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The Fight City Podcast No. 49

March 14, 2021March 17, 2021 Alden Chodash 0 Comments Gallito Estrada, Gonzalez vs Estrada, Hagler vs Duran, Hagler vs Hearns, Hagler vs Leonard, Juan Francisco Estrada, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez, Roman Gonzalez

Yesterday was a remarkable day in boxing history, for reasons both good and regrettable, so what better time to offer

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Gonzalez vs Estrada II: At Last

March 11, 2021March 16, 2021 Rafael García 0 Comments Chocolatito, DAZN, Estrada vs Gonzalez, Gonzalez vs Estrada, Juan Francisco Estrada, Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez, Roman Gonzalez, Texas

This Saturday a Texas shootout is going down between elite gunslingers, one no serious fight fan can afford to miss.

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2020 Fight Of The Year

January 9, 2021February 16, 2021 Robert Portis 2 Comments Carlos Cuadras, El Gallo, Estrada vs Cuadras, Fight of the Year, Juan Francisco Estrada, Mexico, Roman Gonzalez, Zepeda vs Baranchyk

Fight Of The Year Nominations: Jose Zepeda KO5 Ivan Baranchyk Juan Francisco Estrada TKO11 Carlos Cuadras Roman Gonzalez TKO8 Kal

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2020: The Nominations

January 6, 2021January 10, 2021 Neil Crane 0 Comments Boxing, Canelo Alvarez, Deontay Wilder, Eleider Alvarez, Estrada vs Cuadras, Fury vs Wilder, gervonta davis, Inoue vs Moloney, Ivan Baranchyk, Joe Smith Jr., Jose Zepeda, Juan Francisco Estrada, Lomachenko vs Lopez, Naoya Inoue, Nominations, Roman Gonzalez, Teofimo Lopez, Tyson Fury, Vasiliy Lomachenko, Year in review, Zepeda vs Baranchyk

To say 2020 was kinda crazy is to state the obvious to the point of trivializing what was an unprecedented

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Mayhem In Mexico

October 24, 2020October 24, 2020 Rafael García 0 Comments Carlos Cuadras, Chocolatito Gonzalez, Fight of the Year, Gallito Estrada, Israel Gonzalez, Juan Francisco Estrada, Mexican boxing, Mexico City, Nicaraguan boxing, Roman Gonzalez, super flyweight

The Event Friday night at TV Azteca’s studios in Mexico City, super flyweight badasses Juan Francisco “Gallito” Estrada and “Chocolatito”

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October Fireworks

October 20, 2020October 20, 2020 Harry Meyerson 1 Comment Dereck Chisora, Estrada vs Cuadras, gervonta davis, Jason Moloney, Kell Brook, Leo Santa Cruz, Naoya Inoue, Oleksandr Usyk, Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez, Roman Gonzalez

As we all know, boxing was off the air completely for many weeks this past spring due to the ongoing

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The Fight City Podcast No. 44

October 11, 2020October 14, 2020 Alden Chodash 0 Comments Carlos Cuadras, Dereck Chisora, Emanuel Navarrete, Juan Francisco Estrada, Loma vs Lopez, Lomachenko, Naoya Inoue, Oleksandr Usyk, Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez, Roman Gonzalez, Teofimo Lopez, Vasiliy Lomachenko

Brand new edition of our podcast is ready for your listening pleasure, hosted as always by Alden Chodash, as he

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Fight Report: Gonzalez vs Yafai

February 29, 2020March 4, 2020 Robert Portis 0 Comments Chocolatito, DAZN, Garcia vs Vargas, Gonzalez vs Yafai, Kal Yafai, Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez, Roman Gonzalez

The Event: The main event, or so we were told, for last night’s solid DAZN card from Texas was a

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McCluskey’s Dozen: Thirty Years Of Talent

