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 BrownThe 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 CraneIn 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 GallagherIt’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 WylieA.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 McCluskeySeems 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 ConnorIn 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 CarbertFor 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 McCluskeyThe 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 McCluskeyThis 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“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 McCormickIf 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“Boxing is the sport to which all other sports aspire.”
– George Foreman
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