Quincy Taylor Archives - The Fight City

Earlier this month fans of Otis “Magic” Grant would have marked the anniversary of the high point of his career as it was back on December 13, 1997 that Grant defeated Ryan Rhodes to collect the WBO world

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March 2, 1980: Kenty vs Espana

March 2, 2021March 5, 2021

After decades of decline, Detroit, Michigan, attempted to reverse the years of stagnation and neglect and reassert itself in the late 70s as one of America’s great cities. A significant part of the resurgence was the construction of a

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March 5, 1943: Jack vs Zivic II

March 5, 2021March 8, 2021

In decades past the boxing world was an even tougher and less forgiving place than it is today, not to mention more crooked. Fighters were fighters, not businessmen, and they battled to make a living and to give

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Oct. 12, 1978: Scott vs Gregory

October 12, 2021December 29, 2021

It remains one of the more unlikely episodes in all of boxing history. A convicted criminal locked inside a maximum security penitentiary not only competed in sanctioned, professional boxing matches, but performed on national television and was officially

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Jan. 22, 1988: Tyson vs Holmes

January 22, 2021January 24, 2021

Throughout his career, Larry Holmes had been underestimated. When he started fighting his way up the heavyweight ranks while working as a sparring partner for Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali, no one thought he was championship caliber. Even after