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Back To Vegas
This Saturday night, ring legend Manny Pacquiao will hear the opening bell as a pro for the 70th time in his career. He will do so at a ...
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2018 Fight Of The Year
Nominations: Srisaket Sor Rungvisai vs Juan Francisco Estrada Canelo Alvarez vs Gennady Golovkin II Jarrett Hurd vs Erislandy Lara Dereck Chisora vs Carlos Takam Tyson Fury vs Deontay ...
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Dec. 8, 2007: Mayweather vs Hatton
“My heart will explode before I leave him alone for one second,” Ricky Hatton had promised prior to his showdown with Floyd Mayweather Jr. As it turned out, ...
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Nov. 8, 1997: Holyfield vs Moorer II
The glorious second coming of Evander Holyfield had manifested itself a full year previous to his rematch with Michael Moorer, but it remained for some boxing fans a ...
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More Than Just One Punch
It was on this day in 1994 that the “impossible dream” was fulfilled. At age 45, former heavyweight champion George Foreman became the oldest man to win the ...
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Sept. 28, 1979: Holmes vs Shavers
We talk of fighters having a “puncher’s chance,” and indeed that, more than anything else, was what Earnie Shavers brought into the ring at Caesars Palace in Las ...
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#CaneloGGG2: This Time, It’s Personal!
It’s almost time, finally, for #CaneloGGG2, and so much has happened since the first encounter that it’s hard to believe it took place only a year ago. That ...
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Top 12 All-Time Greatest Pacman “WTF!” 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 will step inside the ...
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July 7, 1985: Chavez vs Mayweather I
It’s 1985 and everyone south of the border already knows who the next great Mexican boxer will be. The only problem is pretty much no one north of ...
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June 15, 1984: Hearns vs Duran
At the time, the story lines had not yet become vivid, the true significance of what was unfolding not yet clear. The term “The Four Kings” had yet ...
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June 12, ’89: Hearns vs Leonard II
Their first meeting in 1981, one of the biggest fights in boxing history, was called “The Showdown,” an appellation which made sense given that each held one of ...
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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 ...
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June 3, 1979: Zarate vs Pintor
Whether it be the consistently absurd behavior of the alphabet bodies, or the numerous promotional feuds that have prevented so many great fights from happening, the sport of ...
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May 8, 1982: Mancini vs Frias
By this time all of America knew the Ray Mancini story; precious few knew the tale of Arturo Frias. While “Boom Boom” Mancini was something out of a ...
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April 21, 1962: Brown vs Ortiz
They called him “Old Bones” because they needed something to liven up his image and distinguish him from all the other Joe Browns in America, but also because ...
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April 15, 1985: Hagler vs Hearns
Hagler vs Hearns. Next to The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, maybe the most famous boxing match in middleweight history. Billed as simply “The Fight,” what is there to ...
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April 11, 1981: Holmes vs Berbick
In 1981 few doubted that Larry Holmes was one of the best boxers in the world, but rarely had the holder of the most coveted prize in all ...
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April 7, 2001: Hamed vs Barrera
“I’m here training the greatest featherweight of all time.” None other than Emanuel Steward spoke those words, three weeks before Prince Naseem Hamed faced Marco Antonio Barrera in ...
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“A Moment I Will Never Forget”: Interview With Ray Leonard
Thirty-one years ago it was one of the biggest fights in boxing history and one of the most controversial. Sugar Ray vs Marvelous Marvin. Hagler vs Leonard. Few fights ...
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Hagler: On His Own Terms
It remains to this day one of the more controversial fights in boxing history. No, there was no long count. Nor was there the sudden appearance of a ...
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Cinco De Mamadas
“I have not let you down. I respect the sport and I will always be a clean fighter.” By uttering these words—with a straight, if contrite, face—Saul ...
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March 19, 1983: McCrory vs Jones I
In the late 70’s and early 80’s professional prizefighting was enjoying a serious resurgence with major stars such as Hearns, Hagler, Mancini, Duran, Arguello and Holmes inspiring keen ...
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March 17, 1990: Chavez vs Taylor I
Few mega-fights fully live up to the expectations aroused when they are initially announced, and even rarer are the ones that surpass them. But only a handful completely blow ...
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Dangerous Enough: Canelo Must Pay The Price
I’ll never forget watching the Ray Mancini vs Duk Koo Kim match on live television as a child. Mancini was a favorite boxer of mine and on that ...
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March 4, 1961: Robinson vs Fullmer IV
Let us journey back, boxing fans, to a time when the best fought the best and did so not once every couple of years but whenever the occasion ...
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Canelo vs GGG II Is Officially Set: Are We Happy Now?
After months of procrastination, the long negotiated, eagerly awaited rematch between Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin has finally become official. The Mexican and the Kazakh will meet up ...
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Jan. 24, 1976: Foreman vs Lyle
Following his surprise defeat to Muhammad Ali in one of the most historic fights in boxing history, George Foreman returned from Africa not just a former champion, but ...
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Jan. 21, 1978: Duran vs De Jesus III
The rivalry came as a surprise to everyone when it began in November of 1972. A surprise because, at the time, no one expected the fistic dynamo that ...
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Golovkin vs Canelo: The Day After
The most anticipated match of 2017 delivered in numerous ways and in the end it was 12 highly competitive rounds which were a credit to both fighters. Herewith, ...
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Battle For The Soul Of Mexican Boxing
If you place a large map of Mexico on your wall and then try to put your finger exactly on its center, your index will land very close ...
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