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On Leon Spinks

February 12, 2021July 11, 2021 Neil Crane 1 Comment Ali vs Spinks, Boxing, Holmes vs Spinks, Ken Norton, Larry Holmes, Leon Spinks, Michael Spinks, Muhammad Ali, Rocky, Sylvester Stallone

In mourning the death of Leon Spinks one week ago, one is not lamenting the loss of “a great fighter,”

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Feb. 11, 1990: Douglas vs Tyson

February 11, 2021February 13, 2021 Eliott McCormick 0 Comments Boxing, boxing upsets, Buster Douglas, Don King, Evander Holyfield, Japan, Larry Holmes, Mike Tyson, Tokyo, Tony Tubbs, Tony Tucker

Thirty years ago today, it happened: Douglas vs Tyson. The biggest upset in boxing history. Every fan knows the narrative.

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Jan. 22, 1988: Tyson vs Holmes

January 22, 2021January 24, 2021 Michael Carbert 8 Comments Cus D'Amato, Donald Trump, HBO, Larry Holmes, Michael Spinks, Mike Tyson, Muhammad Ali, Pinklon Thomas, Tony Tubbs

Throughout his career, Larry Holmes had been underestimated. When he started fighting his way up the heavyweight ranks while working

Fight City Reviews

Ali: A Life

January 18, 2021January 18, 2021 Michael Ezra 0 Comments angelo dundee, Elijah Muhammad, Floyd Patterson, George Foreman, Jesse Jackson, Joe Frazier, Jonathan Eig, Larry Holmes, Lonnie Ali, Michael Ezra, Muhammad Ali, Sonny Liston, The Greatest

The latest biography of Muhammad Ali, surely the most written-about boxer in history, is also the longest, and will be

The Top Twelve

Top 12 Reasons Why Muhammad Ali Is The Greatest

January 17, 2021January 20, 2021 Michael Carbert 43 Comments Boxing, Cassius Clay, Diana Ross, Earnie Shavers, Floyd Mayweather, Floyd Mayweather Jr., George Foreman, Henry Cooper, James Brown, Joe Frazier, Ken Norton, Larry Holmes, Madonna, Muhammad Ali, Norman Mailer, Sonny Liston, The Greatest, Vietnam, Wladimir Klitschko

Today is the anniversary of the birth of the amazing athlete who changed boxing forever and, as we must each

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Jan. 15, 1990: Foreman vs Cooney

January 15, 2021January 17, 2021 Michael Carbert 1 Comment Archie Moore, Evander Holyfield, George Foreman, Gerry Cooney, Gil Clancy, heavyweight, Larry Holmes, Michael Moorer, Michael Spinks, Muhammad Ali

They billed Foreman vs Cooney as “The Preacher and The Puncher,” but it quickly became known as “The Geezers at

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Ali vs Shavers: The Greatest’s Finest Hour

September 30, 2020October 3, 2020 Michael Ezra 4 Comments angelo dundee, Bernard Hopkins, Earnie Shavers, Floyd Patterson, George Foreman, Joe Frazier, Ken Norton, Larry Holmes, Leon Spinks, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Muhammad Ali, Roberto Duran, Rocky Marciano, Sugar Ray Leonard

No matter how dismal the fight scene may be at a given time, fans can always cherish and take comfort

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The Fight City Podcast No. 41

June 16, 2020June 18, 2020 Alden Chodash 0 Comments Boxing, Evander Holyfield, George Foreman, Gerry Cooney, heavyweight, Holmes vs Cooney, Larry Holmes, Lennox Lewis, Lewis vs Tyson, Mike Tyson, Muhammad Ali

Time for a new edition of our podcast, hosted as always by Alden Chodash as he and site contributor Eliott

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May 20, 1985: Holmes vs Williams

May 20, 2020December 16, 2020 Michael Carbert 28 Comments Axel Schulz, Carl Williams, Dave Tiberi, George Foreman, James Toney, Larry Holmes, Mike Tyson, Muhammad Ali

Thirty-five years ago today a crime occurred. It went largely unnoticed outside the world of boxing, but that doesn’t change

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Cut Time

January 11, 2020January 11, 2020 Rafael García 0 Comments Carlo Rotella, Hector Camacho, Joe Frazier, Larry Holmes, Muhammad Ali, Naseem Hamed

In Cut Time: An Education at the Fights, Carlo Rotella expounds deeply on a thesis boxing fans have heard before;

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Overfed Turkey Or Sleek Bird Of Prey?

