Browsing Tag Mike McCallum

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  July 18, 1987: McCallum vs Curry

  When Sugar Ray Leonard, without a doubt the biggest star in boxing, retired for the first (but not the last) time in 1982, his departure left behind a ...

  On July 18, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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  Superman: The Genius Of Jones Jr.

  Twenty-two years ago, everyone knew that Roy Jones Jr. was “Superman.” Yes, he had suffered a disqualification defeat to Montell Griffin the year before, but that did nothing ...

  On July 17, 2020 / By Lee Wylie
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  Fifty Epic Fights: The 1990s

  We got some bad news, fellow fight fans: looks like COVID-19 isn’t going anywhere, at least not for quite a while. So, depending on where you reside, you ...

  On July 14, 2020 / By Ronnie McCluskey
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  June 15, 1984: Hearns vs Duran

  At the time, the story lines had not yet become vivid, the true significance of what was unfolding not yet clear. The term “The Four Kings” had yet ...

  On June 15, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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  Nov. 24, 1990: Jackson vs Graham

  All it takes is one punch. In baseball, you can overturn a three run deficit, win the game or even the World Series, with a single thunderous swing ...

  On November 24, 2019 / By Neil Crane
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  Aug. 29, 1992: Toney vs McCallum

  Some would argue that James Toney’s first victory over Mike McCallum, which also happened to be his final defense of his middleweight title, is, all things considered, his greatest ...

  On August 29, 2019 / By Ronnie McCluskey
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  Aug. 23, 1986: McCallum vs Jackson

  When Julian “The Hawk” Jackson challenged Mike “The Body Snatcher” McCallum on this day in 1986, for the latter’s WBA junior middleweight strap, it wasn’t just a match-up ...

  On August 23, 2019 / By Jamie Rebner
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  Top 12 All-Time Greatest One Punch Knockouts

  Few things in all of sports are as electrifying as the one punch knockout and these are the most consequential of them all. To make the cut, it must ...

  On November 11, 2017 / 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