An earthquake. The ground collapsing beneath one’s feet. All that is established and familiar giving way to things new and strange and frightening. We’re only human so don’t ...
On February 25, 2021 / By Michael CarbertIt’s a most intriguing irony that prizefighting–a brutal and exploitative enterprise baptized as “the red light district of sports” by the late Jimmy Cannon–is the most romanticized of ...
On February 13, 2021 / By Rafael GarcíaThe popularity of boxing has waxed and waned over the decades, but the 1950s saw a new source of anxiety emerge for professional prizefighting: television. With boxing featured ...
On February 1, 2021 / By Michael CarbertLike anyone who identifies as something of a boxing diehard, I’m familiar with the name Ezzard Charles. However, if pressed I could not tell you much more than ...
On January 11, 2021 / By Ronnie McCluskeyIf James Braddock is “The Cinderella Man,” then what do we call Arnold Cream, aka Jersey Joe Walcott? Braddock’s story of perseverance in the face of seemingly insurmountable ...
On December 25, 2020 / By Michael CarbertThe story of Archie Moore is, above all else, one of perseverance. While generally not considered part of the famous “Murderers Row” gang — a group of skilled ...
On December 10, 2020 / By Michael CarbertIn decades past, when undisputed heavyweight champions were the norm and not the exception, they inevitably created a great vacuum of power upon retiring. It was a mad scramble ...
On November 30, 2020 / By Patrick ConnorFew things in all of sports are as electrifying as the one punch knockout and these are the most consequential and stunning of them all. To make the ...
On November 2, 2020 / By Robert PortisNo 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. The past is ...
On September 30, 2020 / By Michael EzraAfter a record breaking reign atop the big man division, the great Joe Louis had finally retired in 1948 and in the years immediately following boxing struggled to ...
On September 23, 2020 / By Michael CarbertIn March of 1985, heavyweight champion Larry Holmes scored a tenth round stoppage of undefeated contender David Bey and then immediately announced that he was done. As in, ...
On September 21, 2020 / By Michael CarbertOn this day back in 1954, Rocky Marciano and Ezzard Charles clashed at Yankee Stadium to contest, for the second time in just three months, the heavyweight championship ...
On September 17, 2020 / By Eliott McCormickToday is the birthday of legendary heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano and we’re always going to pay tribute to the one and only “Brockton Blockbuster,” regardless of the fact his famous ...
On September 1, 2020 / By Michael CarbertAn immediate return match after a tough loss can be a risky proposition. There is no physical reason for this; after a few weeks the body repairs itself ...
On May 15, 2020 / By Michael CarbertSometimes match-ups that appear obvious, can’t-miss attractions, just don’t happen for whatever reason. Such was the case with Sugar Ray Robinson and Rocky Graziano. Both were based in ...
On April 16, 2020 / By Michael CarbertOne of the obvious realizations upon re-reading A.J. Liebling’s The Sweet Science is that while much has changed in the sport over the last sixty years, some things ...
On April 12, 2020 / By Rafael GarcíaAt a very leisurely pace over the last couple of years, The Fight City has offered its own idiosyncratic rankings of the all-time greatest boxers in each of ...
On March 7, 2020 / By Robert PortisHeading into tonight’s much-anticipated rematch between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder, the man they call “The Gypsy King” has repeatedly promised an action-packed war, a heavyweight version of ...
On February 22, 2020 / By Patrick ConnorWhen James J. Jeffries, heavyweight champion of the world, retired undefeated in 1905, few were in any doubt that they had just seen the greatest heavyweight fighter of ...
On February 13, 2020 / By Laurence ThompsonKnockout of the Year Nominations: Nonito Donaire KO6 Stephon Young Ryan Rozicki KO2 Khetag Pliev Oscar Escandon KO1 Jhack Tepora Teofimo Lopez TKO2 Richard Commey Deontay Wilder KO7 ...
On January 6, 2020 / By Robert PortisWhen it comes to popular water-cooler topics in boxing, few, if any, top this one: who is the most powerful puncher to ever step through the ropes? Now ...
On November 28, 2019 / By Robert PortisThere’s quitting. And then there’s quitting. After all, this is boxing, the most dangerous of sports. Only a moron would insist that a fighter should never, ever, under ...
On November 28, 2016 / By Michael CarbertHeavyweight champ Jess Willard was 6’6, but he was absolutely destroyed by Jack Dempsey who stood five inches shorter and gave away 58 pounds. Another huge champion, Primo ...
On January 17, 2016 / By Sean CroseLate last night I was watching both of Rocky Marciano’s classic bouts against Ezzard Charles and was struck by what energetic, thrilling, brutal, high-end affairs they were. Charles ...
On August 6, 2015 / By Sean CroseMiguel Cotto made short work of Daniel Geale this past Saturday night and in emphatic fashion and I’m still trying to get the bad taste out of my ...
On June 12, 2015 / By Robert Portis“Boxing is the sport to which all other sports aspire.”
– George Foreman
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