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May 19, 1985: Gomez vs Lockridge

In recent years the late Rocky Lockridge unfortunately became as well-known for his appearance on the television show “Intervention” and the visceral cry of pain that launched countless ...
On May 19, 2021 / By Michael Carbert
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Canelo vs Kovalev: What We Learned

It was an unlikely and unexpected event before it became one of the most anticipated showdowns of the year. Canelo vs Kovalev: a crossroads fight with major implications ...
On November 3, 2019 / By Robert Portis
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Canelo vs Kovalev: The Fight City Picks

A few short months ago, absolutely no one in boxing was thinking about a clash between Mexico’s Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and light heavyweight titlist Sergey “Krusher” Kovalev of ...
On October 31, 2019 / By Robert Portis
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Kovalev vs Canelo: Searching For Answers

On Saturday night reigning middleweight king Saul “Canelo” Alvarez will challenge light heavyweight titlist Sergey “Krusher” Kovalev in a bid to become world champion in a third weight ...
On October 31, 2019 / By Rafael García
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The Canelo Situation

For a while now I’ve been wondering what’s going on with Saul “Canelo” Alvarez. First, for many months he’s been insisting a third match with his arch-rival, Gennadiy ...
On October 20, 2019 / By Ralph M. Semien
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Kovalev vs Yarde: Double Vindication

Kovalev vs Yarde. A veteran champion defending in his home nation of Russia against an undefeated British upstart. An intriguing match-up on paper and one that brought out ...
On August 27, 2019 / By Matt O'Brien
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Kovalev vs Yarde: Russian Renaissance

Sergey Kovalev has always had tremendous boxing ability but, until recently, it has been largely masked behind his persona as the “Krusher” and a fearsome reputation built on ...
On August 25, 2019 / By Alden Chodash
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Barriers To Entry: Why Superfights Are So Difficult To Make

To say that boxing is not as popular as it once was is to utter an obvious truth to those that know and understand the history. I’m referring ...
On July 10, 2019 / By Alden Chodash
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Kovalev Returns! (With Some Help From “Buddy”)

The bell had yet to ring to start the fight, but the outcome was already decided. Sergey Kovalev was finished and about to get his butt kicked for ...
On February 3, 2019 / By Ralph M. Semien
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Kovalev Comeback, Part II

Not that there’s any lack of evidence to help people understand why boxing will most likely never regain the kind of mainstream acceptance that it enjoyed in decades ...
On March 3, 2018 / By Neil Crane
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Fight Report: Kovalev vs Shabranskyy

The Event Not that long ago, Sergey Kovalev was widely regarded as, pound-for-pound, one of the best boxers in the world. Dominant wins over Nathan Cleverly, Jean Pascal ...
On November 26, 2017 / By Robert Portis
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Sergey Kovalev, Act II

Sergey Kovalev says he’s a new man. In a fascinating Sports Illustrated article, Kovalev makes it clear that he had a religious experience after the disastrous rematch with Andre ...
On November 23, 2017 / By Sean Crose
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The Appealing Ruthlessness Of Andre Ward

The central premise of this article — that Andre ‘S.O.G’ Ward is a smarter, more obdurate fighter than Sergey ‘Krusher’ Kovalev, meaner, dirtier, surpassingly vicious, constituted by sturdier ...
On June 22, 2017 / By Eliott McCormick
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Ward vs Stevenson: The Time Is Now

Over the weekend, Andre Ward put an emphatic stamp of victory on his rivalry with Sergey “Krusher” Kovalev, stopping the Russian puncher in round eight and handing him ...
On June 21, 2017 / By Jamie Rebner
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Ward vs Kovalev II: The Fight City Picks

Given how suspenseful their first encounter was; given that the combatants are, by universal consensus, among the top five boxers on the planet; given that some very real ...
On June 16, 2017 / By Michael Carbert
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Beyond a Punch: Kovalev-Ward II

Their first meeting was both one of the most eagerly anticipated matches of 2016 and then one of its most controversial: Sergey Kovalev vs Andre Ward. For three ...
On May 31, 2017 / By Lee Wylie
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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
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Lafreniere And St Juste Steal The Show

Jean Pascal appeared devastated and inconsolable and Freddie Roach was incapable of explaining what had just happened beyond stating the obvious. It was a poignant moment at the ...
On January 31, 2016 / By Michael Carbert
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Pascal Goes Bananas

It’s difficult to know just what to make of Jean Pascal at this point in his career and the more one considers the moves he’s made of late, ...
On January 27, 2016 / By Michael Carbert
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How To Make A Pariah Preeminent

This past Saturday during the Pascal vs Kovalev event at the Bell Centre in Montreal, a strange thing happened. On the huge screen above the ring, an elegantly tailored ...
On March 20, 2015 / By Eliott McCormick
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Pascal Gets His Man

On Tuesday, Main Events CEO Kathy Duva confirmed that a deal is now set for Sergey “Krusher” Kovalev to face Montreal native Jean Pascal in March. The bout ...
On December 4, 2014 / By Eliott McCormick

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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