January 23, 2020September 14, 2021 Ronnie McCluskey 5 Comments Andre Ward, Carl Froch, Erik Morales, Evander Holyfield, Ezzard Charles, Floyd Mayweather, Gary Russell Jr., Guillermo Rigondeaux, Iran Barkley, James Toney, jason sosa, Jersey Joe Walcott, Juan Manuel Marquez, Manny Pacquiao, Marco Antonio Barrera, Nicholas Walters, Oscar De La Hoya, Ricardo Lopez, Roberto Duran, Roman Gonzalez, Roy Jones Jr., Sergey Kovalev, Vassily Jirov

Talent is an almost indefinable quality. You can spot it in a prodigious young athlete, but at the same time

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The Fighter Of The Decade

December 31, 2019March 15, 2021 Michael Carbert 5 Comments Akira Yaegashi, Brian Viloria, Carlos Cuadras, Edgar Sosa, Gennady Golovkin, Gonzalez vs Cuadras, Gonzalez vs Sor Rungvisai, HBO, McWilliams Arroyo, Nicaragua, Roman Gonzalez, Srisaket Sor Rungvisai

In a way, it makes perfect sense that the true stand-out prizefighter of the past decade would become for many

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Fight Report: Sor Rungvisai vs Estrada II

April 27, 2019April 30, 2019 Rafael García 2 Comments Chocolatito Gonzalez, chucho castillo, Crawford vs Khan, DAZN, Gallito, Garcia vs Spence, Juan Francisco Estrada, Julio Cesar Chavez, Kennedy McKinney, Marco Antonia Barrera, Mario "Azabache" Martinez, Puas Olivares, Roman Gonzalez, Srisaket Rungvisai

The Event Situated near Los Angeles, the legendary Forum has hosted numerous memorable battles featuring Mexican boxers over the past

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Srisaket Sor Rungvisai: Challenger At Heart

February 23, 2018February 26, 2018 Zachary Alapi 0 Comments Carlos Cuadras, Chocolatito, HBO, Juan Francisco Estrada, Roman Gonzalez, Srisaket Sor Rungvisai, Superfly, Thailand

Srisaket Sor Rungvisai enters tomorrow night’s “Superfly 2” card as the “A-side” of a marquee, HBO-televised main event, something that,

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New Breeds: Boxing’s Weirdest Fans

January 23, 2018January 23, 2018 Sean Crose 2 Comments Adonis Stevenson, Adrien Broner, Andre Ward, Angel Garcia, Anthony Joshua, Billy Joe Saunders, Canelo Alvarez, Carl Frampton, Chris Algieri, daniel jacobs, Danny Garcia, David Lemiuex, Errol Spence Jr, Gennady Golovkin, Keith Thurman, Kell Brook, Lamont Peterson, Marcos Maidana, Mayweather vs McGregor, Roman Gonzalez, Santa Cruz, Sergey Kovalev, Sor Rungvisai Srisaket, Terence Crawford, UFC, Ward vs Kovalev, Wladimir Klitschko

Some call them “fanagers.” Others just call them annoying. I’ve always referred to them as boxing’s “new breed of fan.”

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2017 Fighter Of The Year

January 7, 2018January 3, 2019 Michael Carbert 2 Comments Andre Ward, Boxing, Chocolatito, Fighter Of The Year, Gennady Golovkin, Gonzalez vs Rungvisai, Roman Gonzalez, Srisaket Sor Rungvisai, Vasyl Lomachenko, Wisaksil Wangek

Nominations: Terence Crawford Vasyl Lomachenko Srisaket Sor Rungvisai Andre Ward Gennady Golovkin Winner: Srisaket Sor Rungvisai At first glance, choosing

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2017 Knockout Of The Year

January 6, 2018January 11, 2018 Robert Portis 0 Comments Chocolatito, David Lemieux, Eleider Alvarez, Juan Francisco Estrada, knockout, Mikey Garcia, Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez, Roman Gonzalez, Srisaket Sor Rungvisai, Terence Crawford, Zolani Tete

Nominations: Zolani Tete KO1 Siboniso Gonya Eleider Alvarez KO5 Lucian Bute Terence Crawford KO3 Julius Indongo Srisaket Sor Rungvisai KO4

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2017 Performance of the Year

