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Top 12 All-Time Greatest Welterweights

November 25, 2021November 25, 2021 Robert Portis 20 Comments Barney Ross, Carmen Basilio, Curtis Cokes, Emile Griffith, Felix Trinidad, Fritzie Zivic, Henry Armstrong, Jack Britton, Jimmy McLarnin, joe walcott, Jose Napoles, Kid Gavilan, Luis Rodriguez, Manny Pacquiao, Mickey Walker, Oscar De La Hoya, Pipino Cuevas, Roberto Duran, Shane Mosley, Sugar Ray Leonard, Sugar Ray Robinson, Thomas Hearns, Wilfred Benitez

Our ratings of the all-time greatest fighters in each of the traditional eight weight classes continues with a look at

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Nov. 1, 1922: Britton vs Walker II

November 1, 2021November 1, 2021 Michael Carbert 2 Comments Benny Leonard, Jack Britton, Mickey Walker, Mike O'Dowd, Ted "Kid" Lewis, The Toy Bulldog

It was that same old tale, the one we relive over and over again. The aging king refuses to move

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Fight City Legends: The Georgia Deacon

August 5, 2021August 8, 2021 Robert Portis 0 Comments Harry Greb, Jack Delaney, Jack Dempsey, Madison Square Garden, Mickey Walker, Philadelphia Jack O'Brien, The Georgia Deacon, Tiger Flowers

He was only thirty-two when he left this world but if, as the old saw goes, only the good die

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Fight City Legends: Pancho Villa

August 1, 2021October 16, 2021 Michael Carbert 0 Comments Jack Dempsey, Jimmy Wilde, Mickey Walker, Pancho Villa

The real Pancho Villa was a prominent Mexican revolutionary who won fame for his military victories during the early part

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The Gods Of War

July 28, 2021July 28, 2021 Joshua Isard 1 Comment Alexis Arguello, Charley Burley, Cus D'Amato, Ezzard Charles, Floyd Patterson, Harry Greb, Henry Armstrong, Jack Dempsey, Joe Louis, Mickey Walker, Muhammad Ali, Roberto Duran, Sonny Liston, Springs Toledo, Sugar Ray Robinson, Willie Pep

One of the best parts about being a boxing fan is the vitality of the sport’s history and the spirited

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Top 12 All-Time Greatest Body Punchers

July 23, 2021July 24, 2021 Robert Portis 2 Comments Alexis Arguello, best body punchers, Billy Petrolle, Henry Armstrong, Jake LaMotta, Matthy, Mickey Walker, Micky Ward, Roberto Duran, Sam Langford

Body punchers don’t get enough love. Dramatic instances where a paralyzing left hook to the liver or a crushing right

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July 22, 1931: Walker vs Sharkey

July 22, 2021July 25, 2021 Patrick Connor 1 Comment Harry Greb, Jack Dempsey, Jack Kearns, Jack Sharkey, James J. Corbett, Max Schmeling, Mickey Walker, The Toy Bulldog

There really was nothing left to prove. Why Mickey Walker felt an assault on the heavyweight division was necessary, nobody

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The Smoke City Wildcat

June 6, 2021June 6, 2021 Robert Portis 2 Comments Battling Levinsky, Benny Leonard, Boxing, Gene Tunney, Harry Greb, Jack Dempsey, Maxie Rosenbloom, Mickey Walker, Pancho Villa, Pittsburgh Windmill, Smoke City Wildcat, Tiger Flowers, Tommy Gibbons

They called them the Roaring Twenties, that crazy decade following World War I when the economy boomed, “speakeasies” opened on

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Top 12 All-Time Greatest Middleweights

May 28, 2021May 28, 2021 Robert Portis 22 Comments Bernard Hopkins, Bob Fitzsimmons, Carlos Monzon, Harry Greb, Jake LaMotta, Mickey Walker, Stanley Ketchel, Sugar Ray Robinson, Tiger Flowers

