Browsing Tag Lou Duva

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  Nov. 23, 1991: Holyfield vs Cooper

  Let’s raise a glass and give a heart-felt salute to Bert Cooper, may he rest in peace. He went on to that big ring in the sky earlier ...

  On November 23, 2019 / By Robert Portis
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  Pernell Whitaker: Gone Too Soon

  When the United States Olympic Boxing Team sauntered away with a staggering nine gold medals in 1984, Pernell Whitaker was actually lost in the shuffle. First came an ...

  On July 15, 2019 / By Patrick Connor
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  July 12, 1996: Holyfield vs Qawi

  You rarely see fighters who love the sheer brutality of boxing as much as Dwight Muhammad Qawi did. Fighters who smile when they take punches. Fighters who literally ...

  On July 12, 2019 / By Alden Chodash
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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, 2019 / By David Como
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  May 19, 1985: Gomez vs Lockridge

  In recent years Rocky Lockridge has unfortunately become as well-known for his appearance on the television show “Intervention” and the visceral cry of pain that launched countless internet ...

  On May 19, 2019 / By Michael Carbert
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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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  Too Many Belts, Not Enough Champions

  Believe it or not, there are a total of 102 recognized ‘world’ championships in existence in professional boxing today. Discounting the 34 champions which may be of an ...

  On August 26, 2018 / By Alden Chodash
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  Remembering The Kronk

  [Ed. Note: Since the publication of this article, more than one individual associated with the Kronk Gym has questioned the accuracy of this account. It should be noted ...

  On April 13, 2018 / By Michael Carbert
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  Remembering Lou Duva

  If you were a boxing fan in the 1980s and 90s, you knew the face and the name and the voice. He was seemingly omnipresent, as so many ...

  On March 13, 2017 / By Robert Portis