January 5, 2018November 5, 2020 Rafael García 2 Comments Andre Ward, Anthony Joshua, Chocolatito, Errol Spence Jr, Kell Brook, Roman Gonzalez, Sergey Kovalev, Srisaket Sor Rungvisai, Wladimir Klitschko

Nominees: Leo Santa Cruz (vs Carl Frampton) Oleksandr Usyk (vs Marco Huck) Andre Ward (vs Sergey Kovalev) Errol Spence (vs

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2017: The Nominees

January 3, 2018January 8, 2019 Robert Portis 1 Comment Andre Ward, Anthony Joshua, Austin Trout, badou jack, Berchelt, Billy Joe Saunders, caleb truax, Canelo Alvarez, Carl Frampton, Curtis Stevens, Danny Garcia, David Benavidez, David Haye, David Lemieux, Dejan Zlaticanin, Dmitry Kudryashov, Dominic Breazeale, Errol Spence, Gennady Golovkin, Ivan Redkach, Izuagbe Ugonoh, James DeGale, jarrett hurd, Jeff Horn, John Molina, Julius Indongo, Katie Taylor, Keith Thurman, Kell Brook, Leo Santa Cruz, Manny Pacquiao, Marco Huch, Miguel Cotto, Miguel Roman, Mikey Garcia, Milan Melindo, Oleksandr Usyk, Orlando Salido, Roman Gonzalez, Ryoichi Taguchi, Sadam Ali, Sergey Kovalev, Siboniso Gonya, Srisaket Sor Rungvisai, Terence Crawford, Tony Bellew, Vargas, Vasyl Lomachenko, Vladimir Klitschko, Yunier Dorticos, Zolani Tete

One thing we know for certain: 2017 was, in many ways, a very good year for professional boxing. Compared to

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Night Of The Superfly

September 10, 2017September 10, 2017 Patrick Connor 1 Comment Carlos Cuadras, Gonzalez vs Sor Rungvisai, Juan Francisco Estrada, Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez, Roman Gonzalez, Srisaket Sor Rungvisai

When little-known Srisaket Sor Rungvisai tabbed a controversial upset win over four-time champion Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez last March, a first

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The Trials Of Chocolatito

September 8, 2017September 8, 2017 Danny Howard 0 Comments HBO, Juan Francisco Estrada, Naoya Inoue, Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez, Roman Gonzalez, Srisaket Sor Rungvisai, Stubhub Center, Superfly

Last March the boxing world was in collective shock when the mighty Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez, boxing’s consensus #1 pound-for-pound fighter,

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Antonio Nieves Will Let You Worry About “The Monster”

September 7, 2017March 21, 2018 Zachary Alapi 0 Comments Antonio Nieves, Carlos Cuadras, Gonzalez vs Sor Rungvisai, HBO, Juan Francisco Estrada, Naoya Inoue, Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez, Roman Gonzalez, Superfly

It’s almost shocking to hear super flyweight contender Antonio Nieves (17-1-2) admit that he’d never heard of Japanese superstar Naoya

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Getting Set For SUPERFLY

September 7, 2017September 12, 2017 Rafael García 4 Comments Antonio Nieves, Boxing, Carlos Cuadras, Chocolatito, flyweight, Gonzalez vs Sor Rungvisai, HBO, Japan, Juan Francisco Estrada, Mexico, Monster, Naoya "Monster" Inoue, Naoya Inoue, Nicaragua, Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez, Roman Gonzalez, Stubhub Center, super flyweight, Superfly

In a truly excellent year for boxing, this weekend’s SUPERFLY card is in a class of its own. The world’s

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Broner vs Garcia: The Fight City Picks

July 25, 2017July 29, 2017 Robert Portis 1 Comment adrian granados, Adrien Broner, Broner vs Garcia, Garcia vs Broner, Lee Wylie, Mikey Garcia, Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez, Roman Gonzalez, Showtime

Adrien Broner vs Mikey Garcia is a compelling clash between fighters who, at least on the surface, appear to be

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Boxing Gods, We Want Some More!

