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Sept. 6, 1997: Zaragoza vs Morales

It was the classic confrontation: age and experience vs youth and raw talent. Southpaw Daniel Zaragoza was the grizzled veteran, a survivor of 65 professional battles and some 21 ...
On September 6, 2019 / By Robert Portis
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Top 12 All-Time Greatest Pacman Moments

At this point it’s anybody’s guess how much longer ring legend Manny Pacquiao will continue boxing, but what is known is that the Pacman scored a huge win ...
On July 21, 2019 / By Rafael García
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May 18, 2002: Gatti vs Ward I

The final bell rings, the crowd roars, and the two warriors immediately embrace and then raise each other’s hands. This is the part of boxing that typically perplexes ...
On May 18, 2019 / By Jamie Rebner
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April 1, 2000: Klitschko vs Byrd

When a prizefighter decides he has had enough for the night and signals surrender, a variety of attitudes and opinions from the boxing fraternity are revealed. The “Q”-word ...
On April 1, 2019 / By Shaun Brown
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Top 12 All-Time Best Larry & Lampley Moments

On January 22, 1973, a broadcasting start-up by the name of Home Box Office debuted in the sport of boxing, bringing viewers George Foreman’s legendary second round annihilation of Joe ...
On December 10, 2018 / By Alden Chodash
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Hollow At Its Core

“Fighting Floyd Mayweather is a dose of cold reality.” — Jim Lampley Despite his synonymy with boxing, Floyd Mayweather remains a superstar with whom fans have a tepid engagement. ...
On April 29, 2015 / By Eliott McCormick
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An oral (and entirely fictional) history of Mayweather vs Maidana

Brian Kenny – Mayweather vs Maidana is one of those contests in sports you never forget. In all my years of working boxing broadcasts, in terms of drama ...
On May 1, 2014 / By Rafael García
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Mayweather vs Ortiz: The Last Word

It looks like the dust is finally settling after last Saturday’s bizarre fight between Victor Ortiz and Floyd Mayweather Jr. and we’re going to take a crack at ...
On September 2, 2011 / By Michael Carbert

The Fight City

Montreal is The Fight City. Known in years past as "Sin City" and "Babylon on the St. Lawrence", it saw more than its share of ring legends over the decades. A metropolis where hundreds of young warriors train and battle each day in its many gyms, it is where Archie Moore, Sugar Ray Leonard, Roberto Duran and Bernard Hopkins all found greatness. It is a city of fights and fighters, of hockey and heroes, of broken dreams and immortal glory, a city unlike any other. Montreal is The Fight City.

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