Browsing Tag Keith Thurman
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When Fighters Fought
Speaking for fans of a certain vintage, we all have a special set of boxers, the ones that forged our love for the sport, the ones on those ...
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Nothing Left To Prove
Most great boxers do not go gently into the good night of retirement, but instead rage and fight against the dying of the light. And while, having long ...
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Fight Report: Crawford vs Brook
Pound-for-pound lists are not to everybody’s taste, but regardless of how you choose to rank the best fighters in the world, there’s no denying that Terence Crawford is ...
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Fight Report: Ugas vs Ramos
With professional boxing rebounding following months of idleness, the number of intriguing and consequential match-ups is steadily rising. And while not exactly a marquee match (after all, if ...
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The Crawford Question
When a fighter who many consider to be, pound-for-pound, the best in the world defends his title at Madison Square Garden, it should be a big deal. But ...
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Stuck in Time: Manny, Marquez and Me
“Hard right hand by Marquez and for the first time in four fights Manny Pacquiao has been knocked down!” “Are you fucking kidding me?!” So I screamed at ...
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A Lowdown Dirty Shame
It appears increasingly likely that there will never be a clash between the two best welterweights in the world, Errol Spence Jr. and Terence “Bud” Crawford, and that’s ...
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Spence vs Porter: The Fight City Picks
You can make the case that this match-up should have happened a while ago. You can also point out that one of the two combatants didn’t look very ...
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The Fight City Podcast No. 27
Brand new edition of our podcast right here as host Alden Chodash is joined by Seamus McNally of Stiff Jab.com for an in-depth breakdown of Pacquiao vs Thurman ...
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The Fight City Podcast No. 26
Welcome back to a new episode of The Fight City Podcast, hosted by Alden Chodash who this week is joined by boxing historian and site contributor Patrick Connor. ...
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Why “One Time” Will Never Be “The Best”
I direct these remarks, without anger or malice, to fellow contributor James Simpson, whose column “Don’t Sleep On Keith Thurman,” was published on this fine website last month. ...
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Pacquiao vs Thurman: The Fight City Picks
It hasn’t exactly been a terrible year, but it’s been far from a great one, when it comes to meaningful, top-level match-ups and big attractions in boxing. And ...
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Don’t Sleep On “One Time”
For my money, there is no hotter and more tantalizing division in boxing today than the welterweights. Historically, the 147 pound weight class has been the home of ...
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It’s Your Move, Bud!
If we say it too loudly we might just jinx it, but we have to give credit where it’s due: Al Haymon’s PBC at long last figured out ...
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Fight Report: Spence vs Garcia
“The bigger they are, the harder they fall.” Clearly the likes of “Barbados” Joe Walcott (who originally coined the phrase) and Bob Fitzsimmons didn’t think much of size ...
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Spence vs Garcia: The Fight City Picks
Errol Spence and Mikey Garcia are two of the best talents in boxing today. Both are champions; both are undefeated. However, few, if any, foresaw a clash between ...
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The Weekend That Was
In case the sport of boxing wasn’t brutal enough inside the ring, Maurice “Mighty Mo” Hooker and “Showtime” Shawn Porter showed just how taxing it could be outside ...
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The Fight City Podcast No. 12
Welcome to another edition of The Fight City podcast, hosted by Alden Chodash, who this week gets a welcome respite while Michael Carbert and Rafael Garcia discuss, among other things, ...
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Fight Report: Thurman vs Lopez
As the old adage has it in the sport of boxing, you’re only as good as your last fight. The assumption of course being that you compete often ...
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Pacquiao Beats Broner: The Last Big Win?
There was no reason for Manny Pacquiao vs Adrien Broner to be a meaningful fight and in the end it was a bit on the sound and fury, ...
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Manny Pacquiao: The True Believer
Manny Pacquiao dances with boxing like a jilted lover. The twists and turns retain their technical grace, but lack the fluidity and passion as when the love was ...
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Fight Report: Porter vs Garcia
The Event: Even though the Barclay’s Center has become one of boxing’s hottest venues, you seldom see two fighters square off against each other that have each given ...
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Garcia vs Porter: The Fight City Picks
As one of our contributors discussed not that long ago, the current version of the welterweight division has all the necessary ingredients to give boxing fans plenty of ...
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Too Many Belts, Not Enough Champions
Believe it or not, there are a total of 102 recognized ‘world’ championships in existence in professional boxing today. Discounting the 34 champions which may be of an ...
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An Open Letter To Keith Thurman
Hi Keith. Ralph Semien here, long time fight fan and a sincere admirer of your skills and accomplishments, both in and out of the ring. In particular, Keith, ...
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The Weekend That Was
Terence Crawford demonstrated again what a superb talent he is as, with power, strength and skill, he methodically broke down and dispatched Jeff Horn in the ninth round ...
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Explosive Potential: 147 Should Be Boxing’s Hottest Division
It was, until recently, the premier division in boxing, the weight class with the most elite-level talents and the most tantalizing match-ups to be made. Over the decades, ...
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Special K Ready To Rebound
A major theme of recent years in boxing is fan frustration with too many elite fighters taking too few risks. Whether it’s Floyd Mayweather side-stepping a match with ...
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Dreaming Of A Welterweight Super Series
On Saturday the World Boxing Super Series gives fight fans another exceptional match-up in George Groves vs Chris Eubank Jr. as both of their ongoing divisional tournaments move ...
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New Breeds: Boxing’s Weirdest Fans
Some call them “fanagers.” Others just call them annoying. I’ve always referred to them as boxing’s “new breed of fan.” No matter, it all means the same thing. ...
