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The Weekend That Was (No. 18)

August 23, 2021August 25, 2021 Alden Chodash Errol Spence Jr, Manny Pacquiao, Pacman, Pacquiao vs Ugas, Shawn Porter, Terence Crawford, Yordenis Ugas

Saturday night’s main event may go down as one of the most significant fights of recent years, if indeed it

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Fight Report: Pacquiao vs Ugas

August 22, 2021August 23, 2021 Matt O'Brien Errol Spence, Manny Pacquiao, Pacman, Pacquiao vs Ugas, Shawn Porter, Yordenis Ugas

The well had to run dry sooner or later. Finally, for Manny Pacquiao, it did. The Filipino great made all

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When Fighters Fought

July 24, 2021July 24, 2021 Matt O'Brien 0 Comments Amir Khan, Benn, Bernard Hopkins, Canelo Alvarez, Chris Eubank, Collins, Danny Garcia, Errol Spence, Evander Holyfield, Felix Trinidad, Fernando Vargas, Gennady Golovkin, Ike Quartey, James Toney, Jamie Munguia, jarrett hurd, Keith Thurman, Kell Brook, Manny Pacquiao, Mike Tyson, Muhammad Ali, Naz, Oscar De La Hoya, Pernell Whitaker, Prince Naseem, Rcardo Mayorga, Riddick Bowe, Roy Jones Jr., Shawn Porter, sugar shane mosley, Sweet Pea, Terence Crawford, Vernon Forrest, Winky Wright

Speaking for fans of a certain vintage, we all have a special set of boxers, the ones that forged our

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Fight City Legends: The Barbados Demon

March 13, 2021September 2, 2021 Neil Crane 3 Comments Bob Fitzsimmons, Errol Spence Jr, Floyd Mayweather, Garcia vs Spence, Jack Johnson, Jersey Joe Walcott, joe walcott, Juan Manuel Marquez, Mikey Garcia, Shawn Porter, the barbados demon

Boxers failing to make weight before a fight is an ever-present concern, one that angers many fans and rightfully so.

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Nothing Left To Prove

February 8, 2021February 8, 2021 Joshua Isard 0 Comments Bobby Chacon, Boxing, Canelo Alvarez, Gennadiy Golovkin, Golovkin vs Brook, Guillermo Rigondeaux, Jermell Charlo, Keith Thurman, Kell Brook, Lomachenko vs Rigondeaux, Manny Pacquiao, Roy Jones Jr., Shawn Porter, Vasiliy Lomachenko

Most great boxers do not go gently into the good night of retirement, but instead rage and fight against the

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Terence Crawford: The Complete Boxer

December 30, 2020January 1, 2021 Lee Wylie 1 Comment Al Haymon, Bob Arum, Errol Spence, Lee Wylie, Manny Pacquiao, Shawn Porter, Terence Crawford, Top Rank Boxing, viktor postol, Yuriorkis Gamboa

In the not so distant past, when a gifted, young pugilist established himself as a top talent, he and boxing

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The Weekend That Was Podcast (No. 7)

December 6, 2020December 6, 2020 Alden Chodash 0 Comments Danny Garcia, Errol Spence, Manny Pacquiao, Shawn Porter, Showtime Boxing, Spence vs Garcia, Terence Crawford

Time for another “weekend that was” podcast from Alden Chodash and Jeffrey Fuss as they recap a great night of action in

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Top 12 All-Time Greatest Welterweight Fights

December 4, 2020December 6, 2020 Rafael García 4 Comments Carmen Basilio, Emile Griffith, Errol Spence Jr, Henry Armstrong, Jack Britton, Jimmy McLarnin, Jose Napoles, Julio Cesar Chavez, Kid Gavilan, Manny Pacquiao, Mickey Walker, Miguel Cotto, Oscar De La Hoya, Pernell Whitaker, Roberto Duran, Shane Mosley, Shawn Porter, Spence vs Porter, Sugar Lay Leonard, Sugar Ray Robinson, Tommy Bell, Tommy Hearns, Tony DeMarco, welterweights, Wilfred Benitez

No matter how you break it down, Errol Spence vs Danny Garcia has one major thing going for it: it’s

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“My Brain Is Okay!”

