Browsing Tag Roy Jones Jr.
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Yes, Roy Was That Good
By the mid-90’s, the question was being asked by more than a few: was he the best ever? Certainly there had been no one quite like him in ...
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15 Kinds Of Fight Fan Heartache
As the world of sports and live entertainment ground to a halt this year, boxing fans endured months without any ring action at all, as some excellent scheduled ...
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Aug. 19, 1995: Tyson vs McNeeley
Mike Tyson vs Roy Jones Jr. The former “Kid Dynamite” vs the former “Captain Hook.” Is it really going to happen? This most unlikely of comeback matches between ...
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Lee Wylie 0
Superman: The Genius Of Jones Jr.
Twenty-two years ago, everyone knew that Roy Jones Jr. was “Superman.” Yes, he had suffered a disqualification defeat to Montell Griffin the year before, but that did nothing ...
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June 17, 2000: De La Hoya vs Mosley I
It was the summer of 2000. Still drunk on the optimism of the New Millennium, the world seemed a happier, less volatile place. The social media giants that ...
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April 25, 1998: Jones vs Hill
Like so many ring greats, Roy Jones Jr. found it very hard to say goodbye to boxing, fighting on long after it was obvious to all that his ...
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Columns 8
The Contrasting Legacies Of Roy & Floyd
When 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 ...
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Features 5
McCluskey’s Dozen: Thirty Years Of Talent
Talent is an almost indefinable quality. You can spot it in a prodigious young athlete, but at the same time it’s difficult to define precisely what it is. ...
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The Top Twelve 2
Pernell Whitaker: Best Of A Decade
With the new year upon us, we are forced to reflect on the fact that 2019 saw the untimely passing of all-time great Pernell Whitaker, who would have ...
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The Top Twelve 2
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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The Fight City 0
Otis Grant: Hometown Hero
Otis “Magic” Grant is more than a former world champion boxer, much more than one of Canada’s most successful athletes. As an amateur, he won provincial and national ...
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Boxiana 6
Oct. 30, 1974: Ali vs Foreman
In 1974, George Foreman reigned supreme. The previous year he had astonished the sports world with his terrifying demolition of Joe Frazier, knocking Smokin’ Joe to the canvas ...
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The Top Twelve 13
Top 12 All-Time Worst Cheap Shots
All intentional fouls or blindside hits are cheap, but for this list we define a “cheap shot,” also known as a “sucker punch,” as a blow rendered when ...
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The Top Twelve 1
Top 12 All-Time Greatest Pacman Moments
At this point it’s anybody’s guess how much longer ring legend Manny Pacquiao will continue boxing, but what is known is that the Pacman scored a huge win ...
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The Top Twelve 10
Top 12 All-Time Greatest Light Heavyweights
Continuing our infrequent rankings of the all-time greatest boxers in each of the original eight weight classes, we offer our third installment in the series. We started with ...
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Fight City Reviews 0
Dark Trade
My earliest memory of boxing is a poster for Mike Tyson vs Michael Spinks from back in 1988, the big heavyweight superfight that lasted exactly 91 seconds. The poster ...
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Didn’t Forget: Wylie On Superman
If boxing videos by Lee Wylie highlight the subtleties and nuances of ringcraft, they also inspire requests from avid watchers. One pugilist who more than a few ardent ...
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When Fighters Fought: Time for a Welterweight Renaissance
Speaking for fans of a certain vintage, we all have a special set of boxers, the ones that forged our love for the sport, the ones on those ...
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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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Columns 2
The Fight Game Has Changed
Since inception, the relationship between television and boxing has been bittersweet. Back in the 1950s A. J. Liebling, journalistic star for The New Yorker and boxing writer extraordinaire, ...
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The Executioner’s Greatest Victories
To state the obvious, fight fans have always been attracted to thunderous power punchers. The sheer violence of a sudden, dramatic knockout is a major part of boxing’s ...
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Manny’s Thoughts! No. 168
Time again for Manny’s Thoughts! Your weekly briefing on combat sports from Manny Montreal! This week: Once again, big congrats to the World Boxing Super Series! Gassiev vs ...
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The Fight City 0
Otis Grant: Winning On The Road
Last week marked the 20th anniversary of the night when Otis Grant of Montreal battled for 12 rounds and won a world title. On December 13, 1997, Grant won ...
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The Top Twelve 6
Top 12 All-Time Greatest One Punch Knockouts
Few things in all of sports are as electrifying as the one punch knockout and these are the most consequential of them all. To make the cut, it must ...
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Features 3
Undisputed Chaos
The other week saw one of the most compelling match-ups boxing has to offer finally happen: “Supremacy” — Gennady Golovkin vs Saul “Canelo” Alvarez. The significance of this ...
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Manny Montreal 0
Manny’s Thoughts! No. 132
Time again for Manny’s Thoughts! From Manny Montreal! This week: David Whittom in hospital after his unsuccessful challenge for a Canadian title! Some blunt words for the people ...
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Lee Wylie 5
Q&A With Lee Wylie (No. 5)
Suffering from uncertainty about your lead shoulder feint? Having trouble with your distance management or footwork? Are tactical concerns regarding your favorite fighter keeping you up at night? ...
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The Weekend That Was
Some notable matches went down this past weekend, so let’s do our usual wrap-up of the major boxing action. First up, Ryan “The Real Deal” Ford journeyed to ...
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2016 Knockout Of The Year
Knockout of the Year Nominations: Julius Indongo KO1 Eduard Troyanovsky Thomas Williams Jr. KO2 Edwin Rodriguez Jason Sosa TKO11 Javier Fortuna Adonis Stevenson KO4 Thomas Williams Jr. Joe ...
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Friday Night Winners From FightFan.com
Canadian welterweight champion Steve ‘The Dragon’ Claggett routed previously undefeated Emmanuel Robles, last night as seen live on CBS Sports. It was the main event of Roy Jones ...
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