Browsing Tag Jersey Joe Walcott

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  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 ...

  On March 27, 2021 / By Hunter Breckenridge
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  Fight City Legends: The Barbados Demon

  The issue of boxers failing to make weight is an ongoing concern, angering many fight fans and rightfully so. Whether it’s Floyd Mayweather intentionally coming in overweight against ...

  On March 13, 2021 / By Neil Crane
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  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 ...

  On January 11, 2021 / By Ronnie McCluskey
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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 ...

  On December 25, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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  Dec. 5, 1947: Louis vs Walcott I

  Bad decisions. Robberies. Ridiculous scorecards. Maybe nothing sickens a fight fan more than judges rendering a final verdict which makes a mockery of a hard-fought contest. Sadly, such ...

  On December 5, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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  Top 12 All-Time Greatest One Punch KOs

  Few things in all of sports are as electrifying as the one punch knockout and these are the most consequential and stunning of them all. To make the ...

  On November 2, 2020 / By Robert Portis
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  Boxiana 4

  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 ...

  On September 27, 2020 / By Daniel Attias
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  Sept. 23, 1952: 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 ...

  On September 23, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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  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 ...

  On September 17, 2020 / By Eliott McCormick
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  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 ...

  On September 1, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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  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 ...

  On July 24, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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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 ...

  On June 29, 2020 / By Robert Portis
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  Boxiana 0

  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 ...

  On May 25, 2020 / By Robert Portis
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  Boxiana 2

  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 ...

  On May 15, 2020 / 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 March 7, 2020 / By Robert Portis
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  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 ...

  On February 22, 2020 / By Patrick Connor
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  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. ...

  On January 23, 2020 / By Ronnie McCluskey
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  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 ...

  On January 6, 2020 / By Robert Portis
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  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 ...

  On February 8, 2019 / By Joshua Isard
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  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, ...

  On September 20, 2018 / By Alden Chodash
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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 ...

  On February 5, 2016 / By Matt O'Brien