Browsing Tag Philadelphia
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Fight Reports 0
Carto Crashes In Philly
The “Philly Special” was a homegrown night at the fights that ended with almost nothing going as I expected it would, a night wherein fans’ heightened emotions were ...
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The Top Twelve 2
Top 12 All-Time Greatest “Philly” Champs
Rocky is a great movie, and Creed was pretty good, but they get my town all wrong when it comes to boxing. The films portray Philadelphia as a city ...
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Michelle Rosado And The Philly Special
When I ask Michelle Rosado to give me a little summary of her career, she has a tough time starting. This hesitation stems from the fact that her ...
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Fight City Reviews 0
Yo, Adrian! Here We Go Again!
And so I’ve now seen Creed II, the successful sequel to the surprisingly effective and popular 2015 film, Creed. In this second installment, Adonis Creed, son of deceased ...
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Philadelphia Fight Night
Manny Rivera, co-owner of Hard Hitting Promotions, was walking the main room of the 2300 Arena in a checked suit that would have fit the scene back when ...
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Boxiana 4
Nov. 18, 1970: Frazier vs Foster
When former heavyweight champion Joe Frazier died in 2011 it came as a shock to the boxing world. After all, he was a mere 67 years of age ...
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Boxiana 2
Sept. 23, 1952: Marciano vs Walcott I
It was 1952, and ever since the great Joe Louis had relinquished his world title in 1948, the world championship of the big men had been lost in ...
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Garcia vs Porter: The Fight City Picks
As one of our contributors discussed not that long ago, the current version of the welterweight division has all the necessary ingredients to give boxing fans plenty of ...
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Boxiana 2
Aug. 22, 1998: Gatti vs Robinson I
People are a product of their environment; to a great extent, where and how you grow up shapes what you become. The same is true for boxers and ...
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Atlantic City Comeback, Part II
Atlantic City is no longer America’s Playground, and hasn’t been for a long time. It’s a city of casinos along the famous boardwalk, many of which are run ...
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Christian Carto: Philadelphia’s New “Rocky”
Philadelphia has long prided itself on its rich pugilistic tradition, and while the current boxing scene may not be as vibrant as in the glorious past, bantamweight prospect ...
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Boxiana 0
Aug. 4, 1947: Williams vs Montgomery
Ike Williams and Bob Montgomery made no secret of the fact that they disliked one another and their animosity made for a pair of brutal clashes in Philadelphia, ...
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The Executioner’s Greatest Victories
To state the obvious, fight fans have always been attracted to thunderous power punchers. The sheer violence of a sudden, dramatic knockout is a major part of boxing’s ...
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Manny Montreal 0
Manny’s Thoughts! No. 104
Time for Manny’s Thoughts! From Manny Montreal! Mystic Mac Connor Mcgregor makes history and I call for him to face the best, Khabib Nurgagomedov! A recap of my ...
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The Weekend That Was
Once again we offer a run-down of much of this past weekend’s boxing action with help from our good friends at FightFan.com. First up, an absolute waste of ...
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Manny Montreal 0
Manny’s Thoughts! No. 103
Welcome back to Manny’s Thoughts from Manny Montreal! Tough time for Schiller Hyppolite in Germany! Movement in the heavyweight division is cause for excitement! A look at this ...
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Bobby “Boogaloo” Watts And The Philadelphia Middleweights
Bobby “Boogaloo” Watts is from a different era, a time when more often than not, fighters embraced challenges and took on all comers. It was the 1970’s and ...
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Teaching The Sweet Science
Bernard Hopkins is synonymous with Philadelphia boxing. Throughout his career, the man once known as “The Executioner” has been at the top of the list as a crowd ...
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Tim Witherspoon: “I’m The Real Rocky!”
Everyone knows who Rocky Balboa is, but who is the true Rocky, the real-life Rocky? Tim Witherspoon, a former heavyweight champion who, like the mythical Rocky, hails from ...
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Above All Mortals
Just past 11 p.m. at Madison Square Garden on a cold March evening in 1971, the undefeated former champion was growing visibly weary. “Don’t you know I’m God?” ...
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