Browsing Tag Kid Gavilan

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  Top 12 Greatest Welterweight Fights

  Thirty-eight years ago one of the biggest fights in boxing history shattered box-office and telecast records and helped usher in the era of The Four Kings. Hearns vs ...

  On September 18, 2019 / By Rafael García
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  July 12, 1948: Williams vs Jack

  By 1948, everybody knew the party was almost over for Beau Jack. The former lightweight king and the all-time champ when it came to headlining main events at Madison Square ...

  On July 12, 2019 / By Michael Carbert
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  June 4, 1971: Napoles vs Backus II

  Cuba’s messy political issues in the last half-century have made for countless stories of struggle and triumph, though more the former than anything else. From rafting across shark-infested ...

  On June 4, 2019 / By Patrick Connor
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  April 1, 1954: Olson vs Gavilan

  Kid Gavilan, aka “The Cuban Hawk,” had been a top ranked boxer for years before he won the world welterweight title, having bested such rough customers as Tommy ...

  On April 2, 2019 / By Michael Carbert
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  Oct. 14, 1949: Gavilan vs Jack

  It was the classic clash of the old king vs the future king when the once-great Beau Jack met Kid Gavilan in Chicago Stadium in a ten round, non-title ...

  On October 14, 2018 / By Robert Portis
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  Top 12 All-Time Greatest Catchers

  On this day back in 1950, the man they called “The Bronx Bull” scored a sensational, come-from-behind, final round knockout to retain the world’s middleweight title. France’s Laurent ...

  On September 13, 2018 / By Robert Portis
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  The Story Of The Cincinnati Cobra

  Like anyone who identifies as something of a boxing diehard, I’m familiar with the name Ezzard Charles. However, if pressed I could not tell you much more than ...

  On August 8, 2018 / By Ronnie McCluskey
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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, ...

  On June 1, 2018 / By Sean Crose
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  Top 12 All-Time Greatest Chins

  The last line of defense for a boxer is the durability of his mandible. Here are the 12 best chins in boxing history, the men who faced the ...

  On May 30, 2018 / By Robert Portis
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  Top 12 All-Time Greatest Welterweights

  Our ratings of the all-time greatest fighters in each of the traditional eight weight classes continues with a look at the storied ranks of the welterweight division. As noted ...

  On October 9, 2017 / By Robert Portis