Oct. 30, 1982: Hagler vs Obelmejias II
It’s 1982 and no one doubts that undisputed middleweight champion Marvelous Marvin Hagler is the best active boxer on the
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Michael Spinks
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
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Sept. 21, 1985: Holmes vs Spinks I
In March of 1985, heavyweight champion Larry Holmes scored a tenth round stoppage of undefeated contender David Bey and then
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Sept. 2, 1995: McCall vs Bruno
For the heavyweight division, the 1990’s were total chaos. A complete chronicle of that bizarre decade for the game’s big
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Happy Birthday To “The Rock”
Today is the birthday of legendary heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano and we will always pay tribute to the one and only
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Aug. 19, 1995: Tyson vs McNeeley
A year ago, the boxing world was facing the possibility of a most unexpected event: an actual prizefight between Mike
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Top 12 All-Time Greatest Light Heavyweights
Continuing our infrequent rankings of the all-time greatest boxers in each of the original eight weight classes, we offer our
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July 13, 1980: Muhammad vs Lopez II
It was legendary sports scribe Jimmy Cannon who famously stated that boxing was “the red light district of sports,” renowned
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July 12, 1986: Holyfield vs Qawi
You rarely see fighters who love the sheer brutality of boxing as much as Dwight Muhammad Qawi once did. Fighters
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June 27, 1987: Hilton vs Drayton
Fighting families are not exactly unique in boxing. Indeed, the history of prizefighting is filled with siblings who shared the
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June 8, 2002: Lewis vs Tyson
Legitimate superfights tend not to just happen spontaneously, but instead build up over time. The first bout between Joe Frazier
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May 20, 1983: Holmes vs Witherspoon
The career of heavyweight champion Larry Holmes is, among other things, a study in frustration. First, there was the struggle
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May 4, 1980: Randolph vs Cardona
It was Leo Randolph’s turn. His compatriots from the 1976 Olympic Games who, like him, had won gold medals and
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A Requiem For Iron Mike
“The only thing we knew was violence in Brownsville, even with people we love.”
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Glory Does Stay
“If a man can bridge the gap between life and death, if he can live on after he’s dead, then
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The Executioner’s Greatest Victories
To state the obvious, fight fans have always been attracted to thunderous power punchers. The sheer violence of a sudden,
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On Leon Spinks
In mourning the death of Leon Spinks one week ago, one is not lamenting the loss of “a great fighter,”
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Jan. 22, 1988: Tyson vs Holmes
Throughout his career, Larry Holmes had been underestimated. When he started fighting his way up the heavyweight ranks while working
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Jan. 15, 1990: Foreman vs Cooney
They billed Foreman vs Cooney as “The Preacher and The Puncher,” but it quickly became known as “The Geezers at
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Dark Trade
My earliest memory of boxing is a poster for Mike Tyson vs Michael Spinks from back in 1988, the big heavyweight
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Dec. 19, 1981: Braxton vs Muhammad
The outcome was a shock, and yet, as the referee stepped between the fighters to signal the end to the
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Aug. 9, 1980: Palma vs Randolph
In 1976, a group of young athletes journeyed to Montreal to fight for their country. There were no great expectations
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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
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The Big Mouth Factor
I’m not going to bullshit you. I’m going to tell it like it is. I don’t hold back. I don’t
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Will Beterbiev Ignite The Light Heavyweights?
All dressed up, no place to go: that’s boxing’s light heavyweight division at the moment. So much talent, so many
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Welcome to Shocker Week
At a polite social gathering, a friend introduces you to someone as, among other things, “a boxing fan,” or “a
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