Browsing Tag Larry Holmes

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    Happy Birthday To “The Rock”

    Today is the birthday of legendary heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano and we’re always going to pay tribute to the one and only “Brockton Blockbuster,” regardless of the fact his famous ...

    On September 1, 2019 / By
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    On Eddie Futch

    Perhaps it’s just me but I get the feeling Eddie Futch , who was born 108 years ago tomorrow, wouldn’t be too comfortable in today’s boxing world. I ...

    On August 8, 2019 / By
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    June 22, 1979: Duran vs Palomino

    If one were to rank the finest performances of the great Roberto Duran, his ten round win at New York’s Madison Square Garden over former welterweight champ Carlos Palomino should ...

    On June 23, 2019 / By
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    June 11, 1982: Holmes vs Cooney

    It was boxing’s biggest night, but for all the wrong reasons. In terms of sheer popularity, exposure, and the money that goes with it, the 1980s has to ...

    On June 11, 2019 / By
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    June 9, 1978: Holmes vs Norton

    While it might be going a bit far to classify Ken Norton as a “hard-luck fighter,” it’s difficult not to see him as such when one considers all ...

    On June 9, 2019 / By
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    June 8, 2002: Lewis vs Tyson

    Legitimate superfights in boxing tend not to just happen spontaneously, but instead are built up over time. The first bout between Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali was years ...

    On June 8, 2019 / By
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    Ali: A Life

    The latest biography of Muhammad Ali, surely the most written-about boxer in history, is also the longest, and will be among the best-selling and most-read. Jonathan Eig’s Ali: A ...

    On March 28, 2019 / By
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    Fight City Podcast No. 3

    Welcome to another episode of the new Fight City Podcast with its host Alden Chodash. Once again he is joined by the founder and editor of TheFightCity.com, Michael ...

    On October 31, 2018 / By
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    Scribe Of “The Fancy”

    Great stories always involve great characters, so it makes sense that so many fiction writers have taken boxers as their subjects. Few sports make such drastic demands on ...

    On January 15, 2018 / By
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    Undisputed Chaos

    The other week saw one of the most compelling match-ups boxing has to offer finally happen: “Supremacy” — Gennady Golovkin vs Saul “Canelo” Alvarez. The significance of this ...

    On September 25, 2017 / By
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    “I Wish He Would Live Forever”

    Muhammad Ali was bigger than boxing and much more than a celebrity. He was a leader of social and cultural change, embodying characteristics which all of us aspire ...

    On June 9, 2016 / By
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    Seven Days Of Superfights

    They come along in fits and starts and sometimes years can pass before they’re ever seen from again, but when they happen, they inspire millions and bring fresh ...

    On March 8, 2016 / By
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    Tim Witherspoon: “I’m The Real Rocky!”

    Everyone knows who Rocky Balboa is, but who is the true Rocky, the real-life Rocky? Tim Witherspoon, a former heavyweight champion who, like the mythical Rocky, hails from ...

    On February 9, 2016 / By
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    Dawn Of A New Era

    Boxing is a cyclical sport. No matter how dominant, fearsome or skilled a reigning champion may seem at the height of his powers, sooner or later, the old ...

    On February 5, 2016 / By
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    Is Bigger Really Better?

    Heavyweight champ Jess Willard was 6’6, but he was absolutely destroyed by Jack Dempsey who stood five inches shorter and gave away 58 pounds. Another huge champion, Primo ...

    On January 17, 2016 / By
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    2015 Performance & Upset of the Year

    Upset of the Year Nominations: Tyson Fury W12 Wladimir Klitschko Adrian Granados TKO8 Amir Iman Daniel Jacobs TKO1 Peter Quillin Aron Martinez W10 Devon Alexander Krzysztof Glowacki KO11 ...

    On January 7, 2016 / By
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    Whatever Happened to Ambition?

    Why isn’t Deontay Wilder screaming for a fight with Wladimir Klitschko? Why isn’t Leo Santa Cruz calling out Guillermo Rigondeaux? Or Vasyl Lomanchenko? Or Nicholas Walters? Why isn’t Adonis Stevenson ...

    On September 23, 2015 / By
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    Mayweather vs Pacquiao: The Picks (Part One)

    It’s the biggest fight of the year, maybe the biggest of the decade, and everyone’s got an opinion on who will win. Lots more picks to come, but ...

    On April 30, 2015 / By
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    Welcome to Shocker Week

    At a polite social gathering, a friend introduces you to someone as, among other things, “a boxing fan,” or “a boxing writer,” or perhaps even “an ardent follower ...

    On February 8, 2015 / By
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    Wladimir Klitschko: Champion of a Dark Age

    Having notched title defense number fifteen this past weekend, Wladimir Klitschko rolls on, seemingly unbeatable, arguably the most dominant heavyweight champion since Joe Louis. His reign is viewed ...

    On October 9, 2013 / By
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    Ken Norton: 1943-2013

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

    On September 20, 2013 / By
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