The middleweights have traditionally been regarded as one of boxing’s true “glamour” divisions, boasting some of the best talent to

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Top 12 All-Time Greatest Welterweight Fights

December 4, 2020December 6, 2020 Rafael García 4 Comments Carmen Basilio, Emile Griffith, Errol Spence Jr, Henry Armstrong, Jack Britton, Jimmy McLarnin, Jose Napoles, Julio Cesar Chavez, Kid Gavilan, Manny Pacquiao, Mickey Walker, Miguel Cotto, Oscar De La Hoya, Pernell Whitaker, Roberto Duran, Shane Mosley, Shawn Porter, Spence vs Porter, Sugar Lay Leonard, Sugar Ray Robinson, Tommy Bell, Tommy Hearns, Tony DeMarco, welterweights, Wilfred Benitez

No matter how you break it down, Errol Spence vs Danny Garcia has one major thing going for it: it’s

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Top 12 All-Time Most Cerebral Boxers

July 24, 2020July 24, 2020 Michael Carbert 4 Comments Archie Moore, Benny Leonard, Bernard Hopkins, Floyd Mayweather, Gene Tunney, George Dixon, George Foreman, Harry Greb, Holman Williams, Jersey Joe Walcott, Jim Driscoll, Joe Gans, Mickey Walker, Muhammad Ali, Sam Langford, Sugar Ray Robinson, top twelve, Willie Pep

It takes more than strength, punching power and great conditioning to become a champion prizefighter. Mastery of footwork, angles, feinting,

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Fight City Legends: The Toy Bulldog

February 4, 2020February 7, 2020 Mathieu Brousseau 3 Comments Harry Greb, Jack Kearns, Jack Sharkey, King Levinsky, Lou Brouillard, Max Schmeling, Maxie Rosenbloom, Mickey Walker, Young Corbett III

There’s a character archetype that’s been floating around for decades, if not centuries: the scrappy Irishman who makes up with

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Explosive Potential: 147 Should Be Boxing’s Hottest Division

June 1, 2018June 4, 2018 Sean Crose 0 Comments Barney Ross, Danny Garcia, Errol Spence Jr, Henry Armstrong, Jack Britton, Jeff Horn, Keith Thurman, Kid Gavilan, Lucas Matthysse, Manny Pacquiao, Mickey Walker, Shawn Porter, Sugar Ray Leonard, Sugar Ray Robinson, Terrence Crawford, Thomas Hearns, welterweights

It was, until recently, the premier division in boxing, the weight class with the most elite-level talents and the most

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Top 12 All-Time Biggest Middleweight Fights

September 15, 2017October 4, 2020 Robert Portis 3 Comments Bernard Hopkins, Bob Fitzsimmons, Carmen Basilio, Gene Fullmer, Harry Greb, Jake LaMotta, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Mickey Walker, Randy Turpin, Rocky Graziano, Sugar Ray Robinson, Thomas Hearns, Tiger Flowers, Tony Zale

A couple years ago, when everyone was getting set for the long-awaited confrontation between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather, we

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Feb. 14, 1951: Robinson vs LaMotta VI

February 14, 2021February 17, 2021 Michael Carbert 1

Of all the most memorable rivalries in the long history of boxing, that between Sugar Ray Robinson and Jake LaMotta

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Sept. 16, 1981: Leonard vs Hearns

September 16, 2021September 23, 2021 Michael Carbert 3

In the summer of 1981, only two boxers mattered in America: WBA welterweight champion Thomas Hearns, and WBC welterweight champion

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Jan. 1, 1915: The Legend Of Levinsky

January 1, 2021January 3, 2021 Robert Portis 2

Modern day boxing cannot legitimately claim to be better than boxing in the past. In fact, in terms of the

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Fight City Legends: The Ghetto Wizard

April 7, 2021April 9, 2021 Michael Carbert 0

In the long history of boxing there have been many master trainers, gurus of the ring who made it their