Lonnie Bradley Archives - The Fight City

Earlier this month fans of Otis “Magic” Grant would have marked the anniversary of the high point of his career as it was back on December 13, 1997 that Grant defeated Ryan Rhodes to collect the WBO world

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Oct. 26, 1970: Ali vs Quarry I

October 26, 2021October 26, 2021

Following his successful defense of the heavyweight championship of the world against Zora Folley in March of 1967, Muhammad Ali’s boxing career came to a sudden, though not unexpected, halt. The following month the man who had loudly

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Oct. 29, 1987: Hearns vs Roldan

October 29, 2021October 29, 2021

The great Henry Armstrong had come agonizingly close to accomplishing the feat. Latter day legends Alexis Arguello and Roberto Duran had tried and failed. But finally, for the very first time, the mountain was conquered: four world titles

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Oct. 25, 2003: Arthur vs Gomez

October 25, 2021October 25, 2021

In The Year Of Our Lord 1298, the Battle of Falkirk took place, a major conflict in the First War Of Scottish Independence. On the outskirts of Edinburgh, the forces of King Edward I of England clashed with

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The Rumble In The Jungle

October 25, 2014August 1, 2016

There have been bigger, more lucrative boxing matches, but few more momentous or memorable. When heavyweights George Foreman and Muhammad Ali clashed in a country then called Zaire in the heart of Africa 40 years ago this week,