Browsing Tag Ken Buchanan

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  June 26, 1972: Duran vs Buchanan

  In September of 1970, Scotland’s Ken Buchanan won the WBA version of the lightweight championship by close 15 round decision over Panamanian Ismael Laguna. He would defend his ...

  On June 26, 2021 / By Michael Carbert
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  June 16, 1983: Duran vs Moore

  In 1980, Roberto Duran‘s already legendary career reached both its zenith and its nadir. Having abandoned the lightweight division he had dominated for more than seven years, and ...

  On June 16, 2021 / By Michael Carbert
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  Top 12 All-Time Greatest Scottish Boxers

  Happy Robbie Burns Day, fight fans! Despite the ravages of Covid-19, it’s still a day to celebrate for all Scottish warriors. But instead of reciting “To A Haggis” ...

  On January 25, 2021 / By Shaun Brown
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  Jan. 21, 1978: Duran vs De Jesus III

  The rivalry came as a surprise to everyone when it began in November of 1972. A surprise because, at the time, no one expected the fistic dynamo that ...

  On January 21, 2021 / By Neil Crane
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  Oct. 25, 2003: Arthur vs Gomez

  In The Year Of Our Lord 1298, the Battle of Falkirk took place, a major conflict in the First War Of Scottish Independence. On the outskirts of Edinburgh, ...

  On October 25, 2020 / By Joseph Gallagher
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  The Tao Of Roberto Duran

  It’s been almost two decades since the final entry in the records books for the legendary prizefighter they called “Manos de Piedra,” but the standing of Roberto Duran ...

  On September 18, 2020 / By Lee Wylie
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  McIlvanney On Boxing

  A.J. Liebling will always be boxing’s literary standard bearer, his masterwork The Sweet Science and other books certain to find appreciative fans through the generations. If there’s a ...

  On September 4, 2020 / By Ronnie McCluskey
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  Top 12 Greatest Roberto Duran Victories

  Seems like we had just finished celebrating the 40th anniversary of the first great Duran vs Leonard battle when the awful news came that the man they call ...

  On July 3, 2020 / By Patrick Connor
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  Whatever Happened To Scott Harrison?

  For a country so small, Scotland has punched well above its weight in producing champion boxers. Benny Lynch, “The Little King of the Gorbals,” famously lit up the ...

  On April 24, 2020 / By Ronnie McCluskey
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  Fight Report: Taylor vs Postol

  The Event When Cyclone Promotions announced that their fast-rising star Josh Taylor was to fight Viktor Postol, few could believe it. Not because Taylor was not considered capable, ...

  On June 24, 2018 / By Ronnie McCluskey
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  Happy Birthday, Roberto!

  This past Thursday marked the 65th birthday of the great Roberto Duran, one of the most loved of all modern boxers, and the good people at the Top ...

  On June 18, 2016 / By Robert Portis
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  Boxiana 0

  He Howled and Made Horrid Faces

  “They howled, and leaped, and spun, and made horrid faces; but what thrilled you was just the thought of their humanity–like yours–the thought of your remote kinship with ...

  On June 20, 2015 / By Eliott McCormick
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  Boxiana 0

  Welcome to Hands of Stone Week

  If you want to have a special tribute to Roberto Duran, then you have to do it in June. It just so happens that, with few exceptions, Duran ...

  On June 14, 2015 / By Michael Carbert