December 3, 2020December 3, 2020 Ralph M. Semien 0 Comments Danny Garcia, Errol Spence Jr, Kell Brook, Mikey Garcia, Premier Boxing Champions, Shawn Porter, Showtime Boxing, Spence vs Garcia, Spence vs Porter, Teofimo Lopez

A few weeks ago I saw Errol Spence in a video from his training camp for Saturday’s showdown with Danny

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Fight Report: Crawford vs Brook

November 15, 2020November 17, 2020 Matt O'Brien 0 Comments Bob Arum, Crawford vs Brook, Crawford vs Pacquiao, Crawford vs Spence, Keith Thurman, Kell Brook, Manny Pacquiao, Shawn Porter, Terence Crawford, Top Rank

Pound-for-pound lists are not to everybody’s taste, but regardless of how you choose to rank the best fighters in the

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The Weekend That Was Podcast (No. 2)

August 23, 2020August 26, 2020 Alden Chodash 1 Comment Alexander Povetkin, Alvarez vs Smith, Dillian Whyte, Eleider "Storm" Alvarez, ESPN, Joe Smith Jr., Katie Taylor, Sebastian Fundora, Shawn Porter, Top Rank, Whyte vs Povetkin

It was a lively weekend in boxing action and we got your podcast recap of all the major results, courtesy

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Adrien Broner In Perspective: Respect Is Due

June 13, 2020June 16, 2020 Sean Crose 1 Comment Adrien Broner, Broner vs Garcia, Broner vs Pacquiao, Floyd Mayweather, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Gennadiy Golovkin, Manny Pacquiao, Marcos Maidana, Mikey Garcia, Paulie Malignaggi, Shawn Porter, Terence Crawford

He may have proven himself to be a one-man morality tale: the guy who had it all, but then made

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The Crawford Question

December 11, 2019December 13, 2019 Rob Lownie 1 Comment Bob Arum, Bud Crawford, Egidijus Kavaliasuskas, Floyd Mayweather, Josh Taylor, Keith Thurman, Richard Commey, Ricky Burns, Shawn Porter, Sugar Ray Leonard, Teofimo Lopez, Terence Crawford, Top Rank, viktor postol, Yuriorkis Gamboa

When a fighter who many consider to be, pound-for-pound, the best in the world defends his title at Madison Square

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Beterbiev vs Gvozdyk: Light Heavyweight Lift Off

October 14, 2019October 15, 2019 Rob Lownie 0 Comments Adonis Stevenson, Artur Beterbiev, Callum Johnson, Eleider, Errol Spence Jr, Gennadiy Golovkin, ggg, GILBERTO RAMIREZ, Jean Pascal, Jesse Hart, Marcus Browne, Michael Hunter, Oleksandr Gvozdyk, Oleksandr Usyk, Sergey Kovalev, Sergiy Derevyanchenko, Shawn Porter, superman, The Nail, Vasyl Lomachenko

Recent weeks have seen boxing fans spoiled by a deluge of terrific contests between big-name fighters. From the back-and-forth battle

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A Lowdown Dirty Shame

October 3, 2019October 3, 2019 Ralph M. Semien 1 Comment Al Haymon, Crawford vs Spence, Errol Spence, John Molina, Josesito Lopez, Keith Thurman, Manny Pacquiao, Pacquiao vs Thurman, Shawn Porter, Spence vs Crawford, Spence vs Porter, Terence Crawford

It appears increasingly likely that there will never be a clash between the two best welterweights in the world, Errol

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Spence vs Porter: Lost Opportunity

