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, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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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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  Top 12 All-Time Best Scottish Boxers

  Happy Robbie Burns Day, fight fans! But instead of reciting “To A Haggis” and breaking out the bagpipes, we’ll settle for Scotsman Shaun Brown’s ranking of the all-time ...

  On January 25, 2020 / 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, 2020 / 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, 2019 / By Joseph Gallagher
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  The Tao Of Roberto Duran

  Lee Wylie is one of the most insightful analysts in boxing but he’s also a fan and makes no secret of the fact that Roberto Duran is his ...

  On June 16, 2019 / 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 certain to find appreciative fans through the generations. If there’s a top table of ...

  On April 3, 2019 / By Ronnie McCluskey
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  Top 12 All-Time Greatest Roberto Duran Victories

  In assessing Roberto Duran’s boxing career some two decades removed from his last meaningful win, one thing is not to be questioned: “Manos de Piedra” is an all-time ...

  On June 29, 2018 / By Patrick Connor
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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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  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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  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