Browsing Tag Kid Gavilan

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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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  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, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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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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  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, 2020 / By Patrick Connor
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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, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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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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  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 October 10, 2019 / By Ronnie McCluskey
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  Top 12 All-Time 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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  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