Stephen Fulton Jr Archives

Brand new edition of our podcast is now available for your listening pleasure fight fans, hosted as always by Alden Chodash, as he and site contributor Jeffery Fuss discuss the highly entertaining Showtime card that went down this past

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Sept. 28, 1979: Holmes vs Shavers

September 28, 2021September 30, 2021

We talk of fighters having a “puncher’s chance,” and that, more than anything else, was what Earnie Shavers brought into the ring at Caesars Palace on this fateful night, to his final chance to win the heavyweight championship

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Dec. 5, 1947: Louis vs Walcott I

December 5, 2021December 5, 2021

Bad decisions. Robberies. Ridiculous scorecards. Maybe nothing sickens a fight fan more than judges rendering a final verdict which makes a mockery of a hard-fought contest. Sadly, such incidents are legion in the history of our beloved sport

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April 15, 1985: Hagler vs Hearns

April 15, 2021August 27, 2021

Hagler vs Hearns. Next to The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, maybe the most famous boxing match in middleweight history. Billed as simply “The Fight,” what is there to say about the thrilling brawl that came to be known

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Billy Conn: Risk vs Reward

July 17, 2021July 17, 2021

“To dare is to lose one’s footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself.” — Soren Kierkegaard Over the decades we have been told time and again how the great Billy Conn was foolish to