December 27, 2019December 27, 2019 Laurence Thompson 1 Comment Al Haymon, Bermane Stiverne, Chris Arreola, David Price, Deontay Wilder, Earnie Shavers, Evander Holyfield, Francesco Pianeta, Fury vs Wilder, George Foreman, Larry Holmes, Luis Ortiz, Muhammad Ali, Premier Boxing Champions, Showtime Boxing, The Bronze Bomber, The Gypsy King, Tyson Fury, Wilder vs Fury, Wilder vs Fury II, Wladimir Klitschko

What a difference two years can make. Back in 2017, the WBC belt-holder Deontay Wilder had just fought Gerald Washington,

The Top Twelve

Top 12 All-Time Greatest Heavyweight Punchers

November 28, 2019February 4, 2021 Robert Portis 47 Comments Earnie Shavers, George Foreman, Jack Dempsey, Joe Frazier, Larry Holmes, Mike Tyson, Muhammad Ali, Rocky Marciano, Sam Langford

When it comes to popular water-cooler topics in boxing, few, if any, top this one: who is the most powerful

Features

The Macon Bibb United Boxing Club

September 4, 2019September 5, 2019 James Simpson 2 Comments Andre Ward, Evander Holyfield, Larry Holmes, Lou DiBella, Oscar De La Hoya, Pernell Whitaker, Sergey Kovalev

From the outside, the industrial building where the Macon Bibb United Boxing Club can be found looks nothing like a

Podcast

Fight City Podcast No. 3

October 31, 2018January 23, 2019 Alden Chodash 0 Comments Danny Jacobs, Gerry Cooney, Jack Johnson, Larry Holmes, Sergiy Derevyanchenko

Welcome to another episode of the new Fight City Podcast with its host Alden Chodash. Once again he is joined

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Scribe Of “The Fancy”

January 15, 2018January 28, 2021 Joshua Isard 0 Comments Boxing, Clint Eastwood, Ernest Hemingway, F.X. Toole, Gerry Cooney, Henry Armstrong, Holmes vs Cooney, Jerry Boyd, Joe Louis, Larry Holmes, Million Dollar Baby, Raymond Carver, Rope Burns, Sugar Ray Robinson

Great stories always involve great characters, so it makes sense that so many fiction writers have taken boxers as their

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Undisputed Chaos

September 25, 2017September 25, 2017 Matt O'Brien 3 Comments Bernard Hopkins, Canelo Alvarez, Canelo vs Golovkin, Dariusz Michalczewski, Gennady Golovkin, Jermain Taylor, Joe Calzaghe, Johnny Tapia, Larry Holmes, Lennox Lewis, Marco Antonio Barrera, Michael Spinks, Mike Tyson, Naseem Hamed, Oscar De La Hoya, Pernell Whitaker, Roy Jones Jr., Terence Crawford, Zab Judah

The other week saw one of the most compelling match-ups boxing has to offer finally happen: “Supremacy” — Gennady Golovkin

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“I Wish He Would Live Forever”

June 9, 2016December 1, 2017 Thad Moore 0 Comments Bernard Hopkins, Boogaloo Watts, Gerry Cooney, Joe Frazier, Larry Holmes, Marvis Frazier, Muhammad Ali, Robert Hines, Sonny Liston, Thrilla in Manila, Vietnam

Muhammad Ali was bigger than boxing and much more than a celebrity. He was a leader of social and cultural

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Seven Days Of Superfights

March 8, 2016June 21, 2016 Robert Portis 1 Comment Billy Conn, Evander Holyfield, Floyd Mayweather, Jack Dempsey, Jake LaMotta, Joe Frazier, Joe Louis, Larry Holmes, Manny Pacquiao, Mike Tyson, Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Leonard, Sugar Ray Robinson

They come along in fits and starts and sometimes years can pass before they’re ever seen from again, but when

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Tim Witherspoon: “I’m The Real Rocky!”

