Ryosuke Iwasa Archives - The Fight City

If the month of May was a woman then the first date didn’t go so well. Floyd Mayweather vs Manny Pacquiao had many of us giddy with excitement because finally, after all these years, the one dream match-up

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Fight City Legends: The Fighting Blacksmith

May 26, 2021May 29, 2021

We live in the age of the camera and mass produced, edited, precisely manicured images, when glamour, style and looks have never been more important. On this score, one of the greatest boxers of all time would have

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July 13, 1980: Muhammad vs Lopez II

July 13, 2021July 15, 2021

It was legendary sports scribe Jimmy Cannon who famously stated that boxing was “the red light district of sports,” renowned for its corruption and ties to organized crime. We might also call it the Hard Luck Quarter, or

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July 7, 1985: Chavez vs Mayweather

July 7, 2021July 10, 2021

It’s 1985 and everyone south of the border already knows who the next great Mexican boxer will be. The only problem is pretty much no one north of the border does. The 70s and early 80s were vintage

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March 11, 1989: Holyfield vs Dokes

March 11, 2021March 13, 2021

When Evander Holyfield and Michael Dokes clashed for the WBC Continental Americas Title back in 1989, the result was a battle which some later called the heavyweight fight of the decade. The match demonstrated that Holyfield, whose professional career