Browsing Tag Jersey Joe Walcott
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Boxiana 5
Marciano vs Walcott I
After a record breaking reign atop the big man division, the great Joe Louis had finally retired in 1948 and in the years immediately following boxing struggled to ...
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Boxiana 8
Sept. 17, 1954: Marciano vs Charles II
On this day back in 1954, Rocky Marciano and Ezzard Charles clashed at Yankee Stadium to contest, for the second time in just three months, the heavyweight championship ...
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Columns 11
Happy Birthday To “The Rock”
Today is the birthday of legendary heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano and we’re always going to pay tribute to the one and only “Brockton Blockbuster,” regardless of the fact his famous ...
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The Top Twelve 3
Top 12 All-Time Most Cerebral Boxers
It takes more than strength, punching power and great conditioning to become a champion prizefighter. Mastery of footwork, angles, feinting, defense and the ability to adapt to an ...
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Boxiana 1
Tribute To The Cincinnati Cobra (Part Three)
All great boxers have fans, but then there are the “super fans,” guys who go above and beyond the call of duty to proclaim far and wide their ...
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Boxiana 0
Tribute To The Cincinnati Cobra (Part Two)
Time for Part II in our three part look at the boxing techniques of the late, great Ezzard Charles, aka “The Cincinnati Cobra.” As stated before, compared to ...
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Boxiana 1
June 29, 1942: Charles vs Burley II
No one knowledgeable about the long history of prizefighting doubts the standing of Charley Burley. The man was so good even Sugar Ray Robinson avoided him. And no ...
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May 25, 1965: Ali vs Liston II
I wrote about this famous and most scandalous of duels for an earlier post on this site, our list of the most controversial fights in boxing history. I ...
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Boxiana 1
May 15, 1953: Marciano-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 ...
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Boxiana 1
March 27, 1942: Louis vs Simon II
It is 1942 and war rages across much of the world. While it hasn’t reached the shores of North America, the conflict and its destruction looms over everything ...
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Boxiana 2
Fight City Legends: The Barbados Demon
In recent years the issue of boxers failing to make weight has become an ongoing concern, angering many boxing fans and rightfully so. Whether it’s Floyd Mayweather intentionally ...
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The Top Twelve 64
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 ...
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The Top Twelve 8
Top 12 All-Time Greatest Heavyweight Slugfests
Heading into tonight’s much-anticipated rematch between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder, the man they call “The Gypsy King” has repeatedly promised an action-packed war, a heavyweight version of ...
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Features 5
McCluskey’s Dozen: Thirty Years Of Talent
Talent is an almost indefinable quality. You can spot it in a prodigious young athlete, but at the same time it’s difficult to define precisely what it is. ...
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Features 1
2019 Knockout Of The Year
Knockout of the Year Nominations: Nonito Donaire KO6 Stephon Young Ryan Rozicki KO2 Khetag Pliev Oscar Escandon KO1 Jhack Tepora Teofimo Lopez TKO2 Richard Commey Deontay Wilder KO7 ...
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Boxiana 4
Coal For Christmas
If James Braddock is “The Cinderella Man,” then what do we call Arnold Cream, aka Jersey Joe Walcott? Braddock’s story of perseverance in the face of seemingly insurmountable ...
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Boxiana 3
Dec. 5, 1947: Louis vs Walcott I
Bad decisions. Robberies. Ridiculous scorecards. Maybe nothing sickens a fight fan more than the judges rendering a final verdict which makes a mockery of a hard-fought contest. Sadly, ...
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Fight City Reviews 1
The Story Of The Cincinnati Cobra
Like anyone who identifies as something of a boxing diehard, I’m familiar with the name Ezzard Charles. However, if pressed I could not tell you much more than ...
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Boxiana 3
Sept. 27, 1950: Charles vs Louis
There’s little doubt that Ezzard Charles is one of boxing’s most underrated champions. A skillful technician, he holds wins over a long list of great fighters and he ...
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The Top Twelve 6
Top 12 All-Time Greatest “Philly” Champs
Rocky is a great movie, and Creed was pretty good, but they get my town all wrong when it comes to boxing. The films portray Philadelphia as a city ...
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Columns 0
Joshua vs Povetkin: Worth The Risk?
This Saturday, boxing fans get yet another heavyweight title fight that is not the battle that everyone wants to see. Instead of taking on Deontay Wilder, Anthony Joshua, ...
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The Top Twelve 6
Top 12 All-Time Greatest One Punch Knockouts
Few things in all of sports are as electrifying as the one punch knockout and these are the most consequential of them all. To make the cut, it must ...
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Dawn Of A New Era
Boxing is a cyclical sport. No matter how dominant, fearsome or skilled a reigning champion may seem at the height of his powers, sooner or later, the old ...
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