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Sept. 19, 1980: Pintor vs Owen

For those who had never seen Johnny Owen perform, the impossibly thin and impossibly pale man who made his way

At first glance, Reading the Fights is a compendium of insightful essays which alternate between examining the responses boxing evokes

Pep vs Saddler. For die-hard fans of fisticuffs, those four syllables conjure up all kinds of recollections and images and

It was boxing’s biggest night, but for all the wrong reasons. In terms of sheer popularity, exposure, and the money

They called him “Old Bones” because they needed something to liven up his image and distinguish him from all the

The great Henry Armstrong had come agonizingly close to accomplishing the feat. Latter day legends Alexis Arguello and Roberto Duran