February 9, 2016May 16, 2017 Thad Moore 3 Comments Bonecrusher Smith, Don King, Frank Bruno, Gerry Cooney, Greg Page, heavyweight champion, heavyweights, Joe Frazier, Larry Holmes, Martin Luther King, Mike Tyson, Mike Weaver, Muhammad Ali, Philadelphia, Pinklon Thomas, Renaldo Snipes, Tim Witherspoon, Tony Tubbs

Everyone knows who Rocky Balboa is, but who is the true Rocky, the real-life Rocky? Tim Witherspoon, a former heavyweight

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Dawn Of A New Era

February 5, 2016February 5, 2016 Matt O'Brien 0 Comments Ezzard Charles, Gene Tunney, heavyweights, Jack Dempsey, Jersey Joe Walcott, Joe Louis, Larry Holmes, Lennox Lewis, Mike Tyson, Muhammad Ali, Tyson Fury, Vitali Klitschko, Wladimir Klitschko

Boxing is a cyclical sport. No matter how dominant, fearsome or skilled a reigning champion may seem at the height

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Is Bigger Really Better?

January 17, 2016March 20, 2016 Sean Crose 5 Comments Evander Holyfield, Gerry Cooney, Jack Dempsey, Jess Willard, Larry Holmes, Lennox Lewis, Max Baer, Mike Tyson, Primo Canera, Rocky Marciano

Heavyweight champ Jess Willard was 6’6, but he was absolutely destroyed by Jack Dempsey who stood five inches shorter and

Features

2015 Performance & Upset of the Year

January 7, 2016January 16, 2016 Michael Carbert 1 Comment HBO, Joe Louis, Larry Holmes, Lee Wylie, Performance of the Year, Tyson Fury, Upset of the Year, Wladimir Klitschko

Upset of the Year Nominations: Tyson Fury W12 Wladimir Klitschko Adrian Granados TKO8 Amir Iman Daniel Jacobs TKO1 Peter Quillin

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Whatever Happened to Ambition?

September 23, 2015September 23, 2015 Sean Crose 6 Comments Adonis Stevenson, Andre Ward, Bermane Stiverne, Deontay Wilder, Floyd Mayweather, Gennady Golovkin, Guillermo Rigondeaux, Jack Dempsey, Larry Holmes, Leo Santa Cruz, Mikey Garcia, Muhammad Ali, Nicholas Walters, Vasyl Lomachenko

Why isn’t Deontay Wilder screaming for a fight with Wladimir Klitschko? Why isn’t Leo Santa Cruz calling out Guillermo Rigondeaux? Or

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Mayweather vs Pacquiao: The Picks (Part One)

April 30, 2015March 21, 2018 Robert Portis 0 Comments Floyd Mayweather, Larry Holmes, Manny Pacquiao, Mayweather vs Pacquiao, Mike Tyson, Shane Mosley

It’s the biggest fight of the year, maybe the biggest of the decade, and everyone’s got an opinion on who

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Welcome to Shocker Week

February 8, 2015February 20, 2017 Michael Carbert 0 Comments boxing upsets, Buster Douglas, Fritzie Zivic, Henry Armstrong, James Braddock, Larry Holmes, Max Baer, Michael Spinks, Mike Tyson, Muhammad Ali, Randy Turpin, Sugar Ray Robinson, The Sweet Science

At a polite social gathering, a friend introduces you to someone as, among other things, “a boxing fan,” or “a

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Wladimir Klitschko: Champion of a Dark Age

October 9, 2013October 8, 2014 Robert Portis 4 Comments Alexander Povetkin, Dr. Steelhammer, Joe Frazier, Ken Norton, Larry Holmes, Muhammad Ali, Wladimir Klitschko

Having notched title defense number fifteen this past weekend, Wladimir Klitschko rolls on, seemingly unbeatable, arguably the most dominant heavyweight

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Ken Norton: 1943-2013

September 20, 2013September 18, 2020 Michael Carbert 0 Comments Eddie Futch, George Foreman, Ken Norton, Larry Holmes, Muhammad Ali

A recent article on this website about one of Ken Norton’s finest performances referred to him as “a hard-luck fighter.”

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Sept. 23, 1952: Marciano vs Walcott I

September 23, 2021September 25, 2021 Michael Carbert 8

After a record breaking reign atop the big man division, the great Joe Louis finally retired in 1948, and in

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Fight City Legends: Little Chocolate

October 23, 2021October 23, 2021 Robert Portis 0

The question is posed: who was the first black man to win a world boxing championship? And here are the

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Oct. 30, 1974: Ali vs Foreman

October 30, 2021October 30, 2021 Michael Carbert 10

In 1974, George Foreman reigned supreme. The previous year he had astonished the sports world with his terrifying demolition of

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Fight City Legends: King of the Canebrakes

October 3, 2021October 6, 2021 Daniel Attias 0

On this day way back in 1933, a young man, a fighter, lies close to death in a hospital bed