Browsing Tag Kid Gavilan

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  July 12, 1948: Williams vs Jack

  By 1948, everyone 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 ...

  On July 12, 2021 / 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, 2021 / By Patrick Connor
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  Top 12 All-Time Greatest Chins

  A pugilist’s last line of defense is the durability of his mandible and of course no one doubts that a key qualification for ring greatness is sheer toughness, ...

  On April 9, 2021 / By Robert Portis
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  April 2, 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, 2021 / By Michael Carbert
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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 January 11, 2021 / By Ronnie McCluskey
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  Top 12 All-Time Greatest Welterweight Fights

  No matter how you break it down, Errol Spence vs Danny Garcia has one major thing going for it: it’s one of the best matches that can currently ...

  On December 4, 2020 / By Rafael García
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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, 2020 / By Robert Portis
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  Top 12 All-Time Greatest Catchers

  On this day way back in 1922, the man they would come to call “The Bronx Bull” was born. Jake LaMotta would go on to not only become ...

  On July 10, 2020 / By Robert Portis
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  Top 12 All-Time Best 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 ...

  On November 13, 2019 / By Robert Portis
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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