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Golota gets eleven stitches, his head smashed open with a two-way radio. His trainer, 74-year-old Lou Duva, leaves the ring on a stretcher and is taken to hospital. More than 20 others injured, 14 arrested. Mayor Rudy Giuliani

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July 13, 2001: Ward vs Augustus

July 13, 2021August 21, 2021

Prior to Micky Ward vs Emanuel Augustus, Fight of the Year laurels were typically reserved for higher profile battles than those headlining ESPN’s “Friday Night Fights” series. Performing for a twenty-sixth time on the show, veteran “Irish” Micky

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March 11, 1989: Holyfield vs Dokes

March 11, 2021March 13, 2021

When Evander Holyfield and Michael Dokes clashed for the WBC Continental Americas Title back in 1989, the result was a battle which some later called the heavyweight fight of the decade. The match demonstrated that Holyfield, whose professional career

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Sept. 29, 1967: Griffith vs Benvenuti II

September 30, 2021October 3, 2021

“I would have quit, but I didn’t know how to do anything else but fight.” Beyond the mythologies and whimsical fairy tales full of heroes who sneered at adversity are those who reach their pedestal because they had

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Sept. 27, 1950: Charles vs Louis

September 26, 2021September 28, 2021

There’s little doubt that Ezzard Charles is one of boxing’s most underrated champions. A skillful technician, he holds wins over a long list of great fighters and he surely deserves to be better recognized for his achievements. However,