession, such as Max and Buddy Baer, Leon ...

  On June 27, 2020 / By Jamie Rebner
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  June 9, 1978: Holmes vs Norton

  While it might be going a bit far to classify Ken Norton as a “hard-luck fighter,” it’s difficult not to see him as such when one considers all ...

  On June 9, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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  April 27, 1968: Ellis vs Quarry

  In June of 1967, a jury found world heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali guilty of draft evasion for his refusal to join the military and participate in the war ...

  On April 27, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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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 April 26, 2020 / By Neil Crane
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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 March 7, 2020 / By Robert Portis
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  The Case Against Big George

  In a recent article contemplating a fantasy rematch between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman, esteemed boxing writer Thomas Hauser stated that people who “really know” boxing regard Foreman ...

  On January 31, 2019 / By Michael Ezra
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  The Fight City Podcast No. 2

  Alden Chodash hosts The Fight City Podcast as he and editor Michael Carbert discuss some of the recent happenings in the fight game. On their minds this week ...

  On October 22, 2018 / By Neil Crane
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  Top 12 All-Time Greatest Chins

  The last line of defense for a boxer is the durability of his mandible. Here are the 12 best chins in boxing history, the men who faced the ...

  On May 30, 2018 / By Robert Portis