October 1, 2019October 3, 2019 Neil Crane 1 Comment Al Haymon, Errol Spence, Errol Spence Jr, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Mike Garcia, PBC, Premier Boxing Champions, Roberto Duran, Shawn Porter, Showtime, Spence vs Porter, Sugar Ray Leonard, Thomas Hearns

It is a hard truth of boxing in the 21st century that fight fans are so starved for meaningful competition

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The Fight City Podcast No. 30

September 26, 2019September 27, 2019 Alden Chodash 0 Comments Boxing, Errol Spence Jr, Grant Brothers Gym, Howard Grant, Manny Pacquiao, Premier Boxing Champions, Shawn Porter, Showtime Boxing, Spence vs Porter, Terence Crawford

Time for a new podcast with Alden Chodash who is joined this time by site founder and editor Michael Carbert

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Spence vs Porter: The Fight City Picks

September 25, 2019October 1, 2019 Neil Crane 0 Comments Al Haymon, Bob Arum, Crawford vs Spence, Danny Garcia, Errol Spence, Errol Spence Jr, Keith Thurman, Kell Brook, Lamont Peterson, Manny Pacquiao, Mikey Garcia, Porter vs Spence, Shawn Porter, Spence vs Porter, Terence Crawford

You can make the case that this match-up should have happened a while ago. You can also point out that

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The Baleful Look In The PacMan’s Eyes

July 22, 2019July 22, 2019 Ralph M. Semien 2 Comments Danny Garcia, Errol Spence, Keith "One Time" Thurman, Pacman, Pacquaio, Shawn Porter, Terrence Crawford

During all the weeks of pre-fight hoopla and the long promotional tour, Manny Pacquiao, a nice man with a lot

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Pacquiao vs Thurman: The Fight City Picks

July 16, 2019July 18, 2019 Neil Crane 1 Comment Adrien Broner, Danny Garcia, Floyd Mayweather, Grant Brothers Boxing, Jessie Vargas, Josesito Lopez, Keith Thurman, Lucas Matthysse, Manny Pacquiao, Pacquiao vs Matthysse, Pacquiao vs Thurman, PBC, Shawn Porter, Showtime, Showtime Boxing

It hasn’t exactly been a terrible year, but it’s been far from a great one, when it comes to meaningful,

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Don’t Sleep On “One Time”

June 13, 2019June 13, 2019 James Simpson 2 Comments Amir Khan, Errol Spence Jr, Garcia vs Thurman, Jeff Horn, Keith Thurman, Kell Brook, Manny Pacquiao, Pacquiao vs Thurman, Shawn Porter, Thurman vs Porter

For my money, there is no hotter and more tantalizing division in boxing today than the welterweights. Historically, the 147

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It’s Your Move, Bud!

May 17, 2019May 17, 2019 Robert Portis 0 Comments Al Haymon, Bob Arum, Errol Spence Jr, ESPN, Keith Thurman, Manny Pacquiao, PBC, Shawn Porter, Terence Crawford, Top Rank, welterweights

If we say it too loudly we might just jinx it, but we have to give credit where it’s due:

Fight Reports

Fight Report: Spence vs Garcia

March 17, 2019March 19, 2019 Alden Chodash 0 Comments Errol Spence Jr, Garcia vs Spence, Keith Thurman, Mikey Garcia, Robert Garcia, Shawn Porter, Showtime, Spence vs Garcia, Spence vs Pacquiao, Vasyl Lomachenko

“The bigger they are, the harder they fall.” Clearly the likes of “Barbados” Joe Walcott (who originally coined the phrase)

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Spence vs Garcia: The Fight City Picks

March 12, 2019March 15, 2019 Neil Crane 0 Comments Al Haymon, Bob Arum, Errol Spence Jr, Garcia vs Spence, Gennady Golovkin, Keith Thurman, Manny Pacquiao, Mikey Garcia, PBC, Premier Boxing Champions, Shawn Porter, Showtime Boxing, Spence vs Garcia, Terence Crawford

Errol Spence and Mikey Garcia are two of the best talents in boxing today. Both are champions; both are undefeated.