July 13, 2017July 13, 2017 Jamie Rebner 1 Comment Adonis Stevenson, Amir Khan, Artur Beterbiev, Billy Joe Saunders, Carl Frampton, Charles Dickens, Chris Eubank Jr., conor mcgregor, Errol Spence Jr, Floyd Mayweather, George Groves, Guillermo Rigondeaux, James DeGale, Kell Brook, Lee Selby, Mayweather vs McGregor, Naoya Inoue, Oliver Twist, Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez, Roman Gonzalez, Sergey "Krusher" Kovalev, Sergey Kovalev, Terence Crawford, Vasyl Lomachenko

As diehard fight fans, every so often we take a long and thoughtful look at the assemblage of talent in

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Aleksandr Usyk: Fighter Of Few Words

April 5, 2017September 7, 2017 Zachary Alapi 3 Comments Aleksandr Usyk, Egis Klimas, Gennady Golovkin, HBO, Michael Hunter, Roman Gonzalez

A few weeks ago, two of the very best prizefighters in the world, Gennady Golovkin and Roman Gonzalez, were again featured together

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Powerless Before A Myth

March 23, 2017March 23, 2017 Eliott McCormick 0 Comments Adonis Stevenson, Artur Beterbiev, Custio Clayton, Danny Jacobs, Eric Belanger, Gennady Golovkin, Hamilton Nolan, Jim Lampley, Max Kellerman, Michael Griffin, Roman Gonzalez, Sergey Kovalev, Srisaket Sor Rungvisai, Steve Cunningham, Tyson Fury, Willie Monroe

Judging by the reaction to his win over Daniel Jacobs this past Saturday night, one might think Gennady Golovkin had

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The Greatness Of Gonzalez

March 20, 2017March 23, 2017 Rafael García 11 Comments Chocolatito, daniel jacobs, Gennady Golovkin, junior bantamweight, Madison Square Garden, New York City, Roman Gonzalez, Srisaket Sor Rungvisai

Allegedly, 60% of Roman Gonzalez is plain water, just like the rest of us. It begs the question: does that

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Fight Report: Golovkin vs Jacobs

March 19, 2017March 14, 2020 Zachary Alapi 12 Comments Canelo Alvarez, daniel jacobs, Gennady Golovkin, Roman Gonzalez

Gennady Golovkin‘s 23-fight knockout streak and aura of menacing invincibility left him mired in a catch-22 with boxing fans: continue

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Golovkin vs Jacobs: The Fight City Picks

March 16, 2017March 17, 2017 Robert Portis 0 Comments Canelo Alvarez, Chocolatito, daniel jacobs, Gennady Golovkin, Golovkin vs Jacobs, Kell Brook, Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez, Roman Gonzalez, Wisaksil Wangek

Say what you like, but Gennady Golovkin vs Daniel Jacobs is a legit, elite-level matchup, a clash of two of

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2016 Fighter Of The Year

January 8, 2017January 12, 2017 Michael Carbert 1 Comment Carl Frampton, Joe Smith Jr., Manny Pacquiao, Roman Gonzalez, Terence Crawford, Vasyl Lomachenko

Fighter of the Year Nominations: Carl Frampton Terence Crawford Manny Pacquiao Roman Gonzalez Joe Smith Jr. Vasyl Lomachenko Winner: Joe

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2016: The Nominees

January 5, 2017April 4, 2020 Robert Portis 0 Comments Abner Mares, Adonis Stevenson, Andre Ward, Bernard Hopkins, Carl Frampton, Carlos Cuadras, Errol Spence, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Francis Lafreniere, Francisco Vargas, Gennady Golovkin, jason sosa, Joe Smith Jr., Keith Thurman, Manny Pacquiao, Muhammad Ali, Orlando Salido, Renan St Juste, Roman Gonzalez, Sergey Kovalev, Shawn Porter, Shinsuke Yamanaka, Terence Crawford, Vasyl Lomachenko, Wladimir Klitschko

Another year is in the books and it’s time to weigh-in on the major accomplishments in boxing for 2016. In

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April 2, 2021May 19, 2021 Michael Carbert 0

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February 1, 2021February 3, 2021 Michael Carbert 1

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In 1974, George Foreman reigned supreme. The previous year he had astonished the sports world with his terrifying demolition of