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Top 12 All-Time Greatest Pacman “WTF!” Moments

At this point it’s anybody’s guess how much longer ring legend Manny Pacquiao will continue boxing, but what is known is that the Pacman will step inside the ...
On July 13, 2018 / By Rafael García
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An Open Letter To Keith Thurman

Hi Keith. Ralph Semien here, long time fight fan and a sincere admirer of your skills and accomplishments, both in and out of the ring. In particular, Keith, ...
On July 5, 2018 / By Ralph M. Semien
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July 4, 1910: Johnson vs Jeffries

In 1910, Jack Johnson and James J. Jeffries clashed in Reno, Nevada to contest the world heavyweight crown in what was then billed as ‘The Fight of the ...
On July 4, 2018 / By Eliott McCormick
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June 22, 1979: Duran vs Palomino

If one were to rank the finest performances of the great Roberto Duran, his ten round win at New York’s Madison Square Garden over former welterweight champ Carlos Palomino should ...
On June 23, 2018 / By Michael Carbert
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June 11, 1982: Holmes vs Cooney

It was boxing’s biggest night, but for all the wrong reasons. In terms of sheer popularity, exposure, and the money that goes with it, the 1980s has to ...
On June 11, 2018 / By Michael Carbert
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June 9, 1978: Holmes vs Norton

While it might be going a bit far to classify Ken Norton as a “hard-luck fighter,” it’s difficult not to see him as such when one considers all ...
On June 9, 2018 / By Michael Carbert
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Ralph’s Take

Leo Santa Cruz (34-1-1), Jermell Charlo (30-0) and Terence Crawford (32-0), are all favored to win their fights this Saturday night, but this is boxing, so, as fight ...
On June 8, 2018 / By Ralph M. Semien
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Top 12 All-Time Greatest Heavyweights

At a very leisurely pace over the last couple of years, The Fight City has offered its own idiosyncratic rankings of the all-time greatest boxers in each of ...
On June 2, 2018 / By Robert Portis
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Top 12 All-Time Greatest Chins

The last line of defense for a boxer is the durability of his mandible. Here are the 12 best chins in boxing history, the men who faced the ...
On May 30, 2018 / By Robert Portis
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A Requiem for Iron Mike

“The only thing we knew was violence in Brownsville, even with people we love.” — Mike Tyson We cannot escape Mike Tyson. Never boxing’s patron saint but no ...
On May 28, 2018 / By Eliott McCormick
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May 25, 1980: Cooney vs Young

“I’m going to win this fight, going to win it big. I’ve trained hard for this and I’ve got it all together. I hear this Cooney kid is ...
On May 25, 2018 / By Robert Portis
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May 21, 1966: Ali vs Cooper II

Looking back, it’s easy to forget that until the early 70s and his wars with Bonavena, Frazier, Norton and Foreman, many seriously questioned the toughness of Muhammad Ali. ...
On May 21, 2018 / By Michael Carbert
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May 20, 1985: Holmes vs Williams

33 years ago today a crime occurred. It went largely unnoticed outside the world of boxing, but that doesn’t change the fact that it happened. Or that nothing ...
On May 20, 2018 / By Michael Carbert
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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 to establish himself as a serious contender in ...
On May 20, 2018 / By Michael Carbert
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Confidence Game: Can Linares Shock “Hi-Tech”?

And so Vasyl Lomachenko will once again fight a top-tier opponent when he faces Jorge Linares on Saturday for lightweight supremacy. Linares undoubtedly deserves that status, having scraped ...
On May 10, 2018 / By Sean Crose
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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 received the plaudits of the American public, had ...
On May 4, 2018 / By Michael Carbert
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The Fight Game Has Changed

Since inception, the relationship between television and boxing has been bittersweet. Back in the 1950s A. J. Liebling, journalistic star for The New Yorker and boxing writer extraordinaire, ...
On May 3, 2018 / By Rafael García
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April 27, 1968: Ellis vs Quarry

In June of 1967, a jury found world heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali guilty of draft evasion for his refusal to join the military and participate in the war ...
On April 27, 2018 / By Michael Carbert
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April 19, 1991: Holyfield vs Foreman

When news came in 1987 that former heavyweight champion George Foreman, who had retired almost a decade before to become an evangelical pastor, intended to embark on a ...
On April 19, 2018 / By Michael Carbert
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Top 12 All-Time Greatest Heavyweight Slugfests

There is a human fascination for seeing large things torn asunder, be it a huge office tower, a bridge, an ego or even a man. Or perhaps two ...
On April 17, 2018 / By Patrick Connor
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April 14, 1979: Galindez vs Rossman II

The Latin code of “machismo” is a harsh one. Pain, weakness, humility, defeat — the true macho man will concede nothing. In the 1960s and 70s, such men wreaked ...
On April 14, 2018 / By Michael Carbert
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“An Elemental Sport”: Interview With Paul Beston

Every year there is a new crop of boxing books and without question one of this past year’s stand-out titles is The Boxing Kings: When American Heavyweights Ruled The ...
On April 12, 2018 / By Will Kohler
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April 11, 1981: Holmes vs Berbick

In 1981 few doubted that Larry Holmes was one of the best boxers in the world, but rarely had the holder of the most coveted prize in all ...
On April 11, 2018 / By Robert Portis
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Top 12 All-Time Greatest Heavyweight Punchers

When it comes to popular water-cooler topics in boxing, few, if any, top this one: who is the most powerful puncher to ever step through the ropes? Now ...
On April 4, 2018 / By Robert Portis
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March 31, 1980: Tate vs Weaver

Not for nothing do they call boxing “the cruelest sport.” Just as the outcome of a baseball game can be decided with a single crack of the bat, ...
On March 31, 2018 / By Michael Carbert
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March 31, 1973: Ali vs Norton I

Few deny that Muhammad Ali was one of the greatest heavyweight boxers of all-time, perhaps even “The Greatest,” and a major part of the evidence for that claim ...
On March 30, 2018 / By Jamie Rebner
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March 26, 1974: Foreman vs Norton

On March 31, 1973, unheralded heavyweight contender Ken Norton outpointed Muhammad Ali to score a huge upset. Seven months later, Ali scored a close decision victory of his own ...
On March 26, 2018 / By Eliott McCormick
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March 8, 1971: Ali vs Frazier I

Back in 2015, immediately following the announcement of a Floyd Mayweather vs Manny Pacquiao match finally being signed and sealed, excited boxing pundits began searching for comparisons. How ...
On March 8, 2018 / By Michael Carbert
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Top 12 All-Time Greatest Victories

For the purposes of this list, a great victory is one which takes place against a great fighter when they are in their prime and no mitigating factors ...
On March 6, 2018 / By Michael Carbert
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Feb. 28, 1973: Napoles vs Lopez II

They call boxing the cruelest sport for a number of reasons, one of them being that no matter how talented or dedicated a boxer is, his success ultimately ...
On February 28, 2018 / By Michael Carbert

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