Rocky Graziano Archives - The Fight City

July 16, 1947: Zale vs Graziano II

July 16, 2021July 18, 2021 Robert Portis 2 Comments Al "Bummy" Davis, Billy Arnold, Boxing, chicago, Chicago Stadium, Fight of the Year, Freddie Cochrane, Fritzie Zivic, Harold Green, Irving Cohen, Marty Servo, Rocky Graziano, slugfest, Thomas Barbella, Tony Zale, Whitey Bimstein, Yankee Stadium, Zale vs Graziano

In 1945 Rocky Graziano stood at the precipice of ruin. Just 26-years-old, with a record of 35-6-5, he had lost two

The Genius Of Sugar Ray Robinson

May 6, 2021May 6, 2021 Lee Wylie 1 Comment Carmen Basilio, Fritzie Zivic, Gene Fullmer, Harry Greb, Henry Armstrong, Jake LaMotta, Randy Turpin, Rocky Graziano, Sam Langford, Sugar Ray Robinson, Tommy Bell

This past Monday was a boxing anniversary with a difference, one that, were life not on hold due to COVID-19,

Top 12 All-Time Greatest Rivalries

September 5, 2020September 13, 2020 Michael Carbert 2 Comments Ali vs Frazier, Archie Moore, Arturo Gatti, Barney Ross, Gene Fullmer, Henry Armstrong, Jake LaMotta, Joe Frazier, Joe Gans, Juan Manuel Marquez, Ken Norton, Manny Pacquiao, Muhammad Ali, Roberto Duran, Rocky Graziano, Sam Langford, Sandy Saddler, Sugar Ray Robinson, Tony Zale, Ward vs Gatti, Willie Pep

The best boxing rivalries are about more than a series of action-packed fights. Great rivalries are stories, absorbing narratives that

Top 12 All-Time Greatest Catchers

July 10, 2020July 12, 2020 Robert Portis 0 Comments Ad Wolgast, Archie Moore, Arturo Gatti, Bobby Chacon, Carmen Basilio, Dick Tiger, Fritzie Zivic, Gene Fullmer, Ike Williams, Jake LaMotta, Joe Gans, Joe Grim, Joey Giardello, John L. Sullivan, Kid Gavilan, Matthew Saad Muhammad, Rocky Graziano, Rocky Maricano, Sugar Ray Robinson

On this day way back in 1922, the man they would come to call “The Bronx Bull” was born. Jake

Jake LaMotta: 1922-2017

September 20, 2017August 21, 2019 Robert Portis 0 Comments Fritzie Zivic, Holman Williams, Jake LaMotta, LaMotta vs Robinson, Marcel Cerdan, Raging Bull, Robinson vs LaMotta, Rocky Graziano, St. Valentine's Day Massacre, Sugar Ray Robinson, The Bronx Bull, Tommy Bell, Tony Zale

Jake LaMotta, who died yesterday from complications due to pneumonia, was boxing’s oldest living former champion and a direct link

Top 12 All-Time Biggest Middleweight Fights

September 15, 2017October 4, 2020 Robert Portis 3 Comments Bernard Hopkins, Bob Fitzsimmons, Carmen Basilio, Gene Fullmer, Harry Greb, Jake LaMotta, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Mickey Walker, Randy Turpin, Rocky Graziano, Sugar Ray Robinson, Thomas Hearns, Tiger Flowers, Tony Zale

A couple years ago, when everyone was getting set for the long-awaited confrontation between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather, we

July 4, 1910: Johnson vs Jeffries

July 4, 2021July 7, 2021 Eliott McCormick 2

In 1910, Jack Johnson and James J. Jeffries clashed in Reno, Nevada to contest the world heavyweight crown in what

July 13, 1980: Muhammad vs Lopez II

July 13, 2021July 15, 2021 Michael Carbert 3

It was legendary sports scribe Jimmy Cannon who famously stated that boxing was “the red light district of sports,” renowned

May 7, 2005: Castillo vs Corrales I

May 7, 2021May 9, 2021 Neil Crane 1

The point of this article is simple: to pay homage to a truly great fight. As simple as that. Nothing

Aug. 25, 1930: Baer vs Campbell

August 25, 2021August 28, 2021 David Como 14

At the end of the second, Frankie Campbell tells his corner, “Something feels like it broke in my head.” He’d