Browsing Tag Stanley Ketchel

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  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 ...

  On October 13, 2019 / By Robert Portis
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  Sept. 27, 1950: Charles vs Louis

  There’s little doubt that Ezzard Charles is one of boxing’s most underrated champions. A skillful technician, he holds wins over a long list of great fighters and he ...

  On September 27, 2019 / By Daniel Attias
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  July 31, 1908: Ketchel vs Kelly

  Alas, for so many of boxing’s truly great champions, precious little or no film exists of their exploits, but despite this, we possess solid evidence of their splendid ...

  On July 31, 2019 / By Robert Portis
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  Fight City Legends: The Michigan Assassin

  For middleweight legend Stanley Ketchel, the boxing ring was the only theater in which his mania could legally project its voice. Born in 1886 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, ...

  On June 14, 2019 / By Eliott McCormick
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  Top 12 All-Time Greatest Middleweights

  The middleweights have traditionally been regarded as one of the sport’s true “glamour” divisions, boasting some of the best talent to ever lace ’em up and some of ...

  On April 12, 2019 / By Robert Portis
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  Fight City Legends: The Galveston Giant

  Jack Johnson looms over boxing as the sort of mythical figure one connects with a more legendary age. Born in 1878 to former slaves, the native of Galveston, ...

  On March 31, 2019 / By Eliott McCormick
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  Fight City Legends: The Boston Bonecrusher

  When we compare the great champions of past and present, inevitably we draw a distinction between the true warrior and the mere athlete. At that point we realize ...

  On March 24, 2019 / By Michael Carbert
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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 June 2, 2018 / By Robert Portis
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  Top 12 Most Intimidating Boxers

  Intimidation can come in many different forms: aggressive body language, rippling muscles, obnoxious trash talk, or the cold stare that sends chills down another’s backbone. Whatever way it’s ...

  On March 29, 2018 / By Robert Portis
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  He Howled and Made Horrid Faces

  “They howled, and leaped, and spun, and made horrid faces; but what thrilled you was just the thought of their humanity–like yours–the thought of your remote kinship with ...

  On June 20, 2015 / By Eliott McCormick