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The Crawford Question
When a fighter who many consider to be, pound-for-pound, the best in the world defends his title at Madison Square Garden, it should be a big deal. But ...
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Beterbiev vs Gvozdyk: Light Heavyweight Lift Off
Recent weeks have seen boxing fans spoiled by a deluge of terrific contests between big-name fighters. From the back-and-forth battle between Errol Spence Jr. and Shawn Porter, to ...
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A Lowdown Dirty Shame
It appears increasingly likely that there will never be a clash between the two best welterweights in the world, Errol Spence Jr. and Terence “Bud” Crawford, and that’s ...
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Spence vs Porter: Lost Opportunity
It is a hard truth of boxing in the 21st century that fight fans are so starved for meaningful competition that matches which once upon a time would ...
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The Fight City Podcast No. 30
Time for a new podcast with Alden Chodash who is joined this time by site founder and editor Michael Carbert as they help fight fans get set for ...
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Spence vs Porter: The Fight City Picks
You can make the case that this match-up should have happened a while ago. You can also point out that one of the two combatants didn’t look very ...
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The Top Twelve 4
Top 12 All-Time Greatest Welterweight Fights
Thirty-eight years ago one of the biggest fights in boxing history shattered box-office and telecast records and helped usher in the era of The Four Kings. Hearns vs ...
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The Baleful Look In The PacMan’s Eyes
During all the weeks of pre-fight hoopla and the long promotional tour, Manny Pacquiao, a nice man with a lot of class, quietly took a whole lot of ...
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Pacquiao vs Thurman: The Fight City Picks
It hasn’t exactly been a terrible year, but it’s been far from a great one, when it comes to meaningful, top-level match-ups and big attractions in boxing. And ...
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Don’t Sleep On “One Time”
For my money, there is no hotter and more tantalizing division in boxing today than the welterweights. Historically, the 147 pound weight class has been the home of ...
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It’s Your Move, Bud!
If we say it too loudly we might just jinx it, but we have to give credit where it’s due: Al Haymon’s PBC at long last figured out ...
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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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Fight Report: Spence vs Garcia
“The bigger they are, the harder they fall.” Clearly the likes of “Barbados” Joe Walcott (who originally coined the phrase) and Bob Fitzsimmons didn’t think much of size ...
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Fight City Legends: The Barbados Demon
With Mikey Garcia, a former featherweight, about to challenge full-fledged welterweight Errol Spence Jr. on Saturday, the factor of weight is on the minds of boxing fans. Though ...
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Spence vs Garcia: The Fight City Picks
Errol Spence and Mikey Garcia are two of the best talents in boxing today. Both are champions; both are undefeated. However, few, if any, foresaw a clash between ...
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The Fight City Podcast No. 16
Welcome back to a new edition of The Fight City Podcast, hosted as always by Alden Chodash. This week he and site contributor Jamie Rebner discuss the past ...
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The Weekend That Was
In case the sport of boxing wasn’t brutal enough inside the ring, Maurice “Mighty Mo” Hooker and “Showtime” Shawn Porter showed just how taxing it could be outside ...
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Fight Report: Thurman vs Lopez
As the old adage has it in the sport of boxing, you’re only as good as your last fight. The assumption of course being that you compete often ...
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Pacquiao Beats Broner: The Last Big Win?
There was no reason for Manny Pacquiao vs Adrien Broner to be a meaningful fight and in the end it was a bit on the sound and fury, ...
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Manny Pacquiao: The True Believer
Manny Pacquiao dances with boxing like a jilted lover. The twists and turns retain their technical grace, but lack the fluidity and passion as when the love was ...
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Philadelphia Fight Night
Manny Rivera, co-owner of Hard Hitting Promotions, was walking the main room of the 2300 Arena in a checked suit that would have fit the scene back when ...
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Fight Report: Porter vs Garcia
The Event: Even though the Barclay’s Center has become one of boxing’s hottest venues, you seldom see two fighters square off against each other that have each given ...
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Garcia vs Porter: The Fight City Picks
As one of our contributors discussed not that long ago, the current version of the welterweight division has all the necessary ingredients to give boxing fans plenty of ...
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An Open Letter To Keith Thurman
Hi Keith. Ralph Semien here, long time fight fan and a sincere admirer of your skills and accomplishments, both in and out of the ring. In particular, Keith, ...
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Explosive Potential: 147 Should Be Boxing’s Hottest Division
It was, until recently, the premier division in boxing, the weight class with the most elite-level talents and the most tantalizing match-ups to be made. Over the decades, ...
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Dreaming Of A Welterweight Super Series
On Saturday the World Boxing Super Series gives fight fans another exceptional match-up in George Groves vs Chris Eubank Jr. as both of their ongoing divisional tournaments move ...
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Crawford Defeats Indongo: Case Closed
As it was with the infamous knockout streak which defined Gennady Golovkin’s prime, the failure to revel in the present with Terence Crawford is tempting. Last night, Crawford ...
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Fight Report: Garcia vs Broner
The Event At the Barclays Center of Brooklyn, New York, highly regarded Mikey Garcia met perennial troublemaker Adrien Broner in a bout that came together unexpectedly, adding a ...
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The Big Mouth Factor
I’m not going to bullshit you. I’m going to tell it like it is. I don’t hold back. I don’t pull my punches. Here’s what I think. This ...
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Fight For The Falls Photo Gallery
Can Niagara Falls become a new centre for boxing action in North America? Lennox Lewis and Les Woods of Global Legacy Boxing believe so. “[The city] has all ...
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