Browsing Tag Olympics

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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 for the men who populated the American Olympic ...

  On August 9, 2020 / By Robert Portis
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  Older Than You Think

  Like everyone else during the quarantine, I’ve been desperate for boxing content in the months between live cards. Aside from YouTube rabbit holes, I also dove into books ...

  On July 20, 2020 / By Joshua Isard
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  June 20, 1980: Duran vs Leonard I

  Time waits for no one, as the old cliché goes, a statement whose meaning the young can barely grasp and alas, I am young no longer. But four ...

  On June 20, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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  Hawk Time Forever

  Were he still with us, Aaron Pryor would be 64-years-old today. Gone too soon, and taken in the same year that saw the passing of Muhammad Ali, the ...

  On October 20, 2019 / By Robert Portis
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  Michael Conlan: Irish Ambition

  At the end of every Olympic cycle, a horde of bluechip prospects storms boxing’s pro ranks hoping to secure marquee promotional backing and begin the quest for glory ...

  On March 14, 2019 / By Zachary Alapi
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  Let’s Stop Pretending

  Sports is about passion. It’s what fills the stands and sells the tickets. I’m from West Virginia, and the University Mountaineers football and basketball games can reduce people ...

  On March 22, 2018 / By Jeffrey Fuss
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  Yvon Michel: Looking To The Future

  Belying his eminent position in boxing and celebrity status in Quebec, promoter Yvon Michel is refreshingly personable and candid, not always the case in the world of professional ...

  On October 18, 2016 / By Michael Carbert
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  Aaron Pryor: 1955-2016

  As it was with his great rival, Alexis Arguello, who also died far too young, we find ourselves alarmed to be reading tributes for Aaron Pryor, who succumbed ...

  On October 10, 2016 / By Robert Portis
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  Top Men: Olympic Boxing

  What do you think of when you hear the words “Olympic boxing”? Maybe you recall a young Cassius Clay or Joe Frazier showing off their gold medals? Or ...

  On August 18, 2016 / By Robert Portis
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  The Book On James DeGale

  One day James DeGale will publish his autobiography. His face will adorn the front cover and the title could range to anything from ‘A Golden Life’ to ‘The ...

  On May 19, 2015 / By Shaun Brown
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  The Farce That Is Olympic Boxing

  And so ends for another four years, the Olympics and with it, Olympic boxing, the whole thing a ridiculous exercise in making huge sums of money at the ...

  On August 12, 2012 / By Robert Portis