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Fight Report: Wilder vs Fury

The Event: In the most hotly anticipated heavyweight affair since Lennox Lewis and Mike Tyson squared off in Memphis 16 years ago, Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury meet in ...
On December 2, 2018 / By Alden Chodash
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Nov. 9, 1996: Holyfield vs Tyson I

Intimidation. From the jungles of our primitive ancestors, to the boardrooms of today’s suit-and-tie warriors, the ability to demoralize an antagonist without resorting to physical violence remains a ...
On November 9, 2018 / By Michael Carbert
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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 ...
On November 5, 2018 / By Alden Chodash
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Oct. 18, 1991: Mercer vs Morrison

Most boxing fans are familiar with the ancient chestnut, “As the heavyweights go, so goes boxing,” and it would be difficult to argue that the old saw bears ...
On October 18, 2018 / By Michael Carbert
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Oct. 7, 1995: Lewis vs Morrison

On October 7, 1995, top heavyweights Lennox Lewis and Tommy Morrison clashed at the Atlantic City Convention Center for Morrison’s IBC belt, though the title was a minor ...
On October 6, 2018 / By Eliott McCormick
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Joshua vs Povetkin: Worth The Risk?

This Saturday, boxing fans get yet another heavyweight title fight that is not the battle that everyone wants to see. Instead of taking on Deontay Wilder, Anthony Joshua, ...
On September 20, 2018 / By Alden Chodash
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Sept. 2, 1995: McCall vs Bruno

For the heavyweight division, the 1990’s were total chaos. A complete chronicle of the ups and downs of the big men during that decade reads like a season-long ...
On September 2, 2018 / By Michael Carbert
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July 11, 1996: Bowe vs Golota I

Golota gets eleven stitches, his head smashed open with a two-way radio. His trainer, 74-year-old Lou Duva, leaves the ring on a stretcher and is taken to hospital. ...
On July 11, 2018 / By David Como
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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, 2018 / By Patrick Connor
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Top 12 All-Time Greatest Heavyweights

At a very leisurely pace over the last couple of years, The Fight City has offered its own idiosyncratic rankings of the all-time greatest boxers in each of ...
On June 2, 2018 / By Robert Portis
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April 22, 2001: Lewis vs Rahman I

The creation of history can be as forgettable as it is memorable. On April 22, 2001, in Carnival City, South Africa, American heavyweight Hasim Rahman knocked out Lennox ...
On April 22, 2018 / By Eliott McCormick
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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 March 31, 2018 / By Shaun Brown
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Wilder vs Ortiz: Not A Moment Too Soon

Saturday night will see two of the top four heavyweights in the world, Deontay Wilder and Luis Ortiz, do battle for the WBC’s green and gold belt. No ...
On March 2, 2018 / By Matt O'Brien
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Baddest Myth On The Planet: The Legacy of Douglas vs Tyson

What is the legacy of James “Buster” Douglas’ astonishing knockout of Mike Tyson? Perhaps an impossible question to answer, though we’ve had 28 years to digest its effects. ...
On February 11, 2018 / By Eliott McCormick
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McIlvanney On Boxing

A.J. Liebling will always be boxing’s literary standard bearer, his masterwork The Sweet Science certain to find appreciative fans through the generations. If there’s a top table of ...
On February 8, 2018 / By Ronnie McCluskey
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Otis Grant: Winning On The Road

Last week marked the 20th anniversary of the night when Otis Grant of Montreal battled for 12 rounds and won a world title. On December 13, 1997, Grant won ...
On December 22, 2017 / By Michael Carbert
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King Of The North: Big Country vs Monster Mel

The absurdly one-sided demolition inflicted by Deontay Wilder on Bermane Stiverne in their rematch a month ago was painful to watch in any case, but it was especially ...
On November 30, 2017 / By Neil Crane
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Top 12 All-Time Greatest One Punch Knockouts

Few things in all of sports are as electrifying as the one punch knockout and these are the most consequential of them all. To make the cut, it must ...
On November 11, 2017 / By Michael Carbert
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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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Top 12 All-Time Best Mike Tyson Quotes

Like a traffic jam caused by people rubber-necking the carnage from a massive pileup, boxing fans couldn’t get enough of the crazy circus that was the career of ...
On July 3, 2017 / By Daniel Attias
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Fight For The Falls Photo Gallery

Can Niagara Falls become a new centre for boxing action in North America? Lennox Lewis and Les Woods of Global Legacy Boxing believe so. “[The city] has all ...
On July 1, 2017 / By Robert Portis
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Underdogs, The Real Deal, And Me

“I shook up the world!” Famous words uttered by “The Greatest” that not only came to define Muhammad Ali himself, but also the victory of the underdog. No ...
On March 24, 2017 / By Jamie Rebner
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Five Big Fights For The Big Men

At the time Tyson Fury dethroned Wladimir Klitschko in November of 2015, there was just one match needed to determine the undisputed, number one heavyweight on the planet: ...
On February 4, 2017 / By Ronnie McCluskey
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Yvon Michel: Looking To The Future

Belying his eminent position in boxing and celebrity status in Quebec, promoter Yvon Michel is refreshingly personable and candid, not always the case in the world of professional ...
On October 18, 2016 / By Michael Carbert
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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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Why Ronda Rousey Must Fire Edmond Tarverdyan

November 15th 2015 will go down as the night Holly Holm turned the combat sports world upside down when she violently knocked out Ronda Rousey with a devastating ...
On January 26, 2016 / By Chris Connor
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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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The Heavyweight King

Showtime’s Brian Custer recently referred to Deontay Wilder as the “world heavyweight champion” and so contributed to the mass confusion in boxing. Would-be fans —precisely the demographic the ...
On December 25, 2015 / By TBRB
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London Feud: Joshua vs Whyte

In Essex, just outside of London, there lives a boxing promoter prone to the most fantastic commentary. The scion of a sports empire forged in billowy snooker halls, ...
On December 9, 2015 / By Eliott McCormick
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Becoming The Baddest Man On The Planet

On Friday night, Madoc, Ontario’s Dillon “Big Country” Carman will defend his Canadian heavyweight title against Donovan “Razor” Ruddock. The fight, which will occur on the Adonis Stevenson ...
On September 9, 2015 / By Eliott McCormick

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