Browsing Tag Larry Holmes

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  Sept. 28, 1979: Holmes vs Shavers

  We talk of fighters having a “puncher’s chance,” and that, more than anything else, was what Earnie Shavers brought into the ring at Caesars Palace on this fateful ...

  On September 28, 2018 / By Neil Crane
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  Sept. 21, 1985: Holmes vs Spinks I

  In March of 1985, heavyweight champion Larry Holmes scored a tenth round stoppage of undefeated contender David Bey and then immediately announced that he was done. As in, ...

  On September 21, 2018 / By Michael Carbert
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  The Boxing Kings

  It’s one of life’s most interesting ironies that prizefighting–a brutal, often exploitative, enterprise baptized as “the red light district of sports” by the late Jimmy Cannon–is the most ...

  On August 12, 2018 / By Rafael García
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  A Requiem for Iron Mike

  “The only thing we knew was violence in Brownsville, even with people we love.”  — Mike Tyson We cannot escape Mike Tyson. Never boxing’s patron saint but no ...

  On May 28, 2018 / By Eliott McCormick
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  Top 12 All-Time Greatest Heavyweight Punchers

  When it comes to popular water-cooler topics in boxing, few, if any, top this one: who is the most powerful puncher to ever step through the ropes? Now ...

  On April 4, 2018 / By Robert Portis
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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 Joshua Isard
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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 Matt O'Brien
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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 Thad Moore
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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 Robert Portis
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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 Thad Moore
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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 Matt O'Brien
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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 Sean Crose
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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 Michael Carbert
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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 Sean Crose
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  Cut Time

  In Cut Time: An Education at the Fights, Carlo Rotella expounds deeply on a thesis boxing fans have heard before; namely, that the fight game serves as a ...

  On July 5, 2015 / By Rafael García
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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 Robert Portis
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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 Michael Carbert
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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 Robert Portis
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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 Michael Carbert