Podcast

The Fight City Podcast No. 16

March 12, 2019March 13, 2019 Alden Chodash 0 Comments DAZN, Dmitry Bivol, Errol Spence Jr, Eye Of The Tiger, Garcia vs Spence, Joe Smith Jr., joe walcott, maurice hooker, Michael Conlan, Mikey Garcia, Montreal Casino, PBC, Shawn Porter, Showtime, Yodenis Ugas

Welcome back to a new edition of The Fight City Podcast, hosted as always by Alden Chodash. This week he

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The Weekend That Was

March 10, 2019March 11, 2019 Alden Chodash 0 Comments DAZN, Devon Alexander, Dmitry Bivol, Errol Spence Jr, Joe Smith Jr., Keith Thurman, Kell Brook, maurice hooker, Shawn Porter, Terry Flanagan, Yodenis Ugas

In case the sport of boxing wasn’t brutal enough inside the ring, Maurice “Mighty Mo” Hooker and “Showtime” Shawn Porter

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Fight Report: Thurman vs Lopez

January 27, 2019January 29, 2019 Alden Chodash 0 Comments Al Haymon, Andre Berto, Danny Garcia, Errol Spence Jr, Josesito Lopez, Keith Thurman, Manny Pacquiao, Marcos Maidana, Pacquiao vs Thurman, Robert Garcia, Shawn Porter, Terence Crawford, Victor Ortiz

As the old adage has it in the sport of boxing, you’re only as good as your last fight. The

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Pacquiao Beats Broner: The Last Big Win?

January 20, 2019January 23, 2019 Alden Chodash 0 Comments Adrien Broner, Al Haymon, Eddie Hearn, Errol Spence, Floyd Mayweather, Jessie Vargas, Jim Gray, Keith Thurman, Manny Pacquiao, MGM Grand, Mikey Garcia, Pacquiao vs Broner, Shawn Porter, Showtime

There was no reason for Manny Pacquiao vs Adrien Broner to be a meaningful fight and in the end it

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Manny Pacquiao: The True Believer

January 15, 2019August 26, 2019 Craig Scott 2 Comments Adrien Broner, Al Haymon, Errol Spence Jr, Floyd Mayweather, Keith Thurman, Lucas Matthysse, Manny Pacquiao, Pacquiao vs Broner, Shawn Porter

Manny Pacquiao dances with boxing like a jilted lover. The twists and turns retain their technical grace, but lack the

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Philadelphia Fight Night

November 20, 2018November 20, 2018 Joshua Isard 0 Comments Benjamin Sinakin, Bennie Briscoe, Branden Pizarro, Curtis Cokes, Gadwin Rosa, Hard Hitting Promotions, Jaron Ennis, Manny Pacquiao, Manny Rivera, Matthew Saad Muhammad, Philadelphia, Shawn Porter, ShoBox, Showtime, Terence Crawford

Manny Rivera, co-owner of Hard Hitting Promotions, was walking the main room of the 2300 Arena in a checked suit

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May 25, 1980: Cooney vs Young

May 25, 2021May 27, 2021 Robert Portis 0

“I’m going to win this fight, going to win it big. I’ve trained hard for this and I’ve got it

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May 11, 1900: Jeffries vs Corbett

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The first Jeffries vs Corbett clash took place in Coney Island, New York over a century ago but the storylines

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Jan. 16, 1982: Navarrete vs Choi

January 16, 2021January 18, 2021 Robert Portis 1

For fight fans the world over, mere mention of the city of Manila in the Philippines will always conjure up

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Aug. 14, 2010: Pascal vs Dawson

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It doesn’t seem that long ago but the time has gone so fast. And so much has changed. Eleven years