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Sept. 28, 1979: Holmes vs Shavers

We talk of fighters having a “puncher’s chance,” and that, more than anything else, was what Earnie Shavers brought into the ring at Caesars Palace on this fateful ...
On September 28, 2020 / By Neil Crane
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June 9, 1978: Holmes vs Norton

While it might be going a bit far to classify Ken Norton as a “hard-luck fighter,” it’s difficult not to see him as such when one considers all ...
On June 9, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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May 25, 1980: Cooney vs Young

“I’m going to win this fight, going to win it big. I’ve trained hard for this and I’ve got it all together. I hear this Cooney kid is ...
On May 25, 2020 / By Robert Portis
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Off The Ropes: The Ron Lyle Story

I loved it. I loved it. I loved luring a guy into throwing a punch, then landing my own right hand and hurting him and dropping him. I ...
On April 28, 2020 / By Rafael García
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Top 12 All-Time Greatest Heavyweights

At 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 Portis
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Jan. 24, 1976: Foreman vs Lyle

Following his surprise defeat to Muhammad Ali in one of the most historic fights in boxing history, George Foreman returned from Africa not just a former champion, but ...
On January 24, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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The Twelve Rounds Of Christmas

It’s a timeless Yuletide classic, a tune sung for centuries at this time of year, but now “The Twelve Days Of Christmas” has a special pugnacious and pugilistic ...
On December 25, 2019 / By Robert Portis
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Facing Ali

Casualties of a cruel sport. Broken spokes on boxing’s eternal wheel. Archetypes for the noble poor. Or, to cast such reductive generalizing aside, perhaps just men who made a choice. Facing Ali, ...
On August 24, 2019 / By Eliott McCormick
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The Case Against Big George

In a recent article contemplating a fantasy rematch between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman, esteemed boxing writer Thomas Hauser stated that people who “really know” boxing regard Foreman ...
On January 31, 2019 / By Michael Ezra
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Ron Lyle: 1941-2011

Heavyweight contender Ron Lyle, who died this past Saturday from complications arising from a stomach condition, deserves to be remembered as both one of the best heavyweights to ...
On November 28, 2011 / By Robert Portis

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