Browsing Tag Mickey Walker

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  The Top Twelve 4

  Top 12 All-Time Greatest Welterweight Fights

  No matter how you break it down, Errol Spence vs Danny Garcia has one major thing going for it: it’s one of the best matches that can currently ...

  On December 4, 2020 / By Rafael García
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  Nov. 1, 1922: Britton vs Walker II

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

  On November 1, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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  Fight City Legends: The Georgia Deacon

  He was only thirty-two when he left this world but if, as the old saw goes, only the good die young, then Tiger Flowers could never have escaped ...

  On August 5, 2020 / By Robert Portis
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  Fight City Legends: Pancho Villa

  The real Pancho Villa was a prominent Mexican revolutionary who won fame for his military victories during the early part of the 20th century. Exactly why Francisco Guilledo ...

  On August 1, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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  Top 12 All-Time Most Cerebral Boxers

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

  On July 24, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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  July 22, 1931: Walker vs Sharkey

  There really was nothing left to prove. Why Mickey Walker felt an assault on the heavyweight division was necessary, nobody still living knows. It likely had much to ...

  On July 22, 2020 / By Patrick Connor
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  Fight City Legends: The Smoke City Wildcat

  They called them the Roaring Twenties, that crazy decade following World War I when the economy boomed, “speakeasies” opened on every other corner, the “flappers” started showing a ...

  On June 6, 2020 / By Robert Portis
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  Top 12 All-Time Greatest Body Punchers

  Body punchers don’t get enough love. Dramatic instances where a paralyzing left hook to the liver or a crushing right to the ribs produces a KO aside, much ...

  On May 17, 2020 / By Robert Portis
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  The Gods Of War

  One of the best parts about being a boxing fan is the vitality of the sport’s history and the spirited debates and discussions that arise from it. The ...

  On February 27, 2020 / By Joshua Isard
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  Fight City Legends: The Toy Bulldog

  There’s a character archetype that’s been floating around for decades, if not centuries: the scrappy Irishman who makes up with strength and guts what he lacks in stature, ...

  On February 4, 2020 / By Mathieu Brousseau
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  Top 12 All-Time Best Welterweights

  Our ratings of the all-time greatest fighters in each of the traditional eight weight classes continues with a look at the storied ranks of the welterweight division. As ...

  On November 13, 2019 / By Robert Portis
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  Top 12 All-Time Greatest Middleweights

  The middleweights have traditionally been regarded as one of the sport’s true “glamour” divisions, boasting some of the best talent to ever lace ’em up and some of ...

  On April 12, 2019 / By Robert Portis
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  Explosive Potential: 147 Should Be Boxing’s Hottest Division

  It was, until recently, the premier division in boxing, the weight class with the most elite-level talents and the most tantalizing match-ups to be made. Over the decades, ...

  On June 1, 2018 / By Sean Crose
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  Top 12 All-Time Biggest Middleweight Fights

  A couple years ago, when everyone was getting set for the long-awaited confrontation between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather, we put together a list of the “biggest” welterweight ...

  On September 15, 2017 / By Robert Portis