Browsing Tag Roberto Duran
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Leonard vs Finch
It is 1982 and Sugar Ray Leonard is the king of not only the welterweight division, but of the entire sport of boxing. No other fighter is as ...
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Jan. 29, 1983: Duran vs Cuevas
Roberto Duran vs Pipino Cuevas. Just two or three years earlier, an absolute dream match, but now a meeting of ex-champions, if not has-beens; two once proud warriors, ...
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Top 12 All-Time Best Scottish Boxers
Happy Robbie Burns Day, fight fans! But instead of reciting “To A Haggis” and breaking out the bagpipes, we’ll settle for Scotsman Shaun Brown’s ranking of the all-time ...
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Jan. 21, 1978: Duran vs De Jesus III
The rivalry came as a surprise to everyone when it began in November of 1972. A surprise because, at the time, no one expected the fistic dynamo that ...
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Roberto Duran: Control
Any intelligent ranking of the greatest boxers to have ever lived, pound-for-pound, will be dominated by names from the past as the simple fact is that the Golden ...
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Top 12 All-Time “Dirtiest” Champs
A comprehensive roster of boxers who dabbled in the darker arts of ringcraft would rival a catalogue of the soldiers who ringed the walls of Troy, or a ...
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McCluskey’s Dozen: 30 Years Of Talent
Talent is an almost indefinable quality. You can spot it in a prodigious young athlete but it’s difficult to define precisely what it is. It can manifest itself ...
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Top 12 All-Time Greatest Rivalries
The best boxing rivalries are about more than a series of fights. Great rivalries are stories, absorbing narratives that not only offer genuine intensity and riveting action, but ...
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Lamont Roach Jr.: “I’m Not Here To Play; I’m Here To Stay.”
On Saturday night, Maryland super featherweight Lamont Roach Jr. (17-0-1) will appear for the second time in the main arena at Madison Square Garden as he takes on ...
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Nov. 30, 1979: Benitez vs Leonard
Perhaps few people at the time realized it, but the title match between Wilfred “Radar” Benitez and Sugar Ray Leonard at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas constituted an extremely ...
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Fight City Reviews 0
The Gods Of War
One of the best parts about being a boxing fan is the vitality of the sport’s history and the spirited debates and discussions that arise from it. The ...
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Nov. 16, 1979: Arguello vs Chacon
Bobby Chacon had been an overnight sensation in California, a hugely popular young fighter attracting big crowds to the Inglewood Forum and the Olympic Auditorium. But as quickly ...
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Nov. 12, 1982: Pryor vs Arguello I
It’s November, 1982 and the sport of boxing is bigger than ever. Sugar Ray Leonard, Roberto Duran, Marvin Hagler and Thomas Hearns are all mainstream stars and fight fans enjoy ...
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Nov. 10, 1983: Hagler vs Duran
Since finally winning the world middleweight title in 1980 and firmly establishing himself as one of the best boxers on the planet, Marvelous Marvin Hagler had been like ...
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Oct. 29, 1987: Hearns vs Roldan
Henry Armstrong had come so close to accomplishing the feat. Latter day legends Alexis Arguello and Roberto Duran had tried and failed. But finally, for the very first ...
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When Trash Talk Backfires
Many times my dad repeated this old saw in my presence: “A wise man keeps his ears open and his mouth shut.” Not that I ever listened or ...
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Boxiana 3
The Duran vs De Jesus Rivalry
Duran vs De Jesus: A Rivalry In Three Chapters Prologue The story of boxing is the story of rivalries. And rivalries themselves are stories. During the contentious years ...
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Top 12 All-Time Greatest Body Punchers
Body punchers don’t get enough love. Except for those dramatic instances where a paralyzing left hook to the liver produces a knockout, much of the time an effective ...
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Top 12 All-Time Greatest Upsets
How does one measure an upset? Simple: by the number of chins on the floor at the end of the fight. And the power of the shockwaves felt ...
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Ali vs Shavers: The Greatest’s Finest Hour
No matter how dismal the fight scene may be at a given time, fans can always cherish and take comfort from the sport’s glorious history. As a measure ...
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Sept. 16, 1981: Leonard vs Hearns
In the summer of 1981, only two boxers mattered in America: WBA welterweight champion Thomas Hearns, and WBC welterweight champion Sugar Ray Leonard. Ever since the previous fall, ...
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Tactical Limitations?
When our favorite boxers win, we credit their courage, ring-smarts or resilience in the face of adversity, but when they lose we often look for some outside entity ...
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Legends In The Bronx: Ring 10 Fundraiser On Sept. 23
It may not be the only organization working to assist the boxing’s fallen warriors and ex-fighters in need, but Ring 10 of New York City is certainly one ...
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Sept. 9, 1983: Pryor vs Arguello II
Do a Google search for Alexis Arguello and you will end up with photos and videos about Aaron Pryor. Do one for Aaron Pryor and you end up ...
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Aug. 7, 2004: Corrales vs Freitas
I have never agreed with those “fans” that criticize fighters for quitting. Any man or woman who enters the ring possesses courage that distinguishes them from us non-pugilists. ...
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August 2, 1980: Hearns vs Cuevas
They called it “World War II,” an odd if not slightly offensive billing, but the logic was undeniable. In 1980, no division in boxing mattered more or inspired ...
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Top 12 All-Time Cockiest Boxers
There’s confident, and then there’s cocky, the former being expected of any prizefighter with the guts to step into the ring, but the latter taking confidence and turning ...
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Kovalev vs Alvarez: Atlantic City Comeback
Everyone loves a successful sports comeback and on August 4th, in more than one way, that’s exactly what we’re going to see. In fact, that particular date has ...
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Salvation In The Underground: BKB On The Rise
“Professional fighting is a paradox. It appears dangerous and yet it saves lives.” So says Seamus Devlin, a bare-knuckle fighter based in northwest England. In the spirit of ...
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Top 12 All-Time Greatest Roberto Duran Victories
In assessing Roberto Duran’s boxing career some two decades removed from his last meaningful win, one thing is not to be questioned: “Manos de Piedra” is